diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9ed250d0..c0c63999 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 ### Patch Change: Infomodel Maintenance
 - Update infomodel artifacts: java (v5.0.0), serializer (v5.0.0), interaction (v5.0.0)  ([PR 545](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-Messaging-Services/pull/545))
 
+### Patch Change: Other
+- Added spring validation to ConfigProperties ([PR 533](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-Messaging-Services/pull/533))
+
 ### Patch Change: Dependency Maintenance
 - Upgrade: com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle 10.2 -> 10.3 ([PR 539](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-Messaging-Services/pull/539))
 - Upgrade: org.springframework:spring-web 5.3.20 -> 5.3.21 ([PR 561](https://github.com/International-Data-Spaces-Association/IDS-Messaging-Services/pull/561))
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/ids/messaging/core/config/ConfigProperties.java b/core/src/main/java/ids/messaging/core/config/ConfigProperties.java
index 189bc31b..09240d27 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/ids/messaging/core/config/ConfigProperties.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/ids/messaging/core/config/ConfigProperties.java
@@ -15,24 +15,30 @@
  *
  *  Contributors:
  *       sovity GmbH
+ *       Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems
  *
  */
 package ids.messaging.core.config;
 
 import lombok.Data;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * Set of Properties to configure the imported configuration at startup.
  * Properties should be added to the application.properties file.
  */
 @Data
+@Validated
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "configuration")
 public class ConfigProperties {
     /**
      * Path to a configuration File (JsonLD representation of
      * a {@link de.fraunhofer.iais.eis.ConfigurationModel}.
      */
+    @NotNull
     private String path;
 
     /**
@@ -40,16 +46,19 @@ public class ConfigProperties {
      * {@link de.fraunhofer.iais.eis.ConfigurationModel} keyStore field.
      */
 
+    @NotNull
     private String keyStorePassword;
 
     /**
      * Alias of the connectors private key (used for signing DAT Requests).
      */
+    @NotNull
     private String keyAlias;
 
     /**
      * Password for the IDSTruststore configured in the
      * {@link de.fraunhofer.iais.eis.ConfigurationModel} trustStore field.
      */
+    @NotNull
     private String trustStorePassword;
 }