diff --git a/src/ragas/validation.py b/src/ragas/validation.py
index 8876bd0af..efb790feb 100644
--- a/src/ragas/validation.py
+++ b/src/ragas/validation.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def validate_column_dtypes(ds: Dataset):
     EvaluationMode.ga: ["ground_truth", "answer"],
     EvaluationMode.qga: ["question", "ground_truth", "answer"],
     EvaluationMode.qcg: ["question", "contexts", "ground_truth"],
-    EvaluationMode.ca: ["contexts", "summary"],
+    EvaluationMode.ca: ["contexts", "answer"],
 }