diff --git a/prime-router/build.gradle.kts b/prime-router/build.gradle.kts
index 7bc315ae582..93b8c7a78f7 100644
--- a/prime-router/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/prime-router/build.gradle.kts
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("xalan:xalan:2.7.3")
 
     // validations
-    implementation("com.networknt:json-schema-validator:1.5.6")
+    implementation("com.networknt:json-schema-validator:3.0.1")
     implementation("io.konform:konform-jvm:0.11.1")
 
     runtimeOnly("com.okta.jwt:okta-jwt-verifier-impl:0.5.7")