diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05050247e..f21125cc5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ byte-unit = "4.0.19"
 argon2 = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["std"] }
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["std"] }
 jsonwebtoken = { version = "9.3.0", optional = true }
-validator = { version = "0.19.0", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["derive"] }
 futures-util = "0.3"
 tower = { workspace = true }
 hyper = "1.1"
diff --git a/examples/demo/Cargo.lock b/examples/demo/Cargo.lock
index aa552e7d1..e91a236a9 100644
--- a/examples/demo/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/demo/Cargo.lock
@@ -2722,7 +2722,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-gen"
-version = "0.13.2"
+version = "0.14.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "loco-rs"
-version = "0.13.2"
+version = "0.14.0"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5884,9 +5884,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validator"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d0b4a29d8709210980a09379f27ee31549b73292c87ab9899beee1c0d3be6303"
+checksum = "43fb22e1a008ece370ce08a3e9e4447a910e92621bb49b85d6e48a45397e7cfa"
 dependencies = [
  "idna",
  "once_cell",
@@ -5900,9 +5900,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validator_derive"
-version = "0.19.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bac855a2ce6f843beb229757e6e570a42e837bcb15e5f449dd48d5747d41bf77"
+checksum = "b7df16e474ef958526d1205f6dda359fdfab79d9aa6d54bafcb92dcd07673dca"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
index aa7b90934..d48b8f62d 100644
--- a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.33.0", features = ["full"] }
 async-trait = "0.1.74"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 chrono = "0.4"
-validator = { version = "0.19" }
+validator = { version = "0.20" }
 sea-orm = { version = "1.1.0", features = [
   "sqlx-sqlite",
   "sqlx-postgres",
diff --git a/examples/llm-candle-inference/Cargo.toml b/examples/llm-candle-inference/Cargo.toml
index 6c892e5f1..f7487f8f7 100644
--- a/examples/llm-candle-inference/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/llm-candle-inference/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1.33.0", default-features = false }
 async-trait = "0.1.74"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
-validator = { version = "0.19.0" }
+validator = { version = "0.20.0" }
 
 axum = "0.8.1"
 include_dir = "0.7.3"
diff --git a/loco-new/base_template/Cargo.toml.t b/loco-new/base_template/Cargo.toml.t
index 4c1044c9a..4d42ad3b2 100644
--- a/loco-new/base_template/Cargo.toml.t
+++ b/loco-new/base_template/Cargo.toml.t
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ sea-orm = { version = "1.1.0", features = [
   "macros",
 ] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4" }
-validator = { version = "0.19" }
+validator = { version = "0.20" }
 uuid = { version = "1.6.0", features = ["v4"] }
 {%- endif %}
 
diff --git a/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Postgres.snap b/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Postgres.snap
index e9bba6a6e..ff0e70b8c 100644
--- a/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Postgres.snap
+++ b/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Postgres.snap
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 source: tests/templates/db.rs
 expression: "content.get(\"dependencies\").unwrap()"
 ---
-{ async-trait = { version = "0.1.74" }, axum = { version = "0.8.1" }, chrono = { version = "0.4" }, loco-rs = { workspace = true }, migration = { path = "migration" }, regex = { version = "1.11.1" }, sea-orm = { features = ["sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres", "runtime-tokio-rustls", "macros"], version = "1.1.0" }, serde = { features = ["derive"], version = "1" }, serde_json = { version = "1" }, tokio = { default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"], version = "1.33.0" }, tracing = { version = "0.1.40" }, tracing-subscriber = { features = ["env-filter", "json"], version = "0.3.17" }, uuid = { features = ["v4"], version = "1.6.0" }, validator = { version = "0.19" } }
+{ async-trait = { version = "0.1.74" }, axum = { version = "0.8.1" }, chrono = { version = "0.4" }, loco-rs = { workspace = true }, migration = { path = "migration" }, regex = { version = "1.11.1" }, sea-orm = { features = ["sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres", "runtime-tokio-rustls", "macros"], version = "1.1.0" }, serde = { features = ["derive"], version = "1" }, serde_json = { version = "1" }, tokio = { default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"], version = "1.33.0" }, tracing = { version = "0.1.40" }, tracing-subscriber = { features = ["env-filter", "json"], version = "0.3.17" }, uuid = { features = ["v4"], version = "1.6.0" }, validator = { version = "0.20" } }
diff --git a/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Sqlite.snap b/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Sqlite.snap
index e9bba6a6e..ff0e70b8c 100644
--- a/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Sqlite.snap
+++ b/loco-new/tests/templates/snapshots/r#mod__templates__db__cargo_dependencies_Sqlite.snap
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 source: tests/templates/db.rs
 expression: "content.get(\"dependencies\").unwrap()"
 ---
-{ async-trait = { version = "0.1.74" }, axum = { version = "0.8.1" }, chrono = { version = "0.4" }, loco-rs = { workspace = true }, migration = { path = "migration" }, regex = { version = "1.11.1" }, sea-orm = { features = ["sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres", "runtime-tokio-rustls", "macros"], version = "1.1.0" }, serde = { features = ["derive"], version = "1" }, serde_json = { version = "1" }, tokio = { default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"], version = "1.33.0" }, tracing = { version = "0.1.40" }, tracing-subscriber = { features = ["env-filter", "json"], version = "0.3.17" }, uuid = { features = ["v4"], version = "1.6.0" }, validator = { version = "0.19" } }
+{ async-trait = { version = "0.1.74" }, axum = { version = "0.8.1" }, chrono = { version = "0.4" }, loco-rs = { workspace = true }, migration = { path = "migration" }, regex = { version = "1.11.1" }, sea-orm = { features = ["sqlx-sqlite", "sqlx-postgres", "runtime-tokio-rustls", "macros"], version = "1.1.0" }, serde = { features = ["derive"], version = "1" }, serde_json = { version = "1" }, tokio = { default-features = false, features = ["rt-multi-thread"], version = "1.33.0" }, tracing = { version = "0.1.40" }, tracing-subscriber = { features = ["env-filter", "json"], version = "0.3.17" }, uuid = { features = ["v4"], version = "1.6.0" }, validator = { version = "0.20" } }
diff --git a/src/doctor.rs b/src/doctor.rs
index d32a820c5..13ca8c74a 100644
--- a/src/doctor.rs
+++ b/src/doctor.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn get_min_dep_versions() -> &'static HashMap<&'static str, &'static str> {
 
         min_vers.insert("tokio", "1.33.0");
         min_vers.insert("sea-orm", "1.1.0");
-        min_vers.insert("validator", "0.19.0");
+        min_vers.insert("validator", "0.20.0");
         min_vers.insert("axum", "0.8.1");
 
         min_vers