diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 01efd2758..069489761 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ latest = ["k8s-openapi/v1_24"]
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio-util = "0.7.0"
 assert-json-diff = "2.0.1"
-validator = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["derive"] }
 anyhow = "1.0.44"
 futures = "0.3.17"
 jsonpath_lib = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/kube-derive/Cargo.toml b/kube-derive/Cargo.toml
index a116103f0..f196499f7 100644
--- a/kube-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kube-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ serde_yaml = "0.8.21"
 kube = { path = "../kube", default-features = false, version = "<1.0.0, >=0.61.0", features = ["derive"] }
 k8s-openapi = { version = "0.15.0", default-features = false, features = ["v1_24"] }
 schemars = { version = "0.8.6", features = ["chrono"] }
-validator = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["derive"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false }
 trybuild = "1.0.48"
diff --git a/kube/Cargo.toml b/kube/Cargo.toml
index 0afa0e1aa..c7e4d8225 100644
--- a/kube/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kube/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ default-features = false
 tokio = { version = "1.14.0", features = ["full"] }
 futures = "0.3.17"
 serde_json = "1.0.68"
-validator = { version = "0.15.0", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"] }
 schemars = "0.8.6"