diff --git a/.changeset/allow-nullish-event-type.md b/.changeset/allow-nullish-event-type.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d38ef3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/allow-nullish-event-type.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@everipedia/iq-utils": minor
+---
+
+Allow nullish EventType in BaseEvents schema to support existing wikis with null event types
diff --git a/src/schema/index.ts b/src/schema/index.ts
index d935ddd..a7588b7 100644
--- a/src/schema/index.ts
+++ b/src/schema/index.ts
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export const BaseEvents = z.object({
 	id: z.string().nullish(),
 	date: z.string().nullable(),
 	title: z.string().nullish(),
-	type: EventType.nullable(),
+	type: EventType.nullish(),
 	description: z.string().nullish(),
 	link: z.string().nullish(),
 	multiDateStart: z.string().nullish(),