diff --git a/src/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Readers/ParseNodes/AsyncApiAnyConverter.cs b/src/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Readers/ParseNodes/AsyncApiAnyConverter.cs
index 4bd72a19..d2f0ec2b 100644
--- a/src/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Readers/ParseNodes/AsyncApiAnyConverter.cs
+++ b/src/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Readers/ParseNodes/AsyncApiAnyConverter.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public static IAsyncApiAny GetSpecificAsyncApiAny(IAsyncApiAny asyncApiAny, Asyn
                         return new AsyncApiDateTime(dateTimeValue);
                     }
                 }
-                else if (type.Value.HasFlag(SchemaType.String))
+                else if (type != null && type.Value.HasFlag(SchemaType.String))
                 {
                     if (format == "byte")
                     {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public static IAsyncApiAny GetSpecificAsyncApiAny(IAsyncApiAny asyncApiAny, Asyn
                 return new AsyncApiNull();
             }
 
-            if (schema?.Type == null)
+            if (type == null)
             {
                 if (value == "true")
                 {
diff --git a/test/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Tests/Models/AsyncApiMessage_Should.cs b/test/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Tests/Models/AsyncApiMessage_Should.cs
index f207a31c..edb13eff 100644
--- a/test/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Tests/Models/AsyncApiMessage_Should.cs
+++ b/test/LEGO.AsyncAPI.Tests/Models/AsyncApiMessage_Should.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,33 @@ namespace LEGO.AsyncAPI.Tests.Models
 
     internal class AsyncApiMessage_Should
     {
+            [Test]
+            public void AsyncApiMessage_WithNoType_DeserializesToDefault()
+            {
+                // Arrange
+                var expected =
+                    @"{
+                      ""payload"": {
+                        ""type"": ""object"",
+                        ""properties"": {
+                          ""someProp"": {
+                            ""enum"": [
+                              ""test"",
+                              ""test2""
+                            ]
+                          }
+                        }
+                      }
+                    }";
+
+                // Act
+                var message = new AsyncApiStringReader().ReadFragment<AsyncApiMessage>(expected, AsyncApiVersion.AsyncApi2_0, out var diagnostic);
+
+                // Assert
+                diagnostic.Errors.Should().BeEmpty();
+                message.Payload.Properties.First().Value.Enum.Should().HaveCount(2);
+            }
+
             [Test]
             public void AsyncApiMessage_WithNoSchemaFormat_DeserializesToDefault()
             {