diff --git a/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/network-catalogue.yaml b/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/network-catalogue.yaml
index e736913b4..9b14cf19a 100644
--- a/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/network-catalogue.yaml
+++ b/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/network-catalogue.yaml
@@ -120,12 +120,11 @@ spec:
                     # TODO(mfuller): should this be enforced with a pattern?
                     type: string
                   ironicAutomatedClean:
-                    type: boolean
+                    type: string
                   httpPort:
-                    type: integer
-                    maximum: 65535
+                    type: string
                   ironicFastTrack:
-                    type: boolean
+                    type: string
                   deployKernelUrl:
                     type: string
                   deployRamdiskUrl:
diff --git a/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/versions-catalogue.yaml b/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/versions-catalogue.yaml
index 44397b6a1..76920fe76 100644
--- a/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/versions-catalogue.yaml
+++ b/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas/versions-catalogue.yaml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ spec:
                 type: object
                 additionalProperties:
                   type: object
+                  required: [manager, auth_proxy]
                   properties:
                     manager:
                       type: object
@@ -66,6 +67,13 @@ spec:
                           type: string
                         tag:
                           type: string
+                    ipam-manager:
+                      type: object
+                      properties:
+                        repository:
+                          type: string
+                        tag:
+                          type: string
               images:
                 type: object
                 additionalProperties: # image groups
diff --git a/tools/document/validate_site_docs.sh b/tools/document/validate_site_docs.sh
index 94693bc2a..f7beef38f 100755
--- a/tools/document/validate_site_docs.sh
+++ b/tools/document/validate_site_docs.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ set -xe
 # The location of sites whose manifests should be validated.
 # This are relative to MANIFEST_ROOT above
 : ${SITE_ROOT:="$(basename "${PWD}")/manifests/site"}
+: ${SCHEMAS_ROOT:="${PWD}/manifests/function/airshipctl-schemas"}
 : ${MANIFEST_REPO_URL:="https://review.opendev.org/airship/airshipctl"}
 : ${SITE:="test-workload"}
 : ${CONTEXT:="kind-airship"}
@@ -99,6 +100,8 @@ fi
 
 generate_airshipconf "default"
 
+catalogues=("versions" "networking")
+
 phase_plans=$(airshipctl --airshipconf ${AIRSHIPCONFIG} plan list | grep "PhasePlan" | awk -F '/' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}')
 for plan in $phase_plans; do
 
@@ -120,6 +123,9 @@ for plan in $phase_plans; do
     # In the meantime, as new phases are added, please add them here as well.
     phases=$(airshipctl --airshipconf ${AIRSHIPCONFIG} phase list --plan $plan -c $cluster | grep Phase | awk -F '/' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}' || true)
 
+    # apply catalogue CRDs
+    ${KUBECTL} --context ${CLUSTER} --kubeconfig ${KUBECONFIG} apply -k ${SCHEMAS_ROOT}
+
     for phase in $phases; do
       # Guard against bootstrap or initinfra being missing, which could be the case for some configs
       echo -e "\n*** Rendering ${cluster}/${phase}"
@@ -128,12 +134,26 @@ for plan in $phase_plans; do
       # TODO: will need to loop through phases in order, eventually
       # e.g., load CRDs from initinfra first, so they're present when validating later phases
       ${AIRSHIPCTL} --airshipconf ${AIRSHIPCONFIG} phase render ${phase} -s executor -k CustomResourceDefinition >${TMP}/${phase}-crds.yaml
+
+      # extract rendered catalogue CRs
+      ${AIRSHIPCTL} --airshipconf ${AIRSHIPCONFIG} phase render ${phase} -s executor -k NetworkCatalogue >${TMP}/${phase}-networking.yaml
+      ${AIRSHIPCTL} --airshipconf ${AIRSHIPCONFIG} phase render ${phase} -s executor -k VersionsCatalogue >${TMP}/${phase}-versions.yaml
+
       if [ -s ${TMP}/${phase}-crds.yaml ]; then
         ${KUBECTL} --context ${CLUSTER} apply -f ${TMP}/${phase}-crds.yaml
       fi
 
       # step 2: dry-run the entire phase
       ${ACTL} phase run --dry-run ${phase}
+
+      # catalogues have the label deploy-k8s: false, so they won't get applied during the dry-run
+      # and will have to be applied manually here
+      for catalogue in "${catalogues[@]}"
+      do
+        if [ -s ${TMP}/${phase}-${catalogue}.yaml ]; then
+          ${KUBECTL} --context ${CLUSTER} --kubeconfig ${KUBECONFIG} apply -f ${TMP}/$phase-${catalogue}.yaml --dry-run=client
+        fi
+      done
     done
     # Delete cluster kubeconfig
     rm ${KUBECONFIG}