diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/xml/jaxb/Table.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/xml/jaxb/Table.java
index cc0a705aae..4e5d6113dc 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/xml/jaxb/Table.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/xml/jaxb/Table.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import org.jooq.util.jaxb.tools.XMLBuilder;
  *         <element name="table_catalog" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" minOccurs="0"/>
  *         <element name="table_schema" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" minOccurs="0"/>
  *         <element name="table_name" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string"/>
- *         <element name="table_type" type="{http://www.jooq.org/xsd/jooq-meta-3.14.0.xsd}TableType"/>
+ *         <element name="table_type" type="{http://www.jooq.org/xsd/jooq-meta-3.14.0.xsd}TableType" minOccurs="0"/>
  *         <element name="comment" type="{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}string" minOccurs="0"/>
  *       </all>
  *     </restriction>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class Table implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
     @XmlElement(name = "table_name", required = true)
     @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(StringAdapter.class)
     protected String tableName;
-    @XmlElement(name = "table_type", required = true, defaultValue = "BASE TABLE")
+    @XmlElement(name = "table_type", defaultValue = "BASE TABLE")
     @XmlSchemaType(name = "string")
     protected TableType tableType = TableType.BASE_TABLE;
     @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(StringAdapter.class)
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-meta-3.14.0.xsd b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-meta-3.14.0.xsd
index 89c2657c19..4174f14dbe 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-meta-3.14.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-meta-3.14.0.xsd
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
             <element name="table_catalog" type="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <element name="table_schema" type="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
             <element name="table_name" type="string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
-            <element name="table_type" type="tns:TableType" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" default="BASE TABLE"/>
+            <element name="table_type" type="tns:TableType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" default="BASE TABLE"/>
             <element name="comment" type="string" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1" />
         </all>
     </complexType>