diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a3259df..72647715 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is roughly based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/
 - Add (optional) config for collection id whitelisting.
   Keep union of all "upstream" collections as default.
   ([#129](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-aggregator/issues/129))
+- Disable `auto_validation` feature of latest `openeo` python client library release ([#130](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-aggregator/issues/130))
 
 
 ## [0.11.x]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f5bf785a..b7136d7f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     install_requires=[
         "requests",
         "attrs",
-        "openeo>=0.17.0,<0.24.0",
+        "openeo>=0.24.0",
         "openeo_driver>=0.68.1.dev",
         "flask~=2.0",
         "gunicorn~=20.0",
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
index 876e47e4..b0b90ae5 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/about.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import sys
 
-__version__ = "0.12.1a1"
+__version__ = "0.12.2a1"
 
 
 def log_version_info():
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/connection.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/connection.py
index 571a1ea6..b9001f8b 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/connection.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/connection.py
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         # Temporarily unlock `_auth` for `super().__init__()`
         self._auth_locked = False
-        super(BackendConnection, self).__init__(url, default_timeout=init_timeout, slow_response_threshold=1)
+        super(BackendConnection, self).__init__(
+            url, default_timeout=init_timeout, slow_response_threshold=1, auto_validate=False
+        )
         self._auth = None
         self._auth_locked = True
 
diff --git a/src/openeo_aggregator/testing.py b/src/openeo_aggregator/testing.py
index d0ba9c3f..db134123 100644
--- a/src/openeo_aggregator/testing.py
+++ b/src/openeo_aggregator/testing.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ def capabilities(
                 {"path": "/collections", "methods": ["GET"]},
                 {"path": "/collections/{collection_id}", "methods": ["GET"]},
                 {"path": "/processes", "methods": ["GET"]},
+                {"path": "/validation", "methods": ["POST"]},
             ],
             "links": [],
         }
diff --git a/tests/test_views.py b/tests/test_views.py
index dab7cce7..e16ac8a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/tests/test_views.py
@@ -1521,6 +1521,32 @@ def post_jobs(request: requests.Request, context):
             "b2": (0, 1),
         }[expected]
 
+    def test_create_job_no_auto_validation(self, api100, requests_mock, backend1, caplog):
+        requests_mock.get(backend1 + "/collections", json={"collections": [{"id": "S2"}]})
+
+        jobs = []
+
+        def post_jobs(request: requests.Request, context):
+            nonlocal jobs
+            jobs.append(request.json())
+            context.headers["Location"] = backend1 + "/jobs/th3j0b"
+            context.headers["OpenEO-Identifier"] = "th3j0b"
+            context.status_code = 201
+
+        requests_mock.post(backend1 + "/jobs", text=post_jobs)
+        validation_mock = requests_mock.post(
+            backend1 + "/validation", status_code=500, json={"code": "Internal", "message": "Validation says no"}
+        )
+
+        pg = {"lc": {"process_id": "load_collection", "arguments": {"id": "S2"}, "result": True}}
+        api100.set_auth_bearer_token(token=TEST_USER_BEARER_TOKEN)
+        res = api100.post("/jobs", json={"process": {"process_graph": pg}}).assert_status_code(201)
+        assert res.headers["Location"] == "http://oeoa.test/openeo/1.0.0/jobs/b1-th3j0b"
+        assert res.headers["OpenEO-Identifier"] == "b1-th3j0b"
+        assert jobs == [{"process": {"process_graph": pg}}]
+        assert "Validation says no" not in caplog.text
+        assert validation_mock.call_count == 0
+
     def test_get_job_metadata(self, api100, requests_mock, backend1):
         requests_mock.get(backend1 + "/jobs/th3j0b", json={
             "id": "th3j0b",