diff --git a/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/dashboard.json b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/dashboard.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4d1ab8615eb82ee24daeb9caad2f957da59bc724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/dashboard.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "dashboard",
+    "order",
+    "panel_groups"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "dashboard": { "type": "string" },
+    "order": { "type": "number" },
+    "panel_groups": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/panel_groups.json" }
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/metrics.json b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/metrics.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4da1004dedd2763b900edbc3162953648087255f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/metrics.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "unit",
+    "label"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "id": { "type": "string" },
+    "query_range": { "type": "string" },
+    "query": { "type": "string" },
+    "unit": { "type": "string" },
+    "label": { "type": "string" },
+    "track": { "type": "string" }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/panel_groups.json b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/panel_groups.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d7a390adcdc4fdbc4f31a5db38208f0928257e3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/panel_groups.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "group",
+    "priority",
+    "panels"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "group": { "type": "string" },
+    "priority": { "type": "number" },
+    "panels": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "panels.json" }
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/panels.json b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/panels.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1548daacd643d035bef78e3b1b8f48bf7f8fb3b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/panels.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "required": [
+    "title",
+    "y_label",
+    "weight",
+    "metrics"
+  ],
+  "properties": {
+    "title": { "type": "string" },
+    "type": { "type": "string" },
+    "y_label": { "type": "string" },
+    "weight": { "type": "number" },
+    "metrics": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": { "$ref": "metrics.json" }
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false
+}
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/service_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/service_spec.rb
index f95748893142d40b70bb3e20e06fb090943cfe56..127fc28bcd60f22297d12f93f6292027cd167707 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/service_spec.rb
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ describe Gitlab::MetricsDashboard::Service, :use_clean_rails_memory_store_cachin
   let(:project) { build(:project) }
 
   describe 'get_dashboard' do
+    let(:dashboard_schema) { JSON.parse(fixture_file('lib/gitlab/metrics_dashboard/schemas/dashboard.json')) }
+
     it 'returns a json representation of the environment dashboard' do
       result = described_class.new(project).get_dashboard
 
       expect(result.keys).to contain_exactly(:dashboard, :status)
       expect(result[:status]).to eq(:success)
 
-      expect(result[:dashboard]).to include('dashboard', 'order', 'panel_groups')
-      expect(result[:dashboard]['panel_groups']).to all( include('group', 'priority', 'panels') )
+      expect(JSON::Validator.fully_validate(dashboard_schema, result[:dashboard])).to be_empty
     end
 
     it 'caches the dashboard for subsequent calls' do