diff --git a/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml b/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
index 5afd0f9b953..dd8aca64814 100644
--- a/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-build/kogito-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     <version.com.github.javaparser>3.24.2</version.com.github.javaparser>
     <version.com.github.java-json-tools>2.2.14</version.com.github.java-json-tools>
     <version.com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype>2.14.2</version.com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype>
-    <version.com.github.erosb>1.14.2</version.com.github.erosb>
     <version.com.github.victools>4.18.0</version.com.github.victools>
     <version.com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock>2.33.2</version.com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock>
     <version.com.google.protobuf>3.22.0</version.com.google.protobuf>
@@ -707,19 +706,12 @@
         <groupId>com.github.java-json-tools</groupId>
         <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
         <version>${version.com.github.java-json-tools}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-datatype-json-org</artifactId>
         <version>${version.com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.github.erosb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>everit-json-schema</artifactId>
-        <version>${version.com.github.erosb}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <!-- Serverless Workflow -->
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.serverlessworkflow</groupId>
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml
index f19d46a5307..b7a5000a6d1 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-builder/pom.xml
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
       <artifactId>kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.erosb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>everit-json-schema</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kie.kogito</groupId>
       <artifactId>kogito-codegen-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/pom.xml b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/pom.xml
index 7d037dfba77..ee2688e0016 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
       <artifactId>kogito-rest-utils</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.github.erosb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>everit-json-schema</artifactId>
+      <groupId>com.github.java-json-tools</groupId>
+      <artifactId>json-schema-validator</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
diff --git a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/actions/JsonSchemaValidator.java b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/actions/JsonSchemaValidator.java
index aee96420316..c5eed93f3a7 100644
--- a/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/actions/JsonSchemaValidator.java
+++ b/kogito-serverless-workflow/kogito-serverless-workflow-runtime/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/actions/JsonSchemaValidator.java
@@ -19,18 +19,17 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
-import org.everit.json.schema.Schema;
-import org.everit.json.schema.ValidationException;
-import org.everit.json.schema.loader.SchemaClient;
-import org.everit.json.schema.loader.SchemaLoader;
 import org.jbpm.workflow.core.WorkflowModelValidator;
-import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.kie.kogito.jackson.utils.ObjectMapperFactory;
 import org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.SWFConstants;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.NullNode;
+import com.github.fge.jsonschema.core.exceptions.ProcessingException;
+import com.github.fge.jsonschema.core.report.ProcessingReport;
+import com.github.fge.jsonschema.main.JsonSchemaFactory;
 
 import static org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.io.URIContentLoaderFactory.readAllBytes;
 import static org.kie.kogito.serverless.workflow.io.URIContentLoaderFactory.runtimeLoader;
@@ -43,8 +42,7 @@ public class JsonSchemaValidator implements WorkflowModelValidator {
 
     protected final String schemaRef;
     protected final boolean failOnValidationErrors;
-
-    private final AtomicReference<Schema> schemaObject = new AtomicReference<>();
+    private final AtomicReference<JsonNode> schemaObject = new AtomicReference<>();
 
     public JsonSchemaValidator(String schema, boolean failOnValidationErrors) {
         this.schemaRef = schema;
@@ -54,32 +52,25 @@ public JsonSchemaValidator(String schema, boolean failOnValidationErrors) {
     @Override
     public void validate(Map<String, Object> model) {
         try {
-            load().validate(ObjectMapperFactory.get().convertValue(model.getOrDefault(SWFConstants.DEFAULT_WORKFLOW_VAR, NullNode.instance), JSONObject.class));
-        } catch (ValidationException ex) {
-            handleException(ex, ex.getCausingExceptions().isEmpty() ? ex : ex.getCausingExceptions());
-        } catch (IOException ex) {
-            handleException(ex, ex);
+            ProcessingReport report = JsonSchemaFactory.byDefault().getJsonSchema(schemaData()).validate((JsonNode) model.getOrDefault(SWFConstants.DEFAULT_WORKFLOW_VAR, NullNode.instance));
+            if (!report.isSuccess()) {
+                final String validationMessage = String.format("Validation errors %s", report.toString());
+                logger.warn(validationMessage);
+                if (failOnValidationErrors) {
+                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(validationMessage);
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (ProcessingException | IOException ex) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected error validating schema", ex);
         }
     }
 
-    public Schema load() throws IOException {
-        Schema result = schemaObject.get();
+    public JsonNode schemaData() throws IOException {
+        JsonNode result = schemaObject.get();
         if (result == null) {
-            result = SchemaLoader.builder()
-                    .schemaJson(ObjectMapperFactory.get().readValue(readAllBytes(runtimeLoader(schemaRef)), JSONObject.class))
-                    .resolutionScope(schemaRef)
-                    .schemaClient(SchemaClient.classPathAwareClient())
-                    .build().load().build();
+            result = ObjectMapperFactory.get().readTree(readAllBytes(runtimeLoader(schemaRef)));
             schemaObject.set(result);
         }
         return result;
     }
-
-    private void handleException(Throwable ex, Object toAppend) {
-        String validationError = String.format("Error validating schema: %s", toAppend);
-        logger.warn(validationError, ex);
-        if (failOnValidationErrors) {
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(validationError);
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/parser/schema/OpenApiModelSchemaGenerator.java b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/parser/schema/OpenApiModelSchemaGenerator.java
index 2fd573c56f4..4759f8b5436 100644
--- a/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/parser/schema/OpenApiModelSchemaGenerator.java
+++ b/quarkus/extensions/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-extension/kogito-quarkus-serverless-workflow-deployment/src/main/java/org/kie/kogito/serverless/workflow/parser/schema/OpenApiModelSchemaGenerator.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ private static Optional<Schema> getSchema(Optional<WorkflowModelValidator> valid
 
     private static Schema getSchema(JsonSchemaValidator validator) {
         try {
-            return ObjectMapperFactory.get().readValue(validator.load().toString(), JsonSchemaImpl.class);
+            return ObjectMapperFactory.get().convertValue(validator.schemaData(), JsonSchemaImpl.class);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new UncheckedIOException(e);
         }