diff --git a/gns3server/schemas/controller/templates/virtualbox_templates.py b/gns3server/schemas/controller/templates/virtualbox_templates.py
index 3cce1cd6e..b9d966ec1 100644
--- a/gns3server/schemas/controller/templates/virtualbox_templates.py
+++ b/gns3server/schemas/controller/templates/virtualbox_templates.py
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ from pydantic import Field
 from typing import Optional, List
 
 
-class VirtualBoxTemplate(TemplateBase):
+class VirtualBoxTemplateBase(TemplateBase):
     category: Optional[Category] = Category.guest
     default_name_format: Optional[str] = "{name}-{0}"
     symbol: Optional[str] = "vbox_guest"
-    vmname: str = Field(..., description="VirtualBox VM name (in VirtualBox itself)")
+    vmname: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="VirtualBox VM name (in VirtualBox itself)")
     ram: Optional[int] = Field(256, gt=0, description="Amount of RAM in MB")
     linked_clone: Optional[bool] = Field(False, description="Whether the VM is a linked clone or not")
     adapters: Optional[int] = Field(
@@ -59,5 +59,9 @@ class VirtualBoxTemplate(TemplateBase):
     custom_adapters: Optional[List[CustomAdapter]] = Field(default_factory=list, description="Custom adapters")
 
 
-class VirtualBoxTemplateUpdate(VirtualBoxTemplate):
-    vmname: Optional[str] = Field(None, description="VirtualBox VM name (in VirtualBox itself)")
+class VirtualBoxTemplate(VirtualBoxTemplateBase):
+    vmname: str = Field(..., description="VirtualBox VM name (in VirtualBox itself)")
+
+
+class VirtualBoxTemplateUpdate(VirtualBoxTemplateBase):
+    pass
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 23a3afc29..f5189aab4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ module = [
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.projects",  # 2
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.settings",  # 3
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.docker_templates",  # 1
-  "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.virtualbox_templates",  # 1
   "gns3server.schemas.controller.templates.vmware_templates",  # 1
   "gns3server.schemas.qemu_disk_image",  # 2
   "gns3server.services.computes",  # 4