diff --git a/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/README.md b/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/README.md
index ba1e363b..09e65efd 100644
--- a/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/README.md
+++ b/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ For production, update this to your deployed Strapi URL.
 | `react-markdown` | Markdown rendering |
 | `remark-gfm` | GitHub Flavored Markdown |
 | `use-debounce` | Debounced search input |
+| `zod` | Runtime schema validation and parsing |
 
 ### Running Both Servers
 
diff --git a/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/package.json b/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/package.json
index a8966a5c..3b4206ef 100644
--- a/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/package.json
+++ b/packages/create/src/frameworks/react/add-ons/strapi/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "lucide-react": "^0.577.0",
     "react-markdown": "^9.0.1",
     "remark-gfm": "^4.0.0",
-    "use-debounce": "^10.1.0"
+    "use-debounce": "^10.1.0",
+    "zod": "^4.3.6"
   }
 }