diff --git a/encoding/jsonschema/constraints_array.go b/encoding/jsonschema/constraints_array.go
index e72082b076e..daddb0118fe 100644
--- a/encoding/jsonschema/constraints_array.go
+++ b/encoding/jsonschema/constraints_array.go
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ func constraintAdditionalItems(key string, n cue.Value, s *state) {
 
 func constraintContains(key string, n cue.Value, s *state) {
 	list := s.addImport(n, "list")
-	// TODO: Passing non-concrete values is not yet supported in CUE.
-	if x := s.schema(n); !isAny(x) {
-		x := ast.NewCall(ast.NewSel(list, "Contains"), clearPos(x))
-		s.add(n, arrayType, x)
-	}
+	x := s.schema(n)
+	x = ast.NewCall(ast.NewSel(list, "MatchN"), &ast.UnaryExpr{
+		Op: token.GEQ,
+		X:  ast.NewLit(token.INT, "1"),
+	}, clearPos(x))
+	s.add(n, arrayType, x)
 }
 
 func constraintItems(key string, n cue.Value, s *state) {
diff --git a/encoding/jsonschema/testdata/contains.txtar b/encoding/jsonschema/testdata/contains.txtar
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de637991052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encoding/jsonschema/testdata/contains.txtar
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+-- schema.yaml --
+type: object
+properties:
+  p1:
+    type: array
+    contains: {}
+
+additionalProperties: false
+
+-- out/decode/extract --
+import "list"
+
+p1?: list.MatchN(>=1, _)
diff --git a/encoding/jsonschema/testdata/list.txtar b/encoding/jsonschema/testdata/list.txtar
index e8e79ae805d..07e7947851a 100644
--- a/encoding/jsonschema/testdata/list.txtar
+++ b/encoding/jsonschema/testdata/list.txtar
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ properties:
     contains:
       const: 3
 
+  too:
+    type: array
+    contains:
+      type: string
+
   size:
     type: array
     minItems: 3
@@ -40,7 +45,8 @@ import "list"
 
 foo?: [...string]
 tuple?: [string, int, 2]
-has?: list.Contains(3)
+has?: list.MatchN(>=1, 3)
+too?: list.MatchN(>=1, string)
 size?: list.UniqueItems() & list.MaxItems(9) & [_, _, _, ...]
 additional?: [int, int, ...string]
 -- out/decode/testerr/err-foo-not-string --