diff --git a/src/executorlib/standalone/validate.py b/src/executorlib/standalone/validate.py
index ec4251be..77f6bd69 100644
--- a/src/executorlib/standalone/validate.py
+++ b/src/executorlib/standalone/validate.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class ResourceDictValidation(BaseModel):
     run_time_limit: Optional[int] = None
     priority: Optional[int] = None
     slurm_cmd_args: Optional[list[str]] = None
+    submission_template: Optional[str] = None
 
     if HAS_PYDANTIC:
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/standalone/test_validate.py b/tests/unit/standalone/test_validate.py
index 7b6c4904..6d19c2d6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/standalone/test_validate.py
+++ b/tests/unit/standalone/test_validate.py
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ def test_get_accepted_keys(self):
             "error_log_file",
             "run_time_limit",
             "priority",
-            "slurm_cmd_args"
+            "slurm_cmd_args",
+            "submission_template",
         ]
         self.assertEqual(set(accepted_keys), set(expected_keys))
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):