diff --git a/crates/rattler_build_recipe/src/stage0/parser/mod.rs b/crates/rattler_build_recipe/src/stage0/parser/mod.rs
index b26f679c6..c34894d43 100644
--- a/crates/rattler_build_recipe/src/stage0/parser/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/rattler_build_recipe/src/stage0/parser/mod.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ fn parse_single_output_recipe_with_config(
         let key_str = key.as_str();
         if !matches!(
             key_str,
-            "package"
+            "$schema"
+                | "package"
                 | "build"
                 | "about"
                 | "requirements"
diff --git a/test-data/recipes/test-parsing/single_output.yaml b/test-data/recipes/test-parsing/single_output.yaml
index 4046bd801..43b07061c 100644
--- a/test-data/recipes/test-parsing/single_output.yaml
+++ b/test-data/recipes/test-parsing/single_output.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prefix-dev/recipe-format/main/schema.json
+$schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/prefix-dev/recipe-format/main/schema.json
 schema_version: 1
 # a recipe with all possible fields
 package: