diff --git a/authentik/outposts/api/outposts.py b/authentik/outposts/api/outposts.py
index af0941edac..d026fa5031 100644
--- a/authentik/outposts/api/outposts.py
+++ b/authentik/outposts/api/outposts.py
@@ -1,23 +1,33 @@
 """Outpost API Views"""
+from dacite.core import from_dict
+from dacite.exceptions import DaciteError
 from drf_yasg.utils import swagger_auto_schema
 from rest_framework.decorators import action
 from rest_framework.fields import BooleanField, CharField, DateTimeField
 from rest_framework.request import Request
 from rest_framework.response import Response
-from rest_framework.serializers import JSONField, ModelSerializer
+from rest_framework.serializers import JSONField, ModelSerializer, ValidationError
 from rest_framework.viewsets import ModelViewSet
 
 from authentik.core.api.providers import ProviderSerializer
 from authentik.core.api.utils import PassiveSerializer, is_dict
-from authentik.outposts.models import Outpost, default_outpost_config
+from authentik.outposts.models import Outpost, OutpostConfig, default_outpost_config
 
 
 class OutpostSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     """Outpost Serializer"""
 
-    _config = JSONField(validators=[is_dict])
+    config = JSONField(validators=[is_dict], source="_config")
     providers_obj = ProviderSerializer(source="providers", many=True, read_only=True)
 
+    def validate_config(self, config) -> dict:
+        """Check that the config has all required fields"""
+        try:
+            from_dict(OutpostConfig, config)
+        except DaciteError as exc:
+            raise ValidationError(f"Failed to validate config: {str(exc)}") from exc
+        return config
+
     class Meta:
 
         model = Outpost
@@ -29,7 +39,7 @@ class OutpostSerializer(ModelSerializer):
             "providers_obj",
             "service_connection",
             "token_identifier",
-            "_config",
+            "config",
         ]
 
 
diff --git a/authentik/outposts/tests/test_api.py b/authentik/outposts/tests/test_api.py
index 841f52a153..ce44674473 100644
--- a/authentik/outposts/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/authentik/outposts/tests/test_api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
 
 from authentik.core.models import PropertyMapping, User
+from authentik.flows.models import Flow
+from authentik.outposts.api.outposts import OutpostSerializer
+from authentik.outposts.models import default_outpost_config
+from authentik.providers.proxy.models import ProxyProvider
 
 
 class TestOutpostServiceConnectionsAPI(APITestCase):
@@ -22,3 +26,20 @@ class TestOutpostServiceConnectionsAPI(APITestCase):
             reverse("authentik_api:outpostserviceconnection-types"),
         )
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+
+    def test_outpost_config(self):
+        """Test Outpost's config field"""
+        provider = ProxyProvider.objects.create(name="test", authorization_flow=Flow.objects.first())
+        invalid = OutpostSerializer(data={
+            "name": "foo",
+            "providers": [provider.pk],
+            "config": {}
+        })
+        self.assertFalse(invalid.is_valid())
+        self.assertIn("config", invalid.errors)
+        valid = OutpostSerializer(data={
+            "name": "foo",
+            "providers": [provider.pk],
+            "config": default_outpost_config("foo")
+        })
+        self.assertTrue(valid.is_valid())
diff --git a/swagger.yaml b/swagger.yaml
index edf6a34d31..2b8da5f836 100755
--- a/swagger.yaml
+++ b/swagger.yaml
@@ -16198,7 +16198,7 @@ definitions:
     required:
       - name
       - providers
-      - _config
+      - config
     type: object
     properties:
       pk:
@@ -16237,8 +16237,8 @@ definitions:
         title: Token identifier
         type: string
         readOnly: true
-      _config:
-        title: config
+      config:
+        title: Config
         type: object
   OutpostDefaultConfig:
     type: object
diff --git a/web/src/pages/outposts/OutpostForm.ts b/web/src/pages/outposts/OutpostForm.ts
index 24d531a40a..1e65dd045e 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/outposts/OutpostForm.ts
+++ b/web/src/pages/outposts/OutpostForm.ts
@@ -102,18 +102,18 @@ export class OutpostForm extends Form<Outpost> {
                 </select>
                 <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${t`Hold control/command to select multiple items.`}</p>
             </ak-form-element-horizontal>
-            ${until(new OutpostsApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG).outpostsOutpostsDefaultSettings({}).then(config => {
-                let fc = config.config;
-                if (this.outpost) {
-                    fc = this.outpost.config;
-                }
-                return html`<ak-form-element-horizontal
-                    label=${t`Configuration`}
-                    name="config">
-                    <ak-codemirror mode="yaml" value="${YAML.stringify(fc)}"></ak-codemirror>
-                    <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${t`Set custom attributes using YAML or JSON.`}</p>
-                </ak-form-element-horizontal>`;
-            }))}
+            <ak-form-element-horizontal
+                label=${t`Configuration`}
+                name="config">
+                <ak-codemirror mode="yaml" value="${until(new OutpostsApi(DEFAULT_CONFIG).outpostsOutpostsDefaultSettings({}).then(config => {
+                        let fc = config.config;
+                        if (this.outpost) {
+                            fc = this.outpost.config;
+                        }
+                        return YAML.stringify(fc);
+                    }))}"></ak-codemirror>
+                <p class="pf-c-form__helper-text">${t`Set custom attributes using YAML or JSON.`}</p>
+            </ak-form-element-horizontal>
         </form>`;
     }