diff --git a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/patches/providers/all/aws_iam_group/policy_policydocument.json b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/patches/providers/all/aws_iam_group/policy_policydocument.json
index 0d822c83b9..8ff7104a3c 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/patches/providers/all/aws_iam_group/policy_policydocument.json
+++ b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/patches/providers/all/aws_iam_group/policy_policydocument.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
   "path": "/definitions/Policy/properties/PolicyDocument",
   "value": {
    "type": [
-    "object"
+    "object",
+    "string"
    ]
   }
  }
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/ca_west_1/aws-iam-group.json b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/ca_west_1/aws-iam-group.json
index 0dcfb7d073..8d562e5847 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/ca_west_1/aws-iam-group.json
+++ b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/ca_west_1/aws-iam-group.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
    "properties": {
     "PolicyDocument": {
      "type": [
-      "object"
+      "object",
+      "string"
      ]
     },
     "PolicyName": {
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_east_1/aws-iam-group.json b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_east_1/aws-iam-group.json
index 60e4219956..bde35eb566 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_east_1/aws-iam-group.json
+++ b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_east_1/aws-iam-group.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
    "properties": {
     "PolicyDocument": {
      "type": [
-      "object"
+      "object",
+      "string"
      ]
     },
     "PolicyName": {
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_west_1/aws-iam-group.json b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_west_1/aws-iam-group.json
index 60e4219956..bde35eb566 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_west_1/aws-iam-group.json
+++ b/src/cfnlint/data/schemas/providers/us_gov_west_1/aws-iam-group.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
    "properties": {
     "PolicyDocument": {
      "type": [
-      "object"
+      "object",
+      "string"
      ]
     },
     "PolicyName": {
diff --git a/src/cfnlint/schema/manager.py b/src/cfnlint/schema/manager.py
index 1aefa8d4e1..498d2ea474 100644
--- a/src/cfnlint/schema/manager.py
+++ b/src/cfnlint/schema/manager.py
@@ -448,9 +448,6 @@ def _patch_provider_schema(
                             str(e),
                         )
                     except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-exception-caught
-                        print(
-                            "Exception", type(e), e, os.path.join(append_dir, file_path)
-                        )
                         LOGGER.info(
                             "Unknown exception raised applying patch %s: %s",
                             os.path.join(append_dir, file_path),