diff --git a/matsim/pom.xml b/matsim/pom.xml
index 23a0ddc777d..fe26c0c8d80 100644
--- a/matsim/pom.xml
+++ b/matsim/pom.xml
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
 			<groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
 			<!-- versions 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 have issues with processing java records during compilation -->
-			<version>7.0.5.Final</version>
+			<version>8.0.0.Final</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate.validator</groupId>