diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/Interfaces/IOpenApiSchema.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/Interfaces/IOpenApiSchema.cs
index 6cf093499..dd9188e67 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/Interfaces/IOpenApiSchema.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/Interfaces/IOpenApiSchema.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Interfaces;
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ public interface IOpenApiSchema : IOpenApiDescribedElement, IOpenApiSerializable
     /// <summary>
     /// $schema, a JSON Schema dialect identifier. Value must be a URI
     /// </summary>
-    public string Schema { get; }
+    public Uri Schema { get; }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// $id - Identifies a schema resource with its canonical URI.
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs
index 9c8a9b2a7..997dd2a0d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiDocument.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void RegisterComponents()
         /// <summary>
         /// The default value for the $schema keyword within Schema Objects contained within this OAS document. This MUST be in the form of a URI.
         /// </summary>
-        public string? JsonSchemaDialect { get; set; }
+        public Uri? JsonSchemaDialect { get; set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// An array of Server Objects, which provide connectivity information to a target server.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ public void SerializeAsV31(IOpenApiWriter writer)
             writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.OpenApi, "3.1.1");
 
             // jsonSchemaDialect
-            writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.JsonSchemaDialect, JsonSchemaDialect);
+            writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.JsonSchemaDialect, JsonSchemaDialect?.ToString());
 
             SerializeInternal(writer, OpenApiSpecVersion.OpenApi3_1, (w, element) => element.SerializeAsV31(w));
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiSchema.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiSchema.cs
index e524cfe41..ee5b0d3c6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiSchema.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/OpenApiSchema.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class OpenApiSchema : IOpenApiReferenceable, IOpenApiExtensible, IOpenApi
         public string Title { get; set; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public string Schema { get; set; }
+        public Uri Schema { get; set; }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public string Id { get; set; }
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public void SerializeAsV2(IOpenApiWriter writer)
         internal void WriteJsonSchemaKeywords(IOpenApiWriter writer)
         {
             writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.Id, Id);
-            writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.DollarSchema, Schema);
+            writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.DollarSchema, Schema?.ToString());
             writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.Comment, Comment);
             writer.WriteProperty(OpenApiConstants.Const, Const);
             writer.WriteOptionalMap(OpenApiConstants.Vocabulary, Vocabulary, (w, s) => w.WriteValue(s));
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/References/OpenApiSchemaReference.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/References/OpenApiSchemaReference.cs
index 746af1d80..9cac25d82 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/References/OpenApiSchemaReference.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Models/References/OpenApiSchemaReference.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public string Description
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public string Title { get => Target?.Title; }
         /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public string Schema { get => Target?.Schema; }
+        public Uri Schema { get => Target?.Schema; }
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public string Id { get => Target?.Id; }
         /// <inheritdoc/>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiDocumentDeserializer.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiDocumentDeserializer.cs
index f16ac31cc..bbbdad0d4 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiDocumentDeserializer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiDocumentDeserializer.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ internal static partial class OpenApiV31Deserializer
                 } /* Version is valid field but we already parsed it */
             },
             {"info", (o, n, _) => o.Info = LoadInfo(n, o)},
-            {"jsonSchemaDialect", (o, n, _) => o.JsonSchemaDialect = n.GetScalarValue() },
+            {"jsonSchemaDialect", (o, n, _) => { if (n.GetScalarValue() is string {} sjsd && Uri.TryCreate(sjsd, UriKind.Absolute, out var jsd)) {o.JsonSchemaDialect = jsd;}} },
             {"servers", (o, n, _) => o.Servers = n.CreateList(LoadServer, o)},
             {"paths", (o, n, _) => o.Paths = LoadPaths(n, o)},
             {"webhooks", (o, n, _) => o.Webhooks = n.CreateMap(LoadPathItem, o)},
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiSchemaDeserializer.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiSchemaDeserializer.cs
index 02039cebd..b31714f82 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiSchemaDeserializer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi/Reader/V31/OpenApiSchemaDeserializer.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ internal static partial class OpenApiV31Deserializer
             },
             {
                 "$schema",
-                (o, n, _) => o.Schema = n.GetScalarValue()
+                (o, n, _) => { if (n.GetScalarValue() is string {} sSchema && Uri.TryCreate(sSchema, UriKind.Absolute, out var schema)) {o.Schema = schema;}}
             },
             {
                 "$id",
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs
index f1dc5640c..3f08158d4 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public async Task ParseDocumentsWithReusablePathItemInWebhooksSucceeds()
                     Title = "Webhook Example",
                     Version = "1.0.0"
                 },
-                JsonSchemaDialect = "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+                JsonSchemaDialect = new Uri("http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"),
                 Webhooks = new Dictionary<string, IOpenApiPathItem>
                 {
                     ["pets"] = components.PathItems["pets"]
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs
index d96a1fe87..72e8bfbda 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers.Tests/V31Tests/OpenApiSchemaTests.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public async Task ParseBasicV31SchemaShouldSucceed()
             var expectedObject = new OpenApiSchema()
             {
                 Id = "https://example.com/arrays.schema.json",
-                Schema = "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+                Schema = new Uri("https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"),
                 Description = "A representation of a person, company, organization, or place",
                 Type = JsonSchemaType.Object,
                 Properties = new Dictionary<string, IOpenApiSchema>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public void ParseSchemaWithTypeArrayWorks()
             var expected = new OpenApiSchema()
             {
                 Id = "https://example.com/arrays.schema.json",
-                Schema = "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+                Schema = new Uri("https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema"),
                 Description = "A representation of a person, company, organization, or place",
                 Type = JsonSchemaType.Object | JsonSchemaType.Null
             };
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs
index 39ca7b8ab..6c27b87ab 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/Models/OpenApiDocumentTests.cs
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ public async Task SerializeDocumentWithRootJsonSchemaDialectPropertyWorks()
                     Title = "JsonSchemaDialectTest",
                     Version = "1.0.0"
                 },
-                JsonSchemaDialect = "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
+                JsonSchemaDialect = new Uri("http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#")
             };
 
