diff --git a/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/nx-heroku.spec.ts b/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/nx-heroku.spec.ts
index 84310cc..658c957 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/nx-heroku.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/nx-heroku.spec.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,45 @@ describe('nx-heroku e2e', () => {
       expect(project.targets?.deploy?.options?.email).toEqual(HEROKU_EMAIL);
     }, 120000);
 
-    it('should create target and deploy the app successfully', async () => {
+    it('should create target and deploy an app with simple configuration successfully', async () => {
+      const { projectName, getProjectConfig, updateProjectConfig } =
+        await createProject();
+
+      projects.push(projectName);
+      // restore the environment variables to be expanded by the executor
+      process.env.HEROKU_API_KEY = process.env.HEROKU_API_KEY_PREV;
+      process.env.HEROKU_EMAIL = process.env.HEROKU_EMAIL_PREV;
+      // configure the target
+      await runNxCommandAsync(
+        `generate @getlarge/nx-heroku:deploy ${projectName} --appNamePrefix=aloes`
+      );
+      const project = getProjectConfig();
+      project.targets!.deploy.options = {
+        ...(project.targets!.deploy.options || {}),
+        procfile: `web: node dist/apps/${projectName}/main.js`,
+        buildPacks: ['heroku/nodejs'],
+        apiKey: HEROKU_API_KEY,
+        email: HEROKU_EMAIL,
+        variables: {
+          // used in postbuild.js
+          PROJECT_NAME: projectName,
+        },
+        useForce: true,
+        serviceUser: 'edouard@aloes.io',
+        debug: true,
+      };
+      updateProjectConfig(project);
+      prepareProjectForDeployment(projectName);
+      // run the target
+      const { stderr, stdout } = await runNxCommandAsync(
+        `deploy ${projectName} --verbose`,
+        { silenceError: true }
+      );
+      console.warn(stdout, stderr);
+      expect(stdout).toContain('Deployment successful.');
+    }, 100000);
+
+    it('should create target and deploy the app with complex configuration successfully', async () => {
       const { projectName, getProjectConfig, updateProjectConfig } =
         await createProject();
 
diff --git a/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/tools.ts b/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/tools.ts
index 59c9925..14d9fe2 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/tools.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-heroku-e2e/tests/tools.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {
   NxJsonConfiguration,
   ProjectConfiguration,
+  logger,
   serializeJson,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import {
@@ -169,9 +170,18 @@ function patchPackageJson() {
 }
 
 function commitPackageJson() {
-  execSync(
-    `git add package*.json && git commit -m "chore: update package*.json" -n --no-gpg-sign`
-  );
+  try {
+    execSync(
+      `git add package*.json && git commit -m "chore: update package*.json" -n --no-gpg-sign`
+    );
+  } catch (e) {
+    if (e['stdout']?.toString().includes('no changes added to commit')) {
+      return;
+    } else {
+      logger.error(e);
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 function setPackageJsonForHeroku() {
diff --git a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/drains.ts b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/drains.ts
index 43a25d0..aaf6252 100644
--- a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/drains.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/drains.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export async function addDrain(options: {
     password?: string;
   };
 }): Promise<'found' | 'created'> {
-  const { appName, drain = { url: '' } } = options;
+  const { appName, drain = null } = options;
   if (!drain?.url || !isURL(drain.url)) return;
   let url: string = drain.url;
   if (drain.user && drain.password) {
diff --git a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/webhooks.ts b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/webhooks.ts
index 86ea640..19380cb 100644
--- a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/webhooks.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/common/heroku/webhooks.ts
@@ -62,15 +62,7 @@ export async function addWebhook(options: {
     secret?: string;
   };
 }): Promise<'created' | 'updated' | 'found'> {
-  const {
-    appName,
-    webhook = {
-      url: '',
-      include: ['api:build', 'api:release', 'dyno'],
-      level: 'sync',
-      secret: '',
-    },
-  } = options;
+  const { appName, webhook = null } = options;
   if (!webhook?.url || !isURL(webhook.url)) return;
   const { url, level, secret } = webhook;
   const include = webhook.include.join(',');
diff --git a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/executor.spec.ts b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/executor.spec.ts
index 2d89fd6..54a6155 100644
--- a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/executor.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/executor.spec.ts
@@ -172,4 +172,21 @@ describe('Deploy Executor', () => {
     expect(herokuDeployService.run).toBeCalled();
     expect(output.success).toBe(false);
   });
+
+  it('can run with the minimum required options and return true', async () => {
+    const opts: DeployExecutorSchema = {
+      config: ['development'],
+      org: 'my-org',
+      buildPacks: [],
+      apiKey: 'heroku-user-api-key',
+      email: 'heroku-user-email',
+      watchDelay: 0,
+    };
+    herokuDeployService.run = jest.fn();
+    //
+    const output = await executor(opts, context);
+    //
+    expect(herokuDeployService.run).toBeCalled();
+    expect(output.success).toBe(true);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/schema.json b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/schema.json
index c8432c1..c71cf44 100644
--- a/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/schema.json
+++ b/packages/nx-heroku/src/executors/deploy/schema.json
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@
           "description": "Webhook secret to override the one autogenerated by Heroku during webhook registration"
         }
       },
-      "required": ["url", "include", "level"]
+      "$comment": "https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/23153",
+      "shouldBeRequired": ["url", "include", "level"]
     },
     "drain": {
       "description": "Log drain to register on Heroku, see https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/log-drains",
@@ -163,7 +164,8 @@
           "type": "string"
         }
       },
-      "required": ["url"]
+      "$comment": "https://github.com/nrwl/nx/issues/23153",
+      "shouldBeRequired": ["url"]
     },
     "branch": {
       "description": "The branch that you would like to deploy to Heroku. Defaults to 'HEAD'",