diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 91128491..b25aece2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 - Improve safe mode for `@graph` use cases.
+- Fix `@json` frame test 0069.
 
 ## 8.1.1 - 2023-02-25
 
diff --git a/lib/frame.js b/lib/frame.js
index 27675fb7..5244d04e 100644
--- a/lib/frame.js
+++ b/lib/frame.js
@@ -464,8 +464,9 @@ function _validateFrame(frame) {
 
   if('@type' in frame[0]) {
     for(const type of util.asArray(frame[0]['@type'])) {
-      // @id must be wildcard or an IRI
-      if(!(types.isObject(type) || url.isAbsolute(type)) ||
+      // @type must be wildcard, IRI, or @json
+      if(!(types.isObject(type) || url.isAbsolute(type) ||
+          (type === '@json')) ||
         (types.isString(type) && type.indexOf('_:') === 0)) {
         throw new JsonLdError(
           'Invalid JSON-LD syntax; invalid @type in frame.',
diff --git a/tests/test.js b/tests/test.js
index 4f2449a1..d2e3e4ec 100644
--- a/tests/test.js
+++ b/tests/test.js
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ const TEST_TYPES = {
       // NOTE: idRegex format:
       //MMM-manifest#tNNN$/,
       idRegex: [
-        /frame-manifest#t0069$/,
       ]
     },
     fn: 'frame',