diff --git a/.changeset/slow-eggs-relax.md b/.changeset/slow-eggs-relax.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0b5c6f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slow-eggs-relax.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'myst-frontmatter': patch
+---
+
+Simplify error message suppression in numbering
diff --git a/packages/myst-frontmatter/src/numbering/validators.ts b/packages/myst-frontmatter/src/numbering/validators.ts
index 99ff91c5a..f18baaa6b 100644
--- a/packages/myst-frontmatter/src/numbering/validators.ts
+++ b/packages/myst-frontmatter/src/numbering/validators.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ import {
   defined,
   incrementOptions,
   validateBoolean,
-  validateKeys,
-  validateObject,
+  validateObjectKeys,
   validateString,
 } from 'simple-validators';
 import type { Numbering } from './types.js';
@@ -34,13 +33,10 @@ export const NUMBERING_ALIAS = {
  * Validate Numbering object
  */
 export function validateNumbering(input: any, opts: ValidationOptions): Numbering | undefined {
-  const obj = validateObject(input, opts);
-  if (obj === undefined) return undefined;
-  const value = validateKeys(
-    obj,
+  const value = validateObjectKeys(
+    input,
     { optional: [...NUMBERING_KEYS, ...NUMBERING_OPTIONS], alias: NUMBERING_ALIAS },
-    // Do not add warnings on this filter process
-    { property: '', messages: { errors: [], warnings: [] }, keepExtraKeys: true },
+    { ...opts, suppressWarnings: true, keepExtraKeys: true },
   );
   if (value === undefined) return undefined;
   const output: Record<string, any> = {};