diff --git a/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml b/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
index 9d44498f6..03174ec8a 100644
--- a/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl-hibernate-search/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   
   <properties>
     <hibernate.version>4.1.7.Final</hibernate.version>
-    <hibernate.validator.version>4.3.0.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
+    <hibernate.validator.version>7.0.1.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
     <hibernate.search.version>4.2.0.Final</hibernate.search.version>
     <lucene.version>3.6.2</lucene.version>
     <osgi.import.package>