diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/social-link/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/social-link/block.json
index b30cfc9ae44d53..977f5731fd961a 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/social-link/block.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/social-link/block.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 			"type": "string"
 		},
 		"label": {
-			"type": "number"
+			"type": "string"
 		}
 	}
 }