diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e624ff..bcad6e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 trybuild = "1"
 utoipa = { version = "5", features = ["chrono", "uuid"] }
-validator = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.21", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # One lint policy for every crate. Pedantic is on: what stays allowed
 # is listed here with the reason, instead of a per-crate pile of
diff --git a/crates/entity-derive-impl/Cargo.toml b/crates/entity-derive-impl/Cargo.toml
index ad954e9..b4f7279 100644
--- a/crates/entity-derive-impl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/entity-derive-impl/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.9", features = [
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 utoipa = { version = "5", features = ["chrono", "uuid"] }
-validator = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.21", features = ["derive"] }
 entity-core = { path = "../entity-core" }
 
 [lints]
diff --git a/crates/entity-derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/entity-derive/Cargo.toml
index 070a235..e48851e 100644
--- a/crates/entity-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/entity-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.9", features = [
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 utoipa = { version = "5", features = ["chrono", "uuid"] }
-validator = { version = "0.20", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.21", features = ["derive"] }
 axum = "0.8"
 tower = { version = "0.5", features = ["util"] }
 garde = { version = "0.23", features = ["derive", "email", "url"] }