diff --git a/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_template.json b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_template.json
index 9066639c3b5..5be562b3758 100644
--- a/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_template.json
+++ b/rest-api-spec/api/indices.get_template.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "parts": {
         "name": {
           "type" : "string",
-          "required" : true,
+          "required" : false,
           "description" : "The name of the template"
         }
       },