diff --git a/schema/config-linux.json b/schema/config-linux.json
index c2e863bec..7f093112a 100644
--- a/schema/config-linux.json
+++ b/schema/config-linux.json
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
                             },
                             "swappiness": {
                                 "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/linux/resources/memory/swappiness",
-                                "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/uint64"
+                                "$ref": "defs.json#/definitions/percent"
                             },
                             "disableOOMKiller": {
                                 "id": "https://opencontainers.org/schema/bundle/linux/resources/memory/disableOOMKiller",