diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 04e0b659a..f303bee5f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <version.org.jboss.spec.javax.jms.jboss