diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index a91fc887..342ae947 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export function traverse(
     .forEach(key => {
       const child = schema[key]
       if (child && typeof child === 'object') {
-        traverseObjectKeys(child, callback, processed)
+        traverse(child, callback, processed)
       }
     })
 }
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.md b/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.md
index f47c43a5..fc0cc131 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.md
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.md
@@ -863,6 +863,14 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
        */␊
       lastName?: string;␊
       description?: string;␊
+      myDefinedObject?: MyDefinedSchema;␊
+    }␊
+    export interface MyDefinedSchema {␊
+      /**␊
+       * A property named deprecated should be fine␊
+       */␊
+      deprecated?: boolean;␊
+      [k: string]: unknown;␊
     }␊
     `
 
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.snap b/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.snap
index 4d85a28f..1e03378c 100644
Binary files a/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.snap and b/test/__snapshots__/test/test.ts.snap differ
diff --git a/test/e2e/deprecated.ts b/test/e2e/deprecated.ts
index 6d8716f4..f94b092a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/deprecated.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/deprecated.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,23 @@ export const input = {
     description: {
       type: 'string',
     },
+    myDefinedObject: {
+      $ref: '#/$defs/schema/myDefinedSchema',
+    },
   },
   additionalProperties: false,
   required: ['firstName'],
+  $defs: {
+    schema: {
+      myDefinedSchema: {
+        type: 'object',
+        properties: {
+          deprecated: {
+            type: 'boolean',
+            description: 'A property named deprecated should be fine',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+  },
 }