diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 24404b9..5b960e6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/goravel/cos v1.18.0
 	github.com/goravel/example-proto v0.0.1
 	github.com/goravel/fiber v1.18.1-0.20260901101548-72e06e6c5635
-	github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925114822-dab1968caa54
+	github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925125002-93850001fe6f
 	github.com/goravel/gemini v1.18.0
 	github.com/goravel/gin v1.18.1-0.20260926005436-467f03c48058
 	github.com/goravel/inertia v1.18.1-0.20260824090129-ac3d472d028c
@@ -264,4 +264,4 @@ require (
 	gorm.io/plugin/dbresolver v1.6.2 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/goravel/framework => github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925114822-dab1968caa54
+replace github.com/goravel/framework => github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925125002-93850001fe6f
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d89c8b5..57c4521 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ github.com/goravel/example-proto v0.0.1 h1:ZxETeKREQWjuJ49bX/Hqj1NLR5Vyj489Ks6dR
 github.com/goravel/example-proto v0.0.1/go.mod h1:I8IPsHr4Ndf7KxmdsRpBR2LQ0Geo48+pjv9IIWf3mZg=
 github.com/goravel/fiber v1.18.1-0.20260901101548-72e06e6c5635 h1:iqzZ0P+KC8uBFNQ7PISL81U8CUc9myzS14NRYfftOB4=
 github.com/goravel/fiber v1.18.1-0.20260901101548-72e06e6c5635/go.mod h1:fk0YaivBle83SlSsPziy5+TRMavqlAr/QeVNo6pRmJA=
-github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925114822-dab1968caa54 h1:3f7twoPYBZepXNmbJR3TEQAf+PwoBIBKfOgegnDu2RY=
-github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925114822-dab1968caa54/go.mod h1:7Phix1gVUYzA1muoX1o92AJszuDgBUgO31ICCCJ7+Xw=
+github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925125002-93850001fe6f h1:/hWkvKBhtOPb6k1awR5scXcaLTHS+r1Rh3pS9O0DVIg=
+github.com/goravel/framework v1.18.1-0.20260925125002-93850001fe6f/go.mod h1:7Phix1gVUYzA1muoX1o92AJszuDgBUgO31ICCCJ7+Xw=
 github.com/goravel/gemini v1.18.0 h1:Tv6IJ3KvBvH5QD7kAM3XFQR0g8IUfkqMbRGi7dtlWUo=
 github.com/goravel/gemini v1.18.0/go.mod h1:b4FueB0O0Qkz71eVWLiSaKghp+Eb/1hNNICkk7vMgrQ=
 github.com/goravel/gin v1.18.1-0.20260926005436-467f03c48058 h1:EId8wBSolUZQ00QQz4fyPrRWN+Tz/TZAw4u65XwSINY=
diff --git a/tests/feature/validation_lang_test.go b/tests/feature/validation_lang_test.go
index 6831e02..f4ebfbf 100644
--- a/tests/feature/validation_lang_test.go
+++ b/tests/feature/validation_lang_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	_ "unsafe"
 
@@ -16,14 +17,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 // The translation package caches loaded lang messages in a package-level
-// `loaded` map that never expires. When lang:publish populates this cache
+// `loaded` sync.Map that never expires. When lang:publish populates this cache
 // with custom messages during TestValidationLangTestSuite, those messages
 // leak into TestValidationTestSuite (which runs next alphabetically),
-// causing default-message assertions to fail. Resetting the map here forces
+// causing default-message assertions to fail. Clearing the map here forces
 // the translator to reload from the embedded defaults fresh after each test.
 //
+// The linkname below is not type checked: the declaration must match the type
+// of translation.loaded, otherwise the reset silently stops working.
+//
 //go:linkname translationLoaded github.com/goravel/framework/translation.loaded
-var translationLoaded map[string]map[string]map[string]any
+var translationLoaded sync.Map
 
 type ValidationLangTestSuite struct {
 	suite.Suite
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ func (s *ValidationLangTestSuite) SetupTest() {
 
 func (s *ValidationLangTestSuite) TearDownTest() {
 	s.removeValidationLangFiles()
-	translationLoaded = make(map[string]map[string]map[string]any)
+	translationLoaded.Clear()
 }
 
 func (s *ValidationLangTestSuite) removeValidationLangFiles() {