diff --git a/packages/next/shared/lib/head.tsx b/packages/next/shared/lib/head.tsx
index 31d86fc503d7c26..81d339e21a9f3c9 100644
--- a/packages/next/shared/lib/head.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/shared/lib/head.tsx
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ function reduceComponents(
         }
       }
       if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-        if (c.type === 'script') {
+        // omit JSON-LD structured data snippets from the warning
+        if (c.type === 'script' && c.props['type'] !== 'application/ld+json') {
           const srcMessage = c.props['src']
             ? `<script> tag with src="${c.props['src']}"`
             : `inline <script>`
diff --git a/test/integration/client-navigation/pages/head-with-json-ld-snippet.js b/test/integration/client-navigation/pages/head-with-json-ld-snippet.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..4dfdb77d307a26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/client-navigation/pages/head-with-json-ld-snippet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import Head from 'next/head'
+
+export default () => (
+  <div>
+    <Head>
+      {/* this should not cause a warning */}
+      <script type="application/ld+json"></script>
+    </Head>
+    <h1>I can have meta tags</h1>
+  </div>
+)
diff --git a/test/integration/client-navigation/test/index.test.js b/test/integration/client-navigation/test/index.test.js
index 06d4bb57f88f67c..42d3906517519b1 100644
--- a/test/integration/client-navigation/test/index.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/client-navigation/test/index.test.js
@@ -1414,6 +1414,29 @@ describe('Client Navigation', () => {
       }
     })
 
+    it('should not warn when application/ld+json scripts are in head', async () => {
+      let browser
+      try {
+        browser = await webdriver(context.appPort, '/head-with-json-ld-snippet')
+
+        await browser.waitForElementByCss('h1')
+        await waitFor(2000)
+        const browserLogs = await browser.log('browser')
+        let found = false
+        browserLogs.forEach((log) => {
+          console.log('log.message', log.message)
+          if (log.message.includes('Use next/script instead')) {
+            found = true
+          }
+        })
+        expect(found).toEqual(false)
+      } finally {
+        if (browser) {
+          await browser.close()
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
     it('should warn when stylesheets are in head', async () => {
       let browser
       try {
