diff --git a/src/extension/mapml/src/main/java/org/geoserver/mapml/MapMLDocumentBuilder.java b/src/extension/mapml/src/main/java/org/geoserver/mapml/MapMLDocumentBuilder.java
index 6e8fc8e9161..c14aa515eae 100644
--- a/src/extension/mapml/src/main/java/org/geoserver/mapml/MapMLDocumentBuilder.java
+++ b/src/extension/mapml/src/main/java/org/geoserver/mapml/MapMLDocumentBuilder.java
@@ -1832,15 +1832,20 @@ private List<SimpleFeatureType> getFeatureTypes() {
         List<SimpleFeatureType> featureTypes = new ArrayList<>();
         try {
             for (MapLayerInfo mapLayerInfo : mapContent.getRequest().getLayers()) {
-                if (mapLayerInfo.getFeature() != null
+                if (mapLayerInfo.getType() == MapLayerInfo.TYPE_VECTOR
+                        && mapLayerInfo.getFeature() != null
                         && mapLayerInfo.getFeature().getFeatureType() != null
                         && mapLayerInfo.getFeature().getFeatureType()
                                 instanceof SimpleFeatureType) {
                     featureTypes.add(
                             (SimpleFeatureType) mapLayerInfo.getFeature().getFeatureType());
+                } else if (mapLayerInfo.getType() == MapLayerInfo.TYPE_RASTER) {
+                    LOGGER.fine(
+                            "Templating not supported for raster layers: "
+                                    + mapLayerInfo.getName());
                 }
             }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
+        } catch (IOException | ClassCastException e) {
             LOGGER.fine("Error getting feature types: " + e.getMessage());
         }
         return featureTypes;