             var expected = @"openapi: '3.1.1'
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt
index 76697d7ae..31eca28f1 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt
+++ b/test/Microsoft.OpenApi.Tests/PublicApi/PublicApi.approved.txt
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.Interfaces
         System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string, Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.Interfaces.IOpenApiSchema> Properties { get; }
         bool ReadOnly { get; }
         System.Collections.Generic.ISet<string> Required { get; }
-        string Schema { get; }
+        System.Uri Schema { get; }
         string Title { get; }
         Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.JsonSchemaType? Type { get; }
         bool UnEvaluatedProperties { get; }
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Models
         public System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string, Microsoft.OpenApi.Interfaces.IOpenApiExtension>? Extensions { get; set; }
         public Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiExternalDocs? ExternalDocs { get; set; }
         public Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiInfo Info { get; set; }
-        public string? JsonSchemaDialect { get; set; }
+        public System.Uri? JsonSchemaDialect { get; set; }
         public Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiPaths Paths { get; set; }
         public System.Collections.Generic.IList<Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiSecurityRequirement>? SecurityRequirements { get; set; }
         public System.Collections.Generic.IList<Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.OpenApiServer>? Servers { get; set; }
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Models
         public System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string, Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.Interfaces.IOpenApiSchema> Properties { get; set; }
         public bool ReadOnly { get; set; }
         public System.Collections.Generic.ISet<string> Required { get; set; }
-        public string Schema { get; set; }
+        public System.Uri Schema { get; set; }
         public string Title { get; set; }
         public Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.JsonSchemaType? Type { get; set; }
         public bool UnEvaluatedProperties { get; set; }
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.References
         public System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string, Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.Interfaces.IOpenApiSchema> Properties { get; }
         public bool ReadOnly { get; }
         public System.Collections.Generic.ISet<string> Required { get; }
-        public string Schema { get; }
+        public System.Uri Schema { get; }
         public string Title { get; }
         public Microsoft.OpenApi.Models.JsonSchemaType? Type { get; }
         public bool UnEvaluatedProperties { get; }