diff --git a/output/schema/schema.json b/output/schema/schema.json
index fec92e8481..e3a8c91c1d 100644
--- a/output/schema/schema.json
+++ b/output/schema/schema.json
@@ -70922,7 +70922,7 @@
       "properties": [
         {
           "name": "distance",
-          "required": false,
+          "required": true,
           "type": {
             "kind": "instance_of",
             "type": {
diff --git a/output/typescript/types.ts b/output/typescript/types.ts
index 0d1e271b8a..0d57b1b3f4 100644
--- a/output/typescript/types.ts
+++ b/output/typescript/types.ts
@@ -5447,7 +5447,7 @@ export interface QueryDslGeoDistanceFeatureQuery extends QueryDslDistanceFeature
 }
 
 export interface QueryDslGeoDistanceQueryKeys extends QueryDslQueryBase {
-  distance?: Distance
+  distance: Distance
   distance_type?: GeoDistanceType
   validation_method?: QueryDslGeoValidationMethod
 }
diff --git a/specification/_types/query_dsl/geo.ts b/specification/_types/query_dsl/geo.ts
index c981e2c085..fb46879329 100644
--- a/specification/_types/query_dsl/geo.ts
+++ b/specification/_types/query_dsl/geo.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export class GeoDistanceQuery
   extends QueryBase
   implements AdditionalProperty<Field, GeoLocation>
 {
-  distance?: Distance
+  distance: Distance
   /** @server_default 'arc' */
   distance_type?: GeoDistanceType
   /** @server_default 'strict' */