diff --git a/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml b/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml
index 742d5372d..6b4369902 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml
+++ b/dmp-backend/core/pom.xml
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/commons/validation/ValidationServiceImpl.java b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/commons/validation/ValidationServiceImpl.java
index a3695cfe6..e8c17c407 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/commons/validation/ValidationServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/core/src/main/java/eu/eudat/commons/validation/ValidationServiceImpl.java
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package eu.eudat.commons.validation;
 import eu.eudat.errorcode.ErrorThesaurusProperties;
 import gr.cite.tools.exception.MyValidationException;
 import gr.cite.tools.validation.BaseValidationService;
+import jakarta.validation.Validator;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
-import javax.validation.Validator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
diff --git a/dmp-backend/pom.xml b/dmp-backend/pom.xml
index ae9fae260..0f2bdc5d9 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/dmp-backend/pom.xml
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>gr.cite</groupId>
             <artifactId>validation</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.0</version>
+            <version>2.1.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>