diff --git a/accsoft-nxcals-common/build.gradle b/accsoft-nxcals-common/build.gradle
index 6e9602bae6ebeeee7574c69ab2a9c2aef57cb37e..7be440f6e947c674ed888f775fa24455a373ff84 100644
--- a/accsoft-nxcals-common/build.gradle
+++ b/accsoft-nxcals-common/build.gradle
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ dependencies {
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.aspectj/aspectjrt
     compile group: 'org.aspectj', name: 'aspectjrt', version: aspectjVersion
 
-    compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-validator', version: hibernateValidator
-
     compile group: 'com.typesafe', name: 'config', version: typesafeConfigVersion
 
+    compile group: 'javax.validation', name: 'validation-api', version: javaxValidationApiVersion
+
     // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client
     compileOnly('org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client:' + hadoopApacheVersion){
         //Hadoop brings older artifact versions that we need to exclude
diff --git a/accsoft-nxcals-service/build.gradle b/accsoft-nxcals-service/build.gradle
index 58b4cff55c0f160d976a4f6c01e85d4f7664914c..a58b58155cca4f5ea2e8958470664f971bf8d1b0 100644
--- a/accsoft-nxcals-service/build.gradle
+++ b/accsoft-nxcals-service/build.gradle
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-1.2-api', version: log4jVersion
     compile group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-slf4j-impl', version: log4jVersion
     compile group: 'org.springframework.security.kerberos', name: 'spring-security-kerberos-web', version: springSecurityKerberosVersion
+    compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-validator', version: hibernateValidator
     compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-ehcache', version: hibernateVersion
     compile group: 'org.hibernate', name: 'hibernate-core', version: hibernateVersion
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ecbb59a30e539026ff77273ece566dc028318bb0..b393d846d9e4d997ad797c59af5ccb6cec9165a8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ aspectjVersion=1.8.10
 avroVersion=1.8.2
 kafkaClientsVersion=0.10.1.0
 typesafeConfigVersion=1.3.1
+javaxValidationApiVersion=2.0.0.Final
 hibernateVersion=5.2.10.Final
 hibernateValidator=6.0.4.Final
 dropwizardMetricsVersion=3.2.2