diff --git a/lib/mongoose-validate.js b/lib/mongoose-validate.js
index 7c5ca7b..747294b 100644
--- a/lib/mongoose-validate.js
+++ b/lib/mongoose-validate.js
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
  * Module Dependencies
  */
 
-var check = require('validator').check,
+var validator = require('validator'),
     validate = {};
 
 /**
 * Library version.
 */
 
-validate.version = '0.0.5';
+validate.version = '0.0.6';
 
 /**
  * .email
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ validate.version = '0.0.5';
  * @api public
  */
 validate.email = function (value) {
-  try {
-    check(value).isEmail();
-  } catch(err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  return 'string' === typeof value && validator.isEmail(value);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -54,12 +49,7 @@ validate.email = function (value) {
  * @api public
  */
 validate.alpha = function (value) {
-  try {
-    check(value).isAlpha();
-  } catch(err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  return validator.isAlpha(value);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -70,12 +60,7 @@ validate.alpha = function (value) {
  * @api public
  */
 validate.alphanumeric = function (value) {
-  try {
-    check(value).isAlphanumeric();
-  } catch(err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  return validator.isAlphanumeric(value);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -86,12 +71,7 @@ validate.alphanumeric = function (value) {
  * @api public
  */
 validate.numeric = function (value) {
-  try {
-    check(value).isNumeric();
-  } catch(err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  return validator.isNumeric(value);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -102,12 +82,7 @@ validate.numeric = function (value) {
  * @api public
  */
 validate.int = function (value) {
-  try {
-    check(value).isInt();
-  } catch(err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  return validator.isInt(value);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -121,12 +96,8 @@ validate.int = function (value) {
  * @api public
  */
 validate.postalCode = function (value) {
-  try {
-    check(value).len(3, 10).regex(/^[a-zA-Z0-9]+[ -]{0,1}[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/);
-  } catch(err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  var reg = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+[ -]{0,1}[a-zA-Z0-9]+$/;
+  return validator.isLength(value, 3, 10) && reg.test(value);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -137,12 +108,7 @@ validate.postalCode = function (value) {
  * @api public
  */
 validate.permalink = function (value) {
-  try {
-    check(value).regex(/^[a-z0-9\-]+$/);
-  } catch(err) {
-    return false;
-  }
-  return true;
+  return /^[a-z0-9\-]+$/.test(value);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 054c9cc..53f58c3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mongoose-validate",
-  "version": "0.0.5",
+  "version": "0.0.6",
   "description": "Additional Validation functions for your mongoose schema.",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/RGBboy/mongoose-validate",
   "keywords": ["mongoose", "mongodb", "validation", "security"],
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@
   },
   "main": "index",
   "engines": {
-    "node": "0.8.x"
+    "node": "0.10.x"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "validator": "0.4.x"
+    "validator": "3.40.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "mocha": "1.5.x",
-    "should": "1.2.x"
+    "mocha": "2.2.x",
+    "should": "7.0.x"
   },
   "scripts" : {
     "test" : "make test",
     "unit" : "make unit",
     "spec" : "make spec"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/mongoose-validate.test.js b/test/mongoose-validate.test.js
index 4f60f23..3039cbf 100644
--- a/test/mongoose-validate.test.js
+++ b/test/mongoose-validate.test.js
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ describe('Validate', function () {
   describe('.email', function () {
 
     it('should return true for valid value', function (done) {
-      validate.email('test@test.com').should.be.true;
+      validate.email('test@test.com').should.be.true();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should return false for an invalid value', function (done) {
-      validate.email('testtest.com').should.be.false;
-      validate.email('test@test.').should.be.false;
-      validate.email('test@test').should.be.false;
-      validate.email('test@.com').should.be.false;
-      validate.email('test.com').should.be.false;
-      validate.email('test').should.be.false;
-      validate.email(1).should.be.false;
-      validate.email(['test@test.com']).should.be.false;
+      validate.email('testtest.com').should.be.false();
+      validate.email('test@test.').should.be.false();
+      validate.email('test@test').should.be.false();
+      validate.email('test@.com').should.be.false();
+      validate.email('test.com').should.be.false();
+      validate.email('test').should.be.false();
+      validate.email(1).should.be.false();
+      validate.email(['test@test.com']).should.be.false();
       done();
     });
 
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ describe('Validate', function () {
   describe('alpha', function () {
 
     it('should return true for valid value', function (done) {
-      validate.alpha('a').should.be.true;
+      validate.alpha('a').should.be.true();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should return false for invalid value', function (done) {
-      validate.alpha(' a ').should.be.false;
-      validate.alpha('1').should.be.false;
-      validate.alpha('.').should.be.false;
+      validate.alpha(' a ').should.be.false();
+      validate.alpha('1').should.be.false();
+      validate.alpha('.').should.be.false();
       done();
     });
 
@@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ describe('Validate', function () {
   describe('alphanumeric', function () {
 
     it('should return true for valid value', function (done) {
-      validate.alphanumeric('a').should.be.true;
-      validate.alphanumeric('1').should.be.true;
-      validate.alphanumeric(1).should.be.true;
+      validate.alphanumeric('a').should.be.true();
+      validate.alphanumeric('1').should.be.true();
+      validate.alphanumeric(1).should.be.true();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should return false for invalid value', function (done) {
-      validate.alphanumeric(' ').should.be.false;
-      validate.alphanumeric('.').should.be.false;
+      validate.alphanumeric(' ').should.be.false();
+      validate.alphanumeric('.').should.be.false();
       done();
     });
 
