diff --git a/schema/tests/data/project/negative/downloads-empty.yaml b/schema/tests/data/project/negative/downloads-empty.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23435b11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/schema/tests/data/project/negative/downloads-empty.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: "Test Project"
+level: 3
+leaders:
+  - github: "testuser1"
+  - github: "testuser2"
+downloads:
+pitch: A very brief, one-line description of your project
+tags:
+  - example-tag-1
+  - example-tag-2
+  - example-tag-3
+type: code
diff --git a/schema/tests/project_test.py b/schema/tests/project_test.py
index 6a090a04c..4696685e4 100644
--- a/schema/tests/project_test.py
+++ b/schema/tests/project_test.py
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ def test_positive(project_schema):
         ("level-invalid.yaml", "2.5 is not one of [2, 3, 3.5, 4]"),
         ("name-empty.yaml", "'' is too short"),
         ("name-none.yaml", "None is not of type 'string'"),
-        ("downloads-empty.yaml", "[] is too short"),
-        ("downloads-invalid.yaml", "'not-a-url' is not a valid URL"),
+        ("downloads-empty.yaml", "None is not of type 'array'"),
     ],
 )
 def test_negative(project_schema, file_path, error_message):