diff --git a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
index 2635adb8..bc738ed3 100644
--- a/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
+++ b/grails-forge-core/src/main/resources/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
             <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-            <version>7.0.5.Final</version>
+            <version>8.0.2.Final</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>