diff --git a/program/serializers.py b/program/serializers.py
index 11d72b42d79e07ef6996206874efbf9b62856c82..e9adb681e004c19974afd0acf0cb8cac42fae1f7 100644
--- a/program/serializers.py
+++ b/program/serializers.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import re
 from typing import List, TypedDict
 
+from drf_jsonschema_serializer import JSONSchemaField
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
@@ -806,6 +807,14 @@ class NoteLinkSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         fields = ("type", "url")
 
 
+tags_json_schema = {
+  "type": "array",
+  "items": {
+    "type": "string"
+  }
+}
+
+
 class NoteSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     contributor_ids = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
         many=True, queryset=Host.objects.all(), source="contributors"
@@ -815,7 +824,7 @@ class NoteSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     )
     links = NoteLinkSerializer(many=True, required=False)
     playlist_id = serializers.IntegerField(required=False)
-    tags = serializers.JSONField(default=[], required=False)
+    tags = JSONSchemaField(tags_json_schema)
     timeslot_id = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(
         queryset=TimeSlot.objects.all(), required=False
     )