diff --git a/src/lib/validators/user-preferences.ts b/src/lib/validators/user-preferences.ts
index ddbcebcb..ed4c1dd9 100644
--- a/src/lib/validators/user-preferences.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validators/user-preferences.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ export const updateUserPreferencesSchema = z.object({
    * update.
    */
   dashboardWidgets: z.record(z.string(), z.boolean()).optional(),
+  /**
+   * Rep-chosen dashboard widget order (drag-drop). Missing ids fall
+   * through to registry order so newly-added widgets always surface.
+   * Kept loose (array-of-string) for the same reason as above.
+   */
+  dashboardWidgetOrder: z.array(z.string()).optional(),
 });
 
 export type UpdateUserPreferencesInput = z.infer<typeof updateUserPreferencesSchema>;