diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 6e9c995..f434421 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ impl Default for InjectedFieldConfig {
 impl Validate for InjectedFieldConfig {
     fn validate(&self) -> Result<()> {
         validate_field_name(&self.name)?;
-        if self.value.is_empty() {
-            bail!("'{}': value must not be empty", self.name);
-        }
         parse_typed_cell(&self.value, self.kind).with_context(|| format!("'{}'", self.name))?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -1212,6 +1209,24 @@ fields = [
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_injected_field_accepts_empty_text_value() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let extra = "[[injected-fields]]\nname = \"note\"\ntype = \"TEXT\"\nvalue = \"\"\n";
+        fs::write(dir.path().join("config.toml"), minimal_config_with(extra)).unwrap();
+        let config = Config::load(dir.path()).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.injected_fields[0].value, "");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_injected_field_rejects_empty_number_value() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let extra = "[[injected-fields]]\nname = \"seq\"\ntype = \"NUMBER\"\nvalue = \"\"\n";
+        fs::write(dir.path().join("config.toml"), minimal_config_with(extra)).unwrap();
+        let err = Config::load(dir.path()).expect_err("expected validation error");
+        assert!(format!("{:#}", err).contains("invalid number"));
+    }
+
     fn minimal_config_with(extra: &str) -> String {
         format!(
             "{}\n[tables.users]\nfields = [\n    {{ name = \"id\", type = \"NUMBER\", primary-key = true }},\n]\n",
diff --git a/tests/accept_config.rs b/tests/accept_config.rs
index 819f195..5111057 100644
--- a/tests/accept_config.rs
+++ b/tests/accept_config.rs
@@ -358,36 +358,6 @@ source = "users.csv"
     );
 }
 
-#[test]
-fn test_injected_field_empty_value_rejected() {
-    common::init_logging();
-    let tmp = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
-    common::write_config(
-        tmp.path(),
-        "config.toml",
-        r#"
-[[injected-fields]]
-name = "host"
-value = ""
-
-[tables.users]
-fields = [
-    { name = "id", type = "NUMBER", primary-key = true },
-    { name = "name", type = "TEXT" },
-]
-
-[tables.users.csv]
-source = "users.csv"
-"#,
-    );
-
-    let err = format!("{:#}", Config::load(tmp.path()).unwrap_err());
-    assert!(
-        err.contains("value must not be empty"),
-        "should report empty value: {err}"
-    );
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn test_injected_field_value_does_not_parse() {
     common::init_logging();