diff --git a/libs/template/config.go b/libs/template/config.go
index 970e74ca..5470aefe 100644
--- a/libs/template/config.go
+++ b/libs/template/config.go
@@ -70,8 +70,14 @@ func validateSchema(schema *jsonschema.Schema) error {
 
 // Reads json file at path and assigns values from the file
 func (c *config) assignValuesFromFile(path string) error {
-	// Load the config file.
+	// It's valid to set additional properties in the config file that are not
+	// defined in the schema. They will be filtered below. Thus for the duration of
+	// the LoadInstance call, we disable the additional properties check,
+	// to allow those properties to be loaded.
+	c.schema.AdditionalProperties = true
 	configFromFile, err := c.schema.LoadInstance(path)
+	c.schema.AdditionalProperties = false
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to load config from file %s: %w", path, err)
 	}
@@ -79,6 +85,11 @@ func (c *config) assignValuesFromFile(path string) error {
 	// Write configs from the file to the input map, not overwriting any existing
 	// configurations.
 	for name, val := range configFromFile {
+		// If a property is not defined in the schema, skip it.
+		if _, ok := c.schema.Properties[name]; !ok {
+			continue
+		}
+		// If a value is already assigned, keep the original value.
 		if _, ok := c.values[name]; ok {
 			continue
 		}
diff --git a/libs/template/config_test.go b/libs/template/config_test.go
index 847c2615..1af2e5f5 100644
--- a/libs/template/config_test.go
+++ b/libs/template/config_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ func TestTemplateConfigAssignValuesFromFileDoesNotOverwriteExistingConfigs(t *te
 	assert.Equal(t, "this-is-not-overwritten", c.values["string_val"])
 }
 
+func TestTemplateConfigAssignValuesFromFileFiltersPropertiesNotInTheSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	c := testConfig(t)
+
+	err := c.assignValuesFromFile("./testdata/config-assign-from-file-unknown-property/config.json")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// assert only the known property is loaded
+	assert.Len(t, c.values, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "i am a known property", c.values["string_val"])
+}
+
 func TestTemplateConfigAssignDefaultValues(t *testing.T) {
 	c := testConfig(t)
 
diff --git a/libs/template/testdata/config-assign-from-file-unknown-property/config.json b/libs/template/testdata/config-assign-from-file-unknown-property/config.json
index 518eaa6a..69ed020c 100644
--- a/libs/template/testdata/config-assign-from-file-unknown-property/config.json
+++ b/libs/template/testdata/config-assign-from-file-unknown-property/config.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "unknown_prop":    123
+    "unknown_prop": 123,
+    "string_val": "i am a known property"
 }