diff --git a/components/Footer/Navigation/SecondaryNav/index.tsx b/components/Footer/Navigation/SecondaryNav/index.tsx
index f731c67a9..3f631f809 100644
--- a/components/Footer/Navigation/SecondaryNav/index.tsx
+++ b/components/Footer/Navigation/SecondaryNav/index.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export default function FooterSecondaryNav({
                             `${link.type}_${lang}` as keyof typeof AppDownLoadLinks
                           ]
                         }
-                        alt={link.href.title}
+                        alt=""
                         width={125}
                         height={40}
                       />
diff --git a/server/routers/contentstack/base/output.ts b/server/routers/contentstack/base/output.ts
index 3dedb5096..9b015969f 100644
--- a/server/routers/contentstack/base/output.ts
+++ b/server/routers/contentstack/base/output.ts
@@ -331,6 +331,20 @@ export const validateLinkItem = z
     }
   })
 
+export const validateSecondaryLinks = z.array(
+  z.object({
+    title: z.string(),
+    links: z.array(validateLinkItem),
+  })
+)
+
+export const validateLinksWithType = z.array(
+  z.object({
+    type: z.string(),
+    href: validateExternalLink,
+  })
+)
+
 export const validateFooterConfigSchema = z
   .object({
     all_footer: z.object({
@@ -339,26 +353,11 @@ export const validateFooterConfigSchema = z
           main_links: z.array(validateLinkItem),
           app_downloads: z.object({
             title: z.string(),
-            links: z.array(
-              z.object({
-                type: z.string(),
-                href: validateExternalLink,
-              })
-            ),
+            links: validateLinksWithType,
           }),
-          secondary_links: z.array(
-            z.object({
-              title: z.string(),
-              links: z.array(validateLinkItem),
-            })
-          ),
+          secondary_links: validateSecondaryLinks,
           social_media: z.object({
-            links: z.array(
-              z.object({
-                type: z.string(),
-                href: validateExternalLink,
-              })
-            ),
+            links: validateLinksWithType,
           }),
           tertiary_links: z.array(validateLinkItem),
         })
diff --git a/server/routers/contentstack/base/query.ts b/server/routers/contentstack/base/query.ts
index bde79d886..c2f0c948a 100644
--- a/server/routers/contentstack/base/query.ts
+++ b/server/routers/contentstack/base/query.ts
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ export const baseQueryRouter = router({
     const connections = getFooterConnections(validatedFooterRefs.data)
     const footerUID = responseRef.data.all_footer.items[0].system.uid
 
-    // There's currently no error handling/validation for the responseRef, should it be added?
     getFooterCounter.add(1, { lang: lang })
     console.info(
       "contentstack.footer start",
diff --git a/types/components/footer/navigation.ts b/types/components/footer/navigation.ts
index 37c0a3600..e17c7d65b 100644
--- a/types/components/footer/navigation.ts
+++ b/types/components/footer/navigation.ts
@@ -1,40 +1,34 @@
+import { z } from "zod"
+
+import {
+  validateLinkItem,
+  validateLinksWithType,
+  validateSecondaryLinks,
+} from "@/server/routers/contentstack/base/output"
+
 import type { LanguageSwitcherData } from "@/types/requests/languageSwitcher"
 
-export type FooterLink = {
-  isExternal: boolean
-  openInNewTab: boolean
-  title: string | undefined
-  url: string
-}
+export type FooterLink = z.output<typeof validateLinkItem>
+
 export type FooterMainNavProps = {
   mainLinks: FooterLink[]
 }
 
-type FooterSecondaryNavGroup = {
-  title: string
-  links: FooterLink[]
-}
-type FooterLinkWithType = {
-  href?:
-    | {
-        href: string
-        title: string
-      }
-    | undefined
-  type: string
-}
+type FooterSecondaryNavGroup = z.output<typeof validateSecondaryLinks>
+
+type FooterLinkWithType = z.output<typeof validateLinksWithType>
 
 type FooterAppDownloads = {
   title: string
-  links: FooterLinkWithType[]
+  links: FooterLinkWithType
 }
 
 type FooterSocialMedia = {
-  links: FooterLinkWithType[]
+  links: FooterLinkWithType
 }
 
 export type FooterSecondaryNavProps = {
-  secondaryLinks: FooterSecondaryNavGroup[]
+  secondaryLinks: FooterSecondaryNavGroup
   appDownloads: FooterAppDownloads
 }