diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c1ae262dfd..924dd4a3ea 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 Here described only the breaking and most significant changes. The full changelog and documentation for all released versions could be found in nicely formatted [commit history](https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/commits/main).
 
+
+## v5.18.2 To do
+
+- [x] adding the `categories` field (https://datapackage.org/standard/table-schema/#categories), which is important for labeling categorical variable values
+
 ## v5.18.1
 
 - feat: add pass_row as configurable parameter for field_update 
diff --git a/frictionless/schema/field.py b/frictionless/schema/field.py
index 5b9f8c3eb5..e1f05186cb 100644
--- a/frictionless/schema/field.py
+++ b/frictionless/schema/field.py
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ class Field(Metadata):
     is found in the field value then it is set as None.
     """
 
+    categories: Dict[str, Any] = attrs.field(factory=dict)
+    """
+    A dictionary of value/label categorical values expected in the field.
+    """
+
     constraints: Dict[str, Any] = attrs.field(factory=dict)
     """
     A dictionary with rules that constraints the data value permitted for a field.
@@ -213,6 +218,9 @@ def value_writer(cell: Any):
                 "type": "array",
                 "items": {"type": "string"},
             },
+            "categories": {
+                "type": "object"
+            },
             "constraints": {
                 "type": "object",
                 "properties": {