diff --git a/src/repo_review/resources/repo-review.schema.json b/src/repo_review/resources/repo-review.schema.json
index 53acae0..7f13268 100644
--- a/src/repo_review/resources/repo-review.schema.json
+++ b/src/repo_review/resources/repo-review.schema.json
@@ -9,7 +9,18 @@
       "$ref": "#/$defs/checks"
     },
     "ignore": {
-      "$ref": "#/$defs/checks"
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "$ref": "#/$defs/checks"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "object",
+          "patternProperties": {
+            "^[A-Z]+[0-9]*$": { "type": "string" }
+          },
+          "additionalProperties": false
+        }
+      ]
     }
   },
   "$defs": {
diff --git a/tests/test_package.py b/tests/test_package.py
index 8620915..4f3fec6 100644
--- a/tests/test_package.py
+++ b/tests/test_package.py
@@ -42,10 +42,45 @@ def test_broken_validate_pyproject(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
     results = process(tmp_path)
 
     (result,) = (r for r in results.results if r.name == "VPP001")
-    assert "must match pattern" in result.err_msg
+    assert "must be valid exactly by one definition" in result.err_msg
     assert not result.result
 
 
+def test_broken_validate_pyproject_object(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    pytest.importorskip("validate_pyproject")
+    tmp_path.joinpath("pyproject.toml").write_text(
+        textwrap.dedent(
+            """\
+                [tool.repo-review.ignore]
+                a2 = "some message"
+            """
+        )
+    )
+
+    results = process(tmp_path)
+
+    (result,) = (r for r in results.results if r.name == "VPP001")
+    assert "must be valid exactly by one definition" in result.err_msg
+    assert not result.result
+
+
+def test_working_validate_pyproject_object(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    pytest.importorskip("validate_pyproject")
+    tmp_path.joinpath("pyproject.toml").write_text(
+        textwrap.dedent(
+            """\
+                [tool.repo-review.ignore]
+                PP102 = "some message"
+            """
+        )
+    )
+
+    results = process(tmp_path)
+
+    (result,) = (r for r in results.results if r.name == "VPP001")
+    assert result.result
+
+
 def test_testing_function():
     pytest.importorskip("sp_repo_review")