diff --git a/src/taskgraph/transforms/task_context.py b/src/taskgraph/transforms/task_context.py
index 9e013e5d5..db247ae2e 100644
--- a/src/taskgraph/transforms/task_context.py
+++ b/src/taskgraph/transforms/task_context.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 SCHEMA = Schema(
     {
         Optional("name"): str,
-        Required(
+        Optional(
             "task-context",
             description=dedent(
                 """