diff --git a/.changeset/warm-pigs-speak.md b/.changeset/warm-pigs-speak.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32f8e0ca14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/warm-pigs-speak.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder': patch
+---
+
+Added a default type when is not defined in the schema to prevent id collision
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/schema.ts b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/schema.ts
index 7de3994a8e..0e1c0a4b50 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/schema.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder/src/components/MultistepJsonForm/schema.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ function extractUiSchema(schema: JsonObject, uiSchema: JsonObject) {
 export function transformSchemaToProps(
   inputSchema: JsonObject,
 ): { schema: FormProps<any>['schema']; uiSchema: FormProps<any>['uiSchema'] } {
+  inputSchema.type = inputSchema.type || 'object';
   const schema = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(inputSchema));
   delete schema.title; // Rendered separately
   const uiSchema = {};