diff --git a/enterprise/lib/captain/response_schema.rb b/enterprise/lib/captain/response_schema.rb
index 26a6a47a1..cdeee37b4 100644
--- a/enterprise/lib/captain/response_schema.rb
+++ b/enterprise/lib/captain/response_schema.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 class Captain::ResponseSchema < RubyLLM::Schema
   string :response, description: 'The message to send to the user'
-  string :reasoning, description: "Agent's thought process", required: false
+  string :reasoning, description: "Agent's thought process"
 end