diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
index 5187445b7..d4ae293c8 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>6.2.5.Final</version>
+            <version>8.0.1.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>