diff --git a/.vscode/viash_config.yaml b/.vscode/viash_config.yaml
index d416f28f..c28ee997 100644
--- a/.vscode/viash_config.yaml
+++ b/.vscode/viash_config.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ definitions:
       target:
         description: "Which target directory to use for `viash ns build`."
         type: "string"
-      reference:
+      references:
         description: "References to external resources related to the project."
         $ref: "#/definitions/ProjectConfigReferences"
       organization:
diff --git a/src/arriba/config.vsh.yaml b/src/arriba/config.vsh.yaml
index 1f9c78a9..cc73952f 100644
--- a/src/arriba/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/arriba/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ functionality:
       homepage: https://arriba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
       documentation: https://arriba.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
       repository: https://github.com/suhrig/arriba
-    reference:
+    references:
       doi: 10.1101/gr.257246.119
   license: MIT
   requirements:
diff --git a/src/bgzip/config.vsh.yaml b/src/bgzip/config.vsh.yaml
index 843c3462..6c5a7742 100644
--- a/src/bgzip/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/bgzip/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ functionality:
       homepage: https://www.htslib.org/
       documentation: https://www.htslib.org/doc/bgzip.html
       repository: https://github.com/samtools/htslib
-    reference:
+    references:
       doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giab007
   license: MIT
   requirements:
diff --git a/src/busco/config.vsh.yaml b/src/busco/config.vsh.yaml
index fdebb0f0..fb82070f 100644
--- a/src/busco/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/busco/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ functionality:
       homepage: https://busco.ezlab.org/
       documentation: https://busco.ezlab.org/busco_userguide.html
       repository: https://gitlab.com/ezlab/busco
-    reference:
+    references:
       doi: "10.1007/978-1-4939-9173-0_14"
   license: MIT
   argument_groups:
diff --git a/src/fastp/config.vsh.yaml b/src/fastp/config.vsh.yaml
index 3fe04869..344bb172 100644
--- a/src/fastp/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/fastp/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ functionality:
     links:
       repository: https://github.com/OpenGene/fastp
       documentation: https://github.com/OpenGene/fastp/blob/master/README.md
-    reference:
+    references:
       doi: "10.1093/bioinformatics/bty560"
   license: MIT
   argument_groups:
diff --git a/src/featurecounts/config.vsh.yaml b/src/featurecounts/config.vsh.yaml
index 1a4af4f2..606af0e3 100644
--- a/src/featurecounts/config.vsh.yaml
+++ b/src/featurecounts/config.vsh.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ functionality:
       homepage: https://subread.sourceforge.net/
       documentation: https://subread.sourceforge.net/SubreadUsersGuide.pdf
       repository: https://github.com/ShiLab-Bioinformatics/subread
-    reference:
+    references:
       doi: "10.1093/bioinformatics/btt656"
   license: GPL-3.0 
   requirements: