diff --git a/pkg/parser/validate/workflow.go b/pkg/parser/validate/workflow.go
index 30e2291e..0c80f152 100644
--- a/pkg/parser/validate/workflow.go
+++ b/pkg/parser/validate/workflow.go
@@ -20,14 +20,22 @@ func (val Validate) validateSingleWorkflow(workflow ast.Workflow) error {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		isApprovalJob := jobRef.Type == "approval"
-		if isApprovalJob {
+		// Define valid job types
+		validJobTypesMap := map[string]bool{
+			"approval": true,
+			"build":    true,
+			"no-op":    true,
+			"release":  true,
+		}
+
+		// Direct lookup in the map
+		if validJobTypesMap[jobRef.Type] {
 			continue
 		}
 
 		jobTypeIsDefined := jobRef.Type != ""
 		if jobTypeIsDefined {
-			val.addDiagnostic(utils.CreateErrorDiagnosticFromRange(jobRef.TypeRange, "Type can only be \"approval\""))
+			val.addDiagnostic(utils.CreateErrorDiagnosticFromRange(jobRef.TypeRange, fmt.Sprintf("Job Type \"%s\" is not valid", jobRef.Type)))
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/parser/validate/workflow_test.go b/pkg/parser/validate/workflow_test.go
index 767a79a2..572c80e5 100644
--- a/pkg/parser/validate/workflow_test.go
+++ b/pkg/parser/validate/workflow_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ workflows:
 				utils.CreateErrorDiagnosticFromRange(protocol.Range{
 					Start: protocol.Position{Line: 0x6, Character: 0x10},
 					End:   protocol.Position{Line: 0x6, Character: 0x17},
-				}, "Type can only be \"approval\""),
+				}, "Job Type \"invalid\" is not valid"),
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -90,6 +90,37 @@ workflows:
 		 - deploy:
 					override-with: local/deploy`,
 		},
+		{
+			Name: "No-op job type",
+			YamlContent: `version: 2.1
+
+workflows:
+  someworkflow:
+    jobs:
+      - hold:
+          type: no-op`,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "Release job type",
+			YamlContent: `version: 2.1
+
+workflows:
+  someworkflow:
+    jobs:
+      - hold:
+          type: release
+					plan_name: my-service-release`,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "Build job type",
+			YamlContent: `version: 2.1
+
+workflows:
+  someworkflow:
+    jobs:
+      - hold:
+          type: build`,
+		},
 	}
 
 	CheckYamlErrors(t, testCases)
diff --git a/pkg/services/hover/workflow.go b/pkg/services/hover/workflow.go
index 623f2b48..995f27db 100644
--- a/pkg/services/hover/workflow.go
+++ b/pkg/services/hover/workflow.go
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ func jobReference(name string) string {
 		"- `requires`: Jobs are run in parallel by default, so you must explicitly require any dependencies by their job name.\n" +
 		"- `name`: can be used to invoke reusable jobs across any number of workflows. Using the `name` key ensures numbers are not appended to your job name (i.e. sayhello-1 , sayhello-2, etc.). The name you assign to the name key needs to be unique, otherwise the numbers will still be appended to the job name.\n" +
 		"- `context`: Jobs may be configured to use global environment variables set for an organization, see the Contexts document for adding a context in the application settings.\n" +
-		"- `type`: A job may have a type of `approval` indicating it must be manually approved before downstream jobs may proceed.\n" +
+		"- `type`: Job type, can be build, release, no-op, or approval. If not specified, defaults to build.\n" +
 		"- `filters`: Job Filters can have the key branches or tags.+\n" +
 		"- `matrix` : requires config `2.1`. The `matrix` stanza allows you to run a parameterized job multiple times with different arguments.\n" +
-		"- `pre-steps` and `post-steps`: requires config `2.1`. Steps under `pre-steps` are executed before any of the other steps in the job. The steps under `post-steps` are executed after all of the other steps.\n"
+		"- `pre-steps` and `post-steps`: requires config `2.1`. Steps under `pre-steps` are executed before any of the other steps in the job. The steps under `post-steps` are executed after all of the other steps.\n" +
+		"- `plan_name`: requires release job type. Used to link your release to a release plan. https://circleci.com/docs/deploy/deploys-overview/\n"
 }
 
 func HoverInWorkflows(doc yamlparser.YamlDocument, path []string) string {
diff --git a/publicschema.json b/publicschema.json
index 3d8a5503..3e1fa5c6 100644
--- a/publicschema.json
+++ b/publicschema.json
@@ -1100,10 +1100,18 @@
                     "default": "org-global"
                 },
                 "type": {
-                    "description": "A job may have a `type` of `approval` indicating it must be manually approved before downstream jobs may proceed.",
+                    "description": "Job type, can be build, release, no-op, or approval. If not specified, defaults to build.\nhttps://circleci.com/docs/configuration-reference/#job-type",
                     "enum": [
-                        "approval"
-                    ]
+                        "approval",
+                        "build",
+                        "no-op",
+                        "release"
+                    ],
+                    "default": "build"
+                },
+                "plan_name": {
+                    "description": "Used with release job type.\nhttps://circleci.com/docs/deploy/deploys-overview/",
+                    "type": "string"
                 },
                 "filters": {
                     "description": "A map defining rules for execution on specific branches",
@@ -1346,4 +1354,4 @@
     ],
     "title": "JSON schema for CircleCI configuration files",
     "type": "object"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}