diff --git a/backend/src/types/type/Category.gql b/backend/src/types/type/Category.gql
index d5e089a6f..5920ebbdb 100644
--- a/backend/src/types/type/Category.gql
+++ b/backend/src/types/type/Category.gql
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 type Category {
   id: ID!
   name: String!
-  slug: String!
+  slug: String
   icon: String!
   #createdAt: DateTime
   #updatedAt: DateTime
diff --git a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/categories.cql b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/categories.cql
index 2866c8aae..0862fe0d9 100644
--- a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/categories.cql
+++ b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/migration/neo4j/categories.cql
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       },
 [?]   slug: {
 [X]     type: String,
-[X]     required: true,
+[ ]     required: true, // Not required in Nitro
 [ ]     unique: true // Unique value is not enforced in Nitro?
       },
 [?]   icon: { // Nitro adds required: true