diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/utils/validate.py b/custom_components/hacs/utils/validate.py
index 52a00322877..c0ba455c9c5 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/utils/validate.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/utils/validate.py
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ def _country_validator(values) -> list[str]:
         vol.Optional("content_in_root"): bool,
         vol.Optional("country"): _country_validator,
         vol.Optional("filename"): str,
-        vol.Optional("hacs"): vol.Coerce(AwesomeVersion),
+        vol.Optional("hacs"): str,
         vol.Optional("hide_default_branch"): bool,
-        vol.Optional("homeassistant"): vol.Coerce(AwesomeVersion),
+        vol.Optional("homeassistant"): str,
         vol.Optional("persistent_directory"): str,
         vol.Optional("render_readme"): bool,
         vol.Optional("zip_release"): bool,
diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/validate/hacsjson.py b/custom_components/hacs/validate/hacsjson.py
index b025a49ed82..4d000075bee 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/validate/hacsjson.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/validate/hacsjson.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from voluptuous.error import Invalid
+from voluptuous.humanize import humanize_error
 
 from ..enums import HacsCategory, RepositoryFile
-from ..repositories.base import HacsRepository
+from ..repositories.base import HacsManifest, HacsRepository
 from ..utils.validate import HACS_MANIFEST_JSON_SCHEMA
 from .base import ActionValidationBase, ValidationException
 
@@ -25,10 +26,10 @@ async def async_validate(self):
 
         content = await self.repository.async_get_hacs_json(self.repository.ref)
         try:
-            HACS_MANIFEST_JSON_SCHEMA(content)
+            hacsjson = HacsManifest.from_dict(HACS_MANIFEST_JSON_SCHEMA(content))
         except Invalid as exception:
-            raise ValidationException(exception) from exception
+            raise ValidationException(humanize_error(content, exception)) from exception
 
         if self.repository.data.category == HacsCategory.INTEGRATION:
-            if content.get("zip_release") and not content.get("filename"):
+            if hacsjson.zip_release and not hacsjson.filename:
                 raise ValidationException("zip_release is True, but filename is not set")
diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index 9c3b0b60f29..7cf64ec471e 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 import homeassistant.util.dt as date_util
 from homeassistant.util.unit_system import METRIC_SYSTEM
 
-from custom_components.hacs.repositories.base import HacsRepository
+from custom_components.hacs.repositories.base import HacsManifest, HacsRepository
 from custom_components.hacs.utils.logger import LOGGER
 
 from tests.async_mock import AsyncMock, Mock, patch
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def dummy_repository_base(hacs, repository=None):
     repository.integration_manifest = {"config_flow": False, "domain": "test"}
     repository.data.published_tags = ["1", "2", "3"]
     repository.data.update_data(fixture("repository_data.json", asjson=True))
+    repository.hacs_manifest = HacsManifest.from_dict({})
 
     async def update_repository(*args, **kwargs):
         pass
diff --git a/tests/validate/test_hacsjson_check.py b/tests/validate/test_hacsjson_check.py
index 60e05baa631..2cfe1a8c9c1 100644
--- a/tests/validate/test_hacsjson_check.py
+++ b/tests/validate/test_hacsjson_check.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from aiogithubapi.objects.repository.content import AIOGitHubAPIRepositoryTreeContent
 import pytest
 
+from custom_components.hacs.repositories.base import HacsManifest
 from custom_components.hacs.validate.hacsjson import Validator
 
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ async def test_hacs_manifest_with_missing_filename(repository, caplog):
     repository.data.category = "integration"
 
     async def _async_get_hacs_json(_):
-        return {"name": "test", "zip_release": True}
+        return {"name": "test", "zip_release": True, "hacs": "0.0.0"}
 
     repository.async_get_hacs_json = _async_get_hacs_json