@@ -73,15 +73,15 @@ describe('Validate', function () {
   describe('.numeric', function () {
 
     it('should return true for valid value', function (done) {
-      validate.numeric('1').should.be.true;
-      validate.numeric(1).should.be.true;
+      validate.numeric('1').should.be.true();
+      validate.numeric(1).should.be.true();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should return false for invalid value', function (done) {
-      validate.numeric('a').should.be.false;
-      validate.numeric(' ').should.be.false;
-      validate.numeric('.').should.be.false;
+      validate.numeric('a').should.be.false();
+      validate.numeric(' ').should.be.false();
+      validate.numeric('.').should.be.false();
       done();
     });
 
@@ -90,25 +90,25 @@ describe('Validate', function () {
   describe('.int', function () {
 
     it('should return true for valid value', function (done) {
-      validate.int('1').should.be.true;
-      validate.int(1).should.be.true;
-      validate.int('0').should.be.true;
-      validate.int(0).should.be.true;
-      validate.int('-1').should.be.true;
-      validate.int(-1).should.be.true;
+      validate.int('1').should.be.true();
+      validate.int(1).should.be.true();
+      validate.int('0').should.be.true();
+      validate.int(0).should.be.true();
+      validate.int('-1').should.be.true();
+      validate.int(-1).should.be.true();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should return false for invalid value', function (done) {
-      validate.int('a').should.be.false;
-      validate.int(' ').should.be.false;
-      validate.int('.').should.be.false;
-      validate.int('1.5').should.be.false;
-      validate.int(1.5).should.be.false;
-      validate.int('0.5').should.be.false;
-      validate.int(0.5).should.be.false;
-      validate.int('-1.5').should.be.false;
-      validate.int(-1.5).should.be.false;
+      validate.int('a').should.be.false();
+      validate.int(' ').should.be.false();
+      validate.int('.').should.be.false();
+      validate.int('1.5').should.be.false();
+      validate.int(1.5).should.be.false();
+      validate.int('0.5').should.be.false();
+      validate.int(0.5).should.be.false();
+      validate.int('-1.5').should.be.false();
+      validate.int(-1.5).should.be.false();
       done();
     });
 
@@ -118,31 +118,31 @@ describe('Validate', function () {
 
     it('should return true for valid value', function (done) {
       // longest (10 characters)
-      validate.postalCode('a1a1a1a1a1').should.be.true;
+      validate.postalCode('a1a1a1a1a1').should.be.true();
       // shortest (3 characters)
-      validate.postalCode('a1a').should.be.true;
+      validate.postalCode('a1a').should.be.true();
       // all alpha
-      validate.postalCode('aaaaaa').should.be.true;
+      validate.postalCode('aaaaaa').should.be.true();
       // all numeric
-      validate.postalCode('111111').should.be.true;
+      validate.postalCode('111111').should.be.true();
       // contains single space
-      validate.postalCode('a1a 1a1').should.be.true;
+      validate.postalCode('a1a 1a1').should.be.true();
       // contains single hyphen
-      validate.postalCode('a1a-1a1').should.be.true;
+      validate.postalCode('a1a-1a1').should.be.true();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should return false for invalid value', function (done) {
       // too long
-      validate.postalCode('a1a1a1a1a1a').should.be.false;
+      validate.postalCode('a1a1a1a1a1a').should.be.false();
       // too short
-      validate.postalCode('a1').should.be.false;
+      validate.postalCode('a1').should.be.false();
       // too many spaces and hyphens
-      validate.postalCode('a1a  1a1').should.be.false;
-      validate.postalCode('a1a--1a1').should.be.false;
-      validate.postalCode('a1a -1a1').should.be.false;
+      validate.postalCode('a1a  1a1').should.be.false();
+      validate.postalCode('a1a--1a1').should.be.false();
+      validate.postalCode('a1a -1a1').should.be.false();
       // invalid character
-      validate.postalCode('a1a.1a1').should.be.false;
+      validate.postalCode('a1a.1a1').should.be.false();
       done();
     });
 
@@ -151,22 +151,22 @@ describe('Validate', function () {
   describe('.permalink', function () {
 
     it('should return true for valid value', function (done) {
-      validate.permalink('a').should.be.true;
-      validate.permalink('1').should.be.true;
-      validate.permalink(1).should.be.true;
-      validate.permalink('-').should.be.true;
-      validate.permalink('a1-a1').should.be.true;
+      validate.permalink('a').should.be.true();
+      validate.permalink('1').should.be.true();
+      validate.permalink(1).should.be.true();
+      validate.permalink('-').should.be.true();
+      validate.permalink('a1-a1').should.be.true();
       done();
     });
 
     it('should return false for invalid value', function (done) {
-      validate.permalink('').should.be.false;
-      validate.permalink(' ').should.be.false;
-      validate.permalink('A').should.be.false;
-      validate.permalink('/').should.be.false;
+      validate.permalink('').should.be.false();
+      validate.permalink(' ').should.be.false();
+      validate.permalink('A').should.be.false();
+      validate.permalink('/').should.be.false();
       done();
     });
 
   });
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});