diff --git a/angrmanagement/plugins/plugin_description.py b/angrmanagement/plugins/plugin_description.py
index 0cb9a21c59..41719ec180 100644
--- a/angrmanagement/plugins/plugin_description.py
+++ b/angrmanagement/plugins/plugin_description.py
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 import pathlib
-from typing import List, Optional, Dict
+from dataclasses import field
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 import marshmallow.validate
-import marshmallow_dataclass
 import tomlkit
-from marshmallow_dataclass import dataclass as dataclass_with_schema
+from marshmallow_dataclass import dataclass
 
 
-@dataclass_with_schema
+@dataclass
 class MetadataDescription:
     version: int = field(metadata={"validate": marshmallow.validate.OneOf([0])})
 
 
-@dataclass_with_schema
+@dataclass
 class PackageDescription:
     """
     Describes a plugin package.
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ class PackageDescription:
     long_description: str = field(default="")
 
 
-@dataclass_with_schema
+@dataclass
 class PluginDescription:
     """
     Describes an angr management plugin. Can be generated from plugin.toml.
@@ -52,19 +51,16 @@ class PluginConfigFileDescription:
     plugins: Dict[str, PluginDescription] = field(default_factory=dict)
 
 
-PluginConfigSchema = marshmallow_dataclass.class_schema(PluginConfigFileDescription)()
-
-
 def from_toml_string(toml_string: str) -> PluginConfigFileDescription:
     """
     Load a plugin config file from a TOML string.
     """
-    return PluginConfigSchema.load(tomlkit.parse(toml_string))
+    return PluginConfigFileDescription.Schema().load(tomlkit.parse(toml_string))
 
 
 def from_toml_file(toml_file: pathlib.Path) -> PluginConfigFileDescription:
     """
     Load a plugin config file from a TOML file.
     """
-    with open(toml_file, "r") as f:
+    with open(toml_file) as f:
         return from_toml_string(f.read())
diff --git a/docs/plugin_metadata_spec.md b/docs/plugin_metadata_spec.md
index 6f29e25ef2..6562717b6f 100644
--- a/docs/plugin_metadata_spec.md
+++ b/docs/plugin_metadata_spec.md
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ Plugin Metadata Specification
 =============================
 
 Each plugin directory must have a plugin.toml file. A plugin metadata file has
-two types of sections: `meta` and `plugin`. Each plugin.toml must contain one
-meta section, but may contain
-Below are tables of keys for each
-section.
+three sections: `meta`, `package` and `plugins`. Each plugin.toml must contain
+one meta section, but may contain Below are tables of keys for each sections.
 
 ## Meta section
 | Key     | Type    | Required | Notes               |
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ strings. See https://docs.python.org/3/library/sys.html#sys.platform to learn
 more about the `sys.platform` value in Python.
 
 
-## Plugin section
+## Plugins section
 | Key                | Type                   | Required | Default               | Notes                                      |
 | ------------------ | ---------------------- | -------- | --------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
 | name               | string                 | yes      |                       |                                            |
diff --git a/tests/test_plugin_desciption_loading.py b/tests/test_plugin_desciption_loading.py
index 6c04085337..cd5386ffd3 100644
--- a/tests/test_plugin_desciption_loading.py
+++ b/tests/test_plugin_desciption_loading.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 import unittest
 
 import tomlkit
+from marshmallow import ValidationError
 
 from angrmanagement.plugins.plugin_description import (
+    MetadataDescription,
     PackageDescription,
     PluginDescription,
     from_toml_string,
-    MetadataDescription,
-    MetadataDescription,
-    MetadataDescription,
 )
 
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ def test_metadta_section(self):
 
     def test_metadata_section_invalid_version(self):
         test_data = "version = 1_000_000"
-        with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+        with self.assertRaises(ValidationError):
             MetadataDescription.Schema().load(tomlkit.parse(test_data))
 
     def test_minimal_package(self):
@@ -36,6 +35,17 @@ def test_minimal_plugin(self):
 """
         PluginDescription.Schema().load(tomlkit.parse(test_data))
 
+    def test_no_plugins(self):
+        test_data = """
+[metadata]
+version = 0
+
+[package]
+name = "example"
+version = "1.0"
+"""
+        from_toml_string(test_data)
+
     def test_minimal(self):
         test_data = """
 [metadata]
@@ -47,8 +57,7 @@ def test_minimal(self):
 
 [plugin.example]
 name = "Example"
-version = "1.0"
-entrypoints = ["example.py::ExamplePlugin"]
+entrypoint = "example.py::ExamplePlugin"
 """
         from_toml_string(test_data)
 
@@ -61,24 +70,24 @@ def test_multiple(self):
 name = "example"
 version = "1.0"
 platforms = ["any"]
-site_pacakges = "site-packages"
+site_packages = "site-packages"
 authors = ["Example"]
 description = "An example plugin package"
-long-description = "An example plugin package for testing angr management"
+long_description = "An example plugin package for testing angr management"
 
-[plugin.example1]
+[plugins.example1]
 name = "Example 1"
-entrypoints = ["example.py::ExamplePlugin1"]
+entrypoint = "example.py::ExamplePlugin1"
 platforms = ["linux"]
 description = "An example plugin for testing angr management on linuz"
-requires-workspace = false
+requires_workspace = false
 
-[plugin.example2]
+[plugins.example2]
 name = "Example 2"
-entrypoints = ["example.py::ExamplePlugin2"]
+entrypoint = "example.py::ExamplePlugin2"
 platforms = ["win32", "cygwin"]
 description = "An example plugin for testing angr management on windows"
-requires-workspace = true
+requires_workspace = true
 """
         from_toml_string(test_data)