diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6e42369..a5db1de 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/dictyBase/modware-auth
 require (
 	github.com/dictyBase/aphgrpc v1.4.2
 	github.com/dictyBase/go-genproto v0.0.0-20210728232706-b7a70ac1e3c1
-	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0
+	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.21.0
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v7 v7.4.0
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt v3.2.2+incompatible
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 55958d6..d8980f3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1450,8 +1450,8 @@ github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.17.0/go.mod h1:UkSxE5sNxxRwHyU+
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1 h1:Bcnm0ZwsGyWbCzImXv+pAJnYK9S473LQFuzCbDbfSFY=
 github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.1/go.mod h1:xekY+UJKNuX9WP91TpwSH2VMlDf28Uj24BCp08ZFTUY=
 github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1/go.mod h1:nlOn6nFhuKACm19sB/8EGNn9GlaMV7XkbRSipzJ0Ii4=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0 h1:K9ISHbSaI0lyB2eWMPJo+kOS/FBExVwjEviJTixqxL8=
-github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.20.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.21.0 h1:4fZA11ovvtkdgaeev9RGWPgc1uj3H8W+rNYyH/ySBb0=
+github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.21.0/go.mod h1:dbuPbCMFw/DrkbEynArYaCwl3amGuJotoKCe95atGMM=
 github.com/go-redis/redis/v7 v7.4.0 h1:7obg6wUoj05T0EpY0o8B59S9w5yeMWql7sw2kwNW1x4=
 github.com/go-redis/redis/v7 v7.4.0/go.mod h1:JDNMw23GTyLNC4GZu9njt15ctBQVn7xjRfnwdHj/Dcg=
 github.com/go-stack/stack v1.8.0/go.mod h1:v0f6uXyyMGvRgIKkXu+yp6POWl0qKG85gN/melR3HDY=