diff --git a/src/main/resources/static-properties/quarkus-hibernate-orm-metadata.json b/src/main/resources/static-properties/quarkus-hibernate-orm-metadata.json
index e562ff2e8..ede8e5e49 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static-properties/quarkus-hibernate-orm-metadata.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/static-properties/quarkus-hibernate-orm-metadata.json
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 				{
 					"value": "update",
 					"description": "Update the schema if necessary."
+				},
+				{
+					"value": "validate",
+					"description": "Validate the schema."
 				}
 			],
 			"name": "quarkus.hibernate-orm.database.generation"