diff --git a/carrier-with-rates/src/index.ts b/carrier-with-rates/src/index.ts
index 0f84b9a..1af5213 100644
--- a/carrier-with-rates/src/index.ts
+++ b/carrier-with-rates/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   SchedulePickup,
   CancelPickup,
   Track,
+  ValidateShipment,
 } from './methods';
 import { Metadata } from './definitions';
 
@@ -24,4 +25,5 @@ export default {
   SchedulePickup,
   CancelPickup,
   Track,
+  ValidateShipment,
 } satisfies CarrierAppDefinition;
diff --git a/carrier-with-rates/src/methods/index.ts b/carrier-with-rates/src/methods/index.ts
index db559b5..35e1ccd 100644
--- a/carrier-with-rates/src/methods/index.ts
+++ b/carrier-with-rates/src/methods/index.ts
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ export * from './create-manifest';
 export * from './schedule-pickup';
 export * from './cancel-pickup';
 export * from './track';
+export * from './validate-shipment';
diff --git a/carrier-with-rates/src/methods/validate-shipment.ts b/carrier-with-rates/src/methods/validate-shipment.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9234291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/carrier-with-rates/src/methods/validate-shipment.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { ValidateShipmentRequest, ValidateShipmentResponse } from "@shipengine/connect-carrier-api";
+import { logger, NotImplementedError } from "@shipengine/connect-runtime";
+
+export const ValidateShipment = async (request: ValidateShipmentRequest): Promise<ValidateShipmentResponse> => {
+    logger.info('This is a log that I can find using the `connect logs` command after publishing.')
+
+    throw new NotImplementedError(); 
+}