diff --git a/src/oas.md b/src/oas.md
index f2e4eeb749..44adb5e864 100644
--- a/src/oas.md
+++ b/src/oas.md
@@ -3968,7 +3968,7 @@ See examples for expected behavior.
 | Field Name | Type | Description |
 | ---- | :----: | ---- |
 | <a name="xml-name"></a>name | `string` | Replaces the name of the element/attribute used for the described schema property. When defined within `items`, it will affect the name of the individual XML elements within the list. When defined alongside `type` being `"array"` (outside the `items`), it will affect the wrapping element if and only if `wrapped` is `true`. If `wrapped` is `false`, it will be ignored. |
-| <a name="xml-namespace"></a>namespace | `string` | The URI of the namespace definition. Value MUST be in the form of a non-relative URI. |
+| <a name="xml-namespace"></a>namespace | `string` | The IRI ([[RFC3987]]) of the namespace definition. Value MUST be in the form of a non-relative IRI. |
 | <a name="xml-prefix"></a>prefix | `string` | The prefix to be used for the [name](#xml-name). |
 | <a name="xml-attribute"></a>attribute | `boolean` | Declares whether the property definition translates to an attribute instead of an element. Default value is `false`. |
 | <a name="xml-wrapped"></a>wrapped | `boolean` | MAY be used only for an array definition. Signifies whether the array is wrapped (for example, `<books><book/><book/></books>`) or unwrapped (`<book/><book/>`). Default value is `false`. The definition takes effect only when defined alongside `type` being `"array"` (outside the `items`). |
@@ -3977,9 +3977,8 @@ This object MAY be extended with [Specification Extensions](#specification-exten
 
 The `namespace` field is intended to match the syntax of [XML namespaces](https://www.w3.org/TR/xml-names11/), although there are a few caveats:
 
-* Versions 3.1.0, 3.0.3, and earlier of this specification erroneously used the term "absolute URI" instead of "non-relative URI", so authors using namespaces that include a fragment should check tooling support carefully.
-* XML allows but discourages relative URI-references, while this specification outright forbids them.
-* XML 1.1 allows IRIs ([RFC3987](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3987)) as namespaces, and specifies that namespaces are compared without any encoding or decoding, which means that IRIs encoded to meet this specification's URI syntax requirement cannot be compared to IRIs as-is.
+* Versions 3.1.0, 3.0.3, and earlier of this specification erroneously used the term "absolute URI" instead of "non-relative URI" ("non-relative IRI" as of OAS v3.2.0), so authors using namespaces that include a fragment should check tooling support carefully.
+* XML allows but discourages relative IRI-references, while this specification outright forbids them.
 
 ##### XML Object Examples
 
diff --git a/src/schemas/validation/meta.yaml b/src/schemas/validation/meta.yaml
index eb6a9af2dd..491190a221 100644
--- a/src/schemas/validation/meta.yaml
+++ b/src/schemas/validation/meta.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $defs:
       name:
         type: string
       namespace:
-        format: uri
+        format: iri
         type: string
       prefix:
         type: string