diff --git a/src/eventHandlers/AccountMetadataEmittedEvent/handlers/handleProjectMetadata.ts b/src/eventHandlers/AccountMetadataEmittedEvent/handlers/handleProjectMetadata.ts
index 84153d3..8bb1111 100644
--- a/src/eventHandlers/AccountMetadataEmittedEvent/handlers/handleProjectMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/eventHandlers/AccountMetadataEmittedEvent/handlers/handleProjectMetadata.ts
@@ -245,13 +245,7 @@ async function createNewSplitReceivers({
 
   const dependencyPromises = dependencies.map(async (dependency) => {
     if (isRepoDriverId(dependency.accountId)) {
-      if (!('source' in dependency)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Project dependency ${dependency.accountId} is missing source information.`,
-        );
-      }
-
-      if (dependency.source.forge === 'orcid') {
+      if ('orcidId' in dependency) {
         await ensureLinkedIdentityExists(
           dependency.accountId,
           { blockNumber, logIndex },
@@ -274,6 +268,18 @@ async function createNewSplitReceivers({
         });
       }
 
+      if (!('source' in dependency)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Project dependency ${dependency.accountId} is missing source information.`,
+        );
+      }
+
+      if (dependency.source.forge !== 'github') {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Project dependency ${dependency.accountId} has unsupported source forge: ${dependency.source.forge}. Expected 'github'.`,
+        );
+      }
+
       await ProjectModel.findOrCreate({
         transaction,
         lock: transaction.LOCK.UPDATE,
diff --git a/src/metadata/schemas/index.ts b/src/metadata/schemas/index.ts
index 49b8d2f..7838ef8 100644
--- a/src/metadata/schemas/index.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/schemas/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { nftDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV5 } from './nft-driver/v5';
 import { subListMetadataSchemaV1 } from './immutable-splits-driver/v1';
 import { nftDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV6 } from './nft-driver/v6';
 import { nftDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV7 } from './nft-driver/v7';
+import { repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV6 } from './repo-driver/v6';
 
 export const nftDriverAccountMetadataParser = createVersionedParser([
   nftDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV7.parse,
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ export const addressDriverAccountMetadataParser = createVersionedParser([
 ]);
 
 export const repoDriverAccountMetadataParser = createVersionedParser([
+  repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV6.parse,
   repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV5.parse,
   repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV4.parse,
   repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV3.parse,
diff --git a/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v3.ts b/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v3.ts
index 86b7288..2ffaef1 100644
--- a/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v3.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v3.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   repoDriverSplitReceiverSchema,
 } from './v2';
 
-const dripListSplitReceiverSchema = z.object({
+export const dripListSplitReceiverSchema = z.object({
   type: z.literal('dripList'),
   weight: z.number(),
   accountId: z.string(),
diff --git a/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v6.ts b/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v6.ts
index b5acd88..158ad75 100644
--- a/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v6.ts
+++ b/src/metadata/schemas/repo-driver/v6.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 import z from 'zod';
+import { repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV5 } from './v5';
+import {
+  addressDriverSplitReceiverSchema,
+  repoDriverSplitReceiverSchema,
+} from './v2';
+import { dripListSplitReceiverSchema } from './v3';
 
 export const orcidSplitReceiverSchema = z.object({
   type: z.literal('orcid'),
@@ -7,6 +13,19 @@ export const orcidSplitReceiverSchema = z.object({
   orcidId: z.string(),
 });
 
-// TODO: actually export new version
-// should allow orcidSplitReceiverSchema as a dependency
-// for repoDriverAccountSplitsSchema
+const repoDriverAccountSplitsSchema = z.object({
+  maintainers: z.array(addressDriverSplitReceiverSchema),
+  dependencies: z.array(
+    z.union([
+      dripListSplitReceiverSchema,
+      repoDriverSplitReceiverSchema,
+      addressDriverSplitReceiverSchema,
+      orcidSplitReceiverSchema,
+    ]),
+  ),
+});
+
+export const repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV6 =
+  repoDriverAccountMetadataSchemaV5.extend({
+    splits: repoDriverAccountSplitsSchema,
+  });