diff --git a/okapi/Cargo.toml b/okapi/Cargo.toml
index 60e23be..3e7952b 100644
--- a/okapi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/okapi/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ log = { workspace = true }
 impl_json_schema = ["schemars/impl_json_schema"]
 # Preserve the order of items in schema and other part of the OpenAPI documentation.
 preserve_order = ["schemars/preserve_order"]
+schemars-alpha = []
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/okapi/src/merge.rs b/okapi/src/merge.rs
index fbe3257..2206368 100644
--- a/okapi/src/merge.rs
+++ b/okapi/src/merge.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ pub fn merge_components(
     } else {
         if let Some(s1) = s1 {
             let s2 = s2.as_ref().unwrap();
+            #[cfg(feature = "schemars-alpha")]
+            merge_map_json(&mut s1.schemas, s2.schemas.clone(), "schemas");
+            #[cfg(not(feature = "schemars-alpha"))]
             merge_map(&mut s1.schemas, &s2.schemas, "schemas");
             merge_map(&mut s1.responses, &s2.responses, "responses");
             merge_map(&mut s1.parameters, &s2.parameters, "parameters");
@@ -264,6 +267,26 @@ pub fn merge_option<T: Clone>(s1: &mut Option<T>, s2: &Option<T>) {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "schemars-alpha")]
+pub fn merge_map_json(s1: &mut serde_json::Value, s2: serde_json::Value, name: &str) {
+    if let serde_json::Value::Object(s1) = s1 {
+        if let serde_json::Value::Object(s2) = s2 {
+            for (k, v) in s2 {
+                if v.is_null() {
+                    s1.remove(&k);
+                }
+                else {
+                    merge_map_json(s1.entry(k).or_insert(serde_json::Value::Null), v, name);
+                }
+            } 
+
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    *s1 = s2;
+}
+
 /// Merge `Map<String, _>`/`&Map<String, _>`:
 /// Merge together. If key already exists, use s1 version.
 pub fn merge_map<T: Clone + PartialEq + std::fmt::Debug>(
diff --git a/okapi/src/openapi3.rs b/okapi/src/openapi3.rs
index 3063d00..060ad90 100644
--- a/okapi/src/openapi3.rs
+++ b/okapi/src/openapi3.rs
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ pub struct Responses {
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "impl_json_schema", derive(JsonSchema))]
 #[serde(default, rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct Components {
+    #[cfg(feature = "schemars-alpha")]
+    pub schemas: serde_json::Value,
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "schemars-alpha"))]
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Map::is_empty")]
     pub schemas: Map<String, SchemaObject>,
     #[serde(default, skip_serializing_if = "Map::is_empty")]
diff --git a/rocket-okapi/src/gen.rs b/rocket-okapi/src/gen.rs
index 0a0882a..25f9de5 100644
--- a/rocket-okapi/src/gen.rs
+++ b/rocket-okapi/src/gen.rs
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ impl OpenApiGenerator {
                 paths
             },
             components: Some(Components {
+                #[cfg(not(feature = "schemars-alpha"))]
                 schemas: schemas.into_iter().map(|(k, v)| (k, v.into())).collect(),
                 security_schemes: schemes,
                 ..Default::default()