diff --git a/src/karapace/routers/requests.py b/src/karapace/routers/requests.py
index 330488c68..8400f629d 100644
--- a/src/karapace/routers/requests.py
+++ b/src/karapace/routers/requests.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class SchemaResponse(BaseModel):
 class SchemasResponse(BaseModel):
     schema_str: str = Field(alias="schema")
     subjects: list[Subject] | None = None
-    schema_type: SchemaType | None = None
+    schema_type: SchemaType | None = Field(alias="schemaType", default=None)
     references: list[Any] | None = None  # TODO: typing
     maxId: int | None = None
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class SchemaListingItem(BaseModel):
     schema_str: str = Field(alias="schema")
     version: int
     schema_id: int = Field(alias="id")
-    schemaType: str
+    schema_type: SchemaType | None = Field(alias="schemaType", default=None)
     references: list[Any] | None
 
 
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ class SubjectSchemaVersionResponse(BaseModel):
     schema_id: int = Field(alias="id")
     schema_str: str = Field(alias="schema")
     references: list[Any] | None = None
-    schema_type: str | None = None
+    schema_type: SchemaType | None = Field(alias="schemaType", default=None)
     compatibility: str | None = None
diff --git a/src/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py b/src/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
index c25cd735c..56e79243c 100644
--- a/src/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
+++ b/src/karapace/schema_registry_apis.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def _has_subject_with_id() -> bool:
         return SchemasResponse(
             schema=schema_str,
             subjects=subjects,
-            schema_type=schema_type,
+            schemaType=schema_type,
             references=references,
             maxId=maxId,
         )
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ async def subject_version_get(
                 id=subject_data["id"],
                 schema=subject_data["schema"],
                 references=subject_data.get("references", None),
-                schema_type=subject_data.get("schemaType", None),
+                schemaType=subject_data.get("schemaType", None),
                 compatibility=None,  # Do not return compatibility from this endpoint.
             )
         except (SubjectNotFoundException, SchemasNotFoundException):