diff --git a/manifest.json.template b/manifest.json.template
index b02a93740a..bfd04cc9fa 100644
--- a/manifest.json.template
+++ b/manifest.json.template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Zowe",
-  "version": "2.11.0",
+  "version": "2.12.0",
   "description": "Zowe is an open source project created to host technologies that benefit the Z platform from all members of the Z community (Integrated Software Vendors, System Integrators and z/OS consumers). Zowe, like Mac or Windows, comes with a set of APIs and OS capabilities that applications build on and also includes some applications out of the box. Zowe offers modern interfaces to interact with z/OS and allows you to work with z/OS in a way that is similar to what you experience on cloud platforms today. You can use these interfaces as delivered or through plug-ins and extensions that are created by clients or third-party vendors.",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://zowe.org",
diff --git a/schemas/zowe-yaml-schema.json b/schemas/zowe-yaml-schema.json
index 39db90e8f5..b37915a80c 100644
--- a/schemas/zowe-yaml-schema.json
+++ b/schemas/zowe-yaml-schema.json
@@ -789,27 +789,26 @@
           "type": "object",
           "additionalProperties": false,
           "description": "Certificate in PEM format.",
-          "required": ["key", "certificate"],
           "properties": {
             "key": {
-              "$ref": "/schemas/v2/server-common#zowePath",
+              "type": "string",
               "description": "Path to the certificate private key stored in PEM format."
             },
             "certificate": {
-              "$ref": "/schemas/v2/server-common#zowePath",
+              "type": "string",
               "description": "Path to the certificate stored in PEM format."
             },
             "certificateAuthorities": {
               "description": "List of paths to the certificate authorities stored in PEM format.",
               "oneOf": [{
-                  "$ref": "/schemas/v2/server-common#zowePath",
+                  "type": "string",
                   "description": "Paths to the certificate authorities stored in PEM format. You can separate multiple certificate authorities by comma."
                 },
                 {
                   "type": "array",
                   "description": "Path to the certificate authority stored in PEM format.",
                   "items": {
-                    "$ref": "/schemas/v2/server-common#zowePath"
+                    "type": "string"
                   }
                 }
               ]