diff --git a/schema/bom-1.6.proto b/schema/bom-1.6.proto
index 573b4435..67ef510b 100644
--- a/schema/bom-1.6.proto
+++ b/schema/bom-1.6.proto
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ message Component {
   // Specifies optional, custom, properties
   repeated Property properties = 22;
   // Specifies optional license and copyright evidence
-  repeated Evidence evidence = 23;
+  optional Evidence evidence = 23;
   // Specifies optional release notes.
   optional ReleaseNotes releaseNotes = 24;
   // A model card describes the intended uses of a machine learning model, potential limitations, biases, ethical considerations, training parameters, datasets used to train the model, performance metrics, and other relevant data useful for ML transparency.