diff --git a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl
index 1efeb4d69..f9e64ffa6 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_conf/src/emqx_conf.erl
@@ -203,14 +203,30 @@ gen_config_md(Dir, SchemaModule, Lang) ->
 -spec schema_module() -> module().
 schema_module() ->
     case os:getenv("SCHEMA_MOD") of
-        false -> emqx_conf_schema;
-        Value -> list_to_existing_atom(Value)
+        false ->
+            resolve_schema_module();
+        Value ->
+            list_to_existing_atom(Value)
     end.
 
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% Internal functions
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+-ifdef(TEST).
+resolve_schema_module() ->
+    case os:getenv("PROFILE") of
+        "emqx" ->
+            emqx_conf_schema;
+        "emqx-enterprise" ->
+            emqx_enterprise_schema
+    end.
+-else.
+-spec resolve_schema_module() -> no_return().
+resolve_schema_module() ->
+    error("SCHEMA_MOD environment variable is not set").
+-endif.
+
 %% @doc Make a resolver function that can be used to lookup the description by hocon_schema_json dump.
 make_desc_resolver(Lang) ->
     fun
diff --git a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
index 29afa9d09..d5879be36 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_management/src/emqx_mgmt_api_configs.erl
@@ -38,12 +38,21 @@
 -define(OPTS, #{rawconf_with_defaults => true, override_to => cluster}).
 -define(TAGS, ["Configs"]).
 
+-if(?EMQX_RELEASE_EDITION == ee).
+-define(ROOT_KEYS_EE, [
+    <<"file_transfer">>
+]).
+-else.
+-define(ROOT_KEYS_EE, []).
+-endif.
+
 -define(ROOT_KEYS, [
     <<"dashboard">>,
     <<"alarm">>,
     <<"sys_topics">>,
     <<"sysmon">>,
     <<"log">>
+    | ?ROOT_KEYS_EE
 ]).
 
 %% erlfmt-ignore
diff --git a/changes/ee/fix-11731.en.md b/changes/ee/fix-11731.en.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5584da337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ee/fix-11731.en.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add file_transfer feature configs to hot-config schema.