diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-starter-common/src/main/java/org/springdoc/core/converters/PageOpenAPIConverter.java b/springdoc-openapi-starter-common/src/main/java/org/springdoc/core/converters/PageOpenAPIConverter.java
index a761a1c93..66eb13364 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-starter-common/src/main/java/org/springdoc/core/converters/PageOpenAPIConverter.java
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-starter-common/src/main/java/org/springdoc/core/converters/PageOpenAPIConverter.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
  * The Spring Data Page type model converter.
  *
  * @author Claudio Nave
+ * @author dpkass
  */
 public class PageOpenAPIConverter implements ModelConverter {
 
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ public class PageOpenAPIConverter implements ModelConverter {
 			"empty"
 	);
 
+	private static final List<String> PAGED_MODEL_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES = List.of("content", "page");
+
+	private static final List<String> PAGE_METADATA_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES = List.of(
+			"size",
+			"number",
+			"totalElements",
+			"totalPages"
+	);
+
 	/**
 	 * The Spring doc object mapper.
 	 */
@@ -110,9 +120,11 @@ public PageOpenAPIConverter(boolean replacePageWithPagedModel, ObjectMapperProvi
 	public Schema resolve(AnnotatedType type, ModelConverterContext context, Iterator<ModelConverter> chain) {
 		JavaType javaType = springDocObjectMapper.jsonMapper().constructType(type.getType());
 		boolean isPageType = false;
+		boolean isPagedModelType = false;
 		if (javaType != null) {
 			Class<?> cls = javaType.getRawClass();
 			isPageType = PAGE_TO_REPLACE.equals(cls.getCanonicalName());
+			isPagedModelType = PagedModel.class.isAssignableFrom(cls);
 			if (replacePageWithPagedModel && isPageType) {
 				if (!type.isSchemaProperty())
 					type = resolvePagedModelType(javaType, type);
@@ -124,6 +136,8 @@ public Schema resolve(AnnotatedType type, ModelConverterContext context, Iterato
 
 		if (isPageType && !replacePageWithPagedModel)
 			sortPageSchemaProperties(schema, context);
+		else if (isPagedModelType || isPageType)
+			requirePagedModelProperties(schema, context);
 		return schema;
 	}
 
@@ -181,6 +195,29 @@ private void sortPageSchemaProperties(Schema schema, ModelConverterContext conte
 		pageSchema.setProperties(sortedProperties);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Require properties emitted by Spring Data's stable page representation.
+	 *
+	 * @param schema  the schema
+	 * @param context the context
+	 */
+	private void requirePagedModelProperties(Schema schema, ModelConverterContext context) {
+		Schema pagedModelSchema = resolveReferencedSchema(schema, context);
+		if (pagedModelSchema == null || pagedModelSchema.getProperties() == null
+				|| !pagedModelSchema.getProperties().keySet().containsAll(PAGED_MODEL_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES))
+			return;
+
+		pagedModelSchema.setRequired(PAGED_MODEL_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES);
+
+		Schema metadataSchema = resolveReferencedSchema(
+				(Schema) pagedModelSchema.getProperties().get("page"), context);
+		if (metadataSchema == null || metadataSchema.getProperties() == null
+				|| !metadataSchema.getProperties().keySet().containsAll(PAGE_METADATA_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES))
+			return;
+
+		metadataSchema.setRequired(PAGE_METADATA_REQUIRED_PROPERTIES);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Resolve referenced schema.
 	 *
diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/java/test/org/springdoc/api/v31/app10/SpringDocApp10DirectTest.java b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/java/test/org/springdoc/api/v31/app10/SpringDocApp10DirectTest.java
index e5222ec38..26c68c3a4 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/java/test/org/springdoc/api/v31/app10/SpringDocApp10DirectTest.java
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/java/test/org/springdoc/api/v31/app10/SpringDocApp10DirectTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.data.web.config.EnableSpringDataWebSupport;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ protected void testApp() throws Exception {
 		mockMvc.perform(get(Constants.DEFAULT_API_DOCS_URL))
 				.andExpect(status().isOk())
 				.andExpect(jsonPath("$.openapi", is("3.1.0")))
+				.andExpect(jsonPath("$.components.schemas.PagedModelString.required",
+						containsInAnyOrder("content", "page")))
+				.andExpect(jsonPath("$.components.schemas.PageMetadata.required",
+						containsInAnyOrder("size", "number", "totalElements", "totalPages")))
 				.andExpect(content().json(getContent("results/3.1.0/app10-direct.json"), true));
 	}
 
diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-direct.json b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-direct.json
index 12f41a67f..5bba83aa3 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-direct.json
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-direct.json
@@ -213,7 +213,13 @@
             "type": "integer",
             "format": "int64"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "number",
+          "size",
+          "totalElements",
+          "totalPages"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModelString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -227,7 +233,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModel": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -241,7 +251,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "DummyListString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -266,7 +280,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "PageString": {
         "type": "object",
diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-via_dto.json b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-via_dto.json
index ed88f14ce..87aff1e7b 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-via_dto.json
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.0.1/app10-via_dto.json
@@ -213,7 +213,13 @@
             "type": "integer",
             "format": "int64"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "number",
+          "size",
+          "totalElements",
+          "totalPages"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModelString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -227,7 +233,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModel": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -241,7 +251,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "DummyListString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -266,7 +280,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModelUserDto": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -280,7 +298,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "UserDto": {
         "type": "object",
diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-direct.json b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-direct.json
index e3fa6c995..996d86bb1 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-direct.json
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-direct.json
@@ -193,7 +193,13 @@
             "type": "integer",
             "format": "int64"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "number",
+          "size",
+          "totalElements",
+          "totalPages"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModelString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -207,7 +213,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModel": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -219,7 +229,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "DummyListString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -244,7 +258,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "PageString": {
         "type": "object",
diff --git a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-via_dto.json b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-via_dto.json
index d8d18c9cf..dc3ffb1cd 100644
--- a/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-via_dto.json
+++ b/springdoc-openapi-tests/springdoc-openapi-hateoas-tests/src/test/resources/results/3.1.0/app10-via_dto.json
@@ -193,7 +193,13 @@
             "type": "integer",
             "format": "int64"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "number",
+          "size",
+          "totalElements",
+          "totalPages"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModelString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -207,7 +213,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "PagedModel": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -219,7 +229,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "DummyListString": {
         "type": "object",
@@ -244,7 +258,11 @@
           "page": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/PageMetadata"
           }
-        }
+        },
+        "required": [
+          "content",
+          "page"
+        ]
       },
       "DummyPageString": {
         "type": "object",