diff --git a/common/changes/@rushstack/heft-jest-plugin/bugfix-IncorrectHeftJsonPluginSchema_2025-02-06-21-03.json b/common/changes/@rushstack/heft-jest-plugin/bugfix-IncorrectHeftJsonPluginSchema_2025-02-06-21-03.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3d6202fcf3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/@rushstack/heft-jest-plugin/bugfix-IncorrectHeftJsonPluginSchema_2025-02-06-21-03.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "@rushstack/heft-jest-plugin",
+      "comment": "Extend heft-jest-plugin json schema to match HeftJestConfiguration",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "@rushstack/heft-jest-plugin"
+}
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diff --git a/heft-plugins/heft-jest-plugin/src/schemas/heft-jest-plugin.schema.json b/heft-plugins/heft-jest-plugin/src/schemas/heft-jest-plugin.schema.json
index 4b11df53547..a7abe910c37 100644
--- a/heft-plugins/heft-jest-plugin/src/schemas/heft-jest-plugin.schema.json
+++ b/heft-plugins/heft-jest-plugin/src/schemas/heft-jest-plugin.schema.json
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
   "additionalProperties": false,
 
   "properties": {
+    "configurationPath": {
+      "title": "Path to Jest configuration file",
+      "description": "If provided, this path will be used to load Jest configuration. Otherwise, Jest configuration will be loaded from \"<projectDir>/config/jest.config.json\".",
+      "type": "string"
+    },
     "disableConfigurationModuleResolution": {
       "title": "Disable Configuration Module Resolution",
       "description": "If set to true, modules specified in the Jest configuration will be resolved using Jest default (rootDir-relative) resolution. Otherwise, modules will be resolved using Node module resolution.",
@@ -18,4 +23,4 @@
       "type": "boolean"
     }
   }
-}
+}
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