diff --git a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Utilities/AIJsonUtilities.Schema.cs b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Utilities/AIJsonUtilities.Schema.cs
index 195cf062eb3..4e3f90aa47f 100644
--- a/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Utilities/AIJsonUtilities.Schema.cs
+++ b/src/Libraries/Microsoft.Extensions.AI.Abstractions/Utilities/AIJsonUtilities.Schema.cs
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ JsonNode TransformSchemaNode(JsonSchemaExporterContext ctx, JsonNode schema)
                     _ = objSchema.TryGetPropertyValue(RequiredPropertyName, out JsonNode? required);
                     if (required is not JsonArray { } requiredArray || requiredArray.Count != propertiesObj.Count)
                     {
-                        requiredArray = [.. propertiesObj.Select(prop => prop.Key)];
+                        requiredArray = [.. propertiesObj.Select(prop => (JsonNode)prop.Key)];
                         objSchema[RequiredPropertyName] = requiredArray;
                     }
                 }