diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a035161..0f9f9dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1830,12 +1830,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validator"
-version = "0.20.0"
+version = "0.21.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43fb22e1a008ece370ce08a3e9e4447a910e92621bb49b85d6e48a45397e7cfa"
+checksum = "c3d68c6633c483df6780cc5277a417c7c2d1bceee2649d06c8ab6b0fd2dd3c81"
 dependencies = [
  "idna",
- "once_cell",
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
diff --git a/benchmarks/compile/Cargo.toml b/benchmarks/compile/Cargo.toml
index f4f0b8b..4b73988 100644
--- a/benchmarks/compile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benchmarks/compile/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ validator = ["dep:validator"]
 
 [dependencies]
 fortifier = { workspace = true, features = ["email-address", "serde", "url"], optional = true }
-validator = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
+validator = { version = "0.21.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true