diff --git a/core/config/schema/core.data_types.schema.yml b/core/config/schema/core.data_types.schema.yml
index fa788ed118..92782406ca 100644
--- a/core/config/schema/core.data_types.schema.yml
+++ b/core/config/schema/core.data_types.schema.yml
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ config_entity:
   mapping:
     uuid:
       type: uuid
+      label: 'UUID'
     langcode:
       type: string
       label: 'Language code'
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigSchemaTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigSchemaTest.php
index fb3573eec9..e2e02e1dc8 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigSchemaTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Config/ConfigSchemaTest.php
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public function testSchemaMapping() {
     $expected['definition_class'] = '\Drupal\Core\TypedData\MapDataDefinition';
     $expected['unwrap_for_canonical_representation'] = TRUE;
     $expected['mapping']['name']['type'] = 'string';
-    $expected['mapping']['uuid']['type'] = 'string';
+    $expected['mapping']['uuid']['type'] = 'uuid';
     $expected['mapping']['uuid']['label'] = 'UUID';
     $expected['mapping']['langcode']['type'] = 'string';
     $expected['mapping']['langcode']['label'] = 'Language code';
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public function testSchemaMapping() {
     $expected['mapping']['effects']['sequence']['mapping']['id']['type'] = 'string';
     $expected['mapping']['effects']['sequence']['mapping']['data']['type'] = 'image.effect.[%parent.id]';
     $expected['mapping']['effects']['sequence']['mapping']['weight']['type'] = 'integer';
-    $expected['mapping']['effects']['sequence']['mapping']['uuid']['type'] = 'string';
+    $expected['mapping']['effects']['sequence']['mapping']['uuid']['type'] = 'uuid';
     $expected['mapping']['third_party_settings']['type'] = 'sequence';
     $expected['mapping']['third_party_settings']['label'] = 'Third party settings';
     $expected['mapping']['third_party_settings']['sequence']['type'] = '[%parent.%parent.%type].third_party.[%key]';