diff --git a/lib/index.ts b/lib/index.ts
index 25c1a6c..504a875 100644
--- a/lib/index.ts
+++ b/lib/index.ts
@@ -123,8 +123,13 @@ const mapSchemaTypeToFieldSchema = ({
   const meta: any = {};
 
   for (const metaProp of props) {
-    if (value && value[metaProp] != null) {
-      meta[metaProp] = value[metaProp];
+    const metaValue = value[metaProp];
+    const isValidEnum = metaProps === 'enum' ? Array.isArray(metaValue) : true;
+    const isValidRequired = metaProps === 'required' ? Array.isArray(metaValue) || typeof metaValue === 'boolean' : true;
+    const isValidDescription = metaProps === 'description' ? typeof metaValue === 'string' : true;
+    const defaultSupportedMetaPropsAreValid = isValidDescription && isValidEnum && isValidRequired;
+    if (value && metaValue != null && defaultSupportedMetaPropsAreValid) {
+      meta[metaProp] = metaValue;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 154e18e..beab527 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongoose-to-swagger",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9213acf..97af912 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongoose-to-swagger",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "description": "Conversion library for transforming Mongoose schema objects into Swagger schema definitions.",
   "homepage": "",
   "author": {
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     "test:watch": "mocha lib/*.test.js --watch",
     "test": "mocha lib/*.test.ts",
     "build": "tsc",
-    "prepublish": "npm run build"
+    "prepublish": "npm run build",
+    "preinstall": "npm run build"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "license": "MIT",