diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/config.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/config.py
index e57b8dfb6..b9224b733 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/config.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/config.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class MilvusVectorIOConfig(BaseModel):
     uri: str = Field(description="The URI of the Milvus server")
     token: str | None = Field(description="The token of the Milvus server")
     consistency_level: str = Field(description="The consistency level of the Milvus server", default="Strong")
-    kvstore: KVStoreConfig | None = None
+    kvstore: KVStoreConfig
 
     # This configuration allows additional fields to be passed through to the underlying Milvus client.
     # See the [Milvus](https://milvus.io/docs/install-overview.md) documentation for more details about Milvus in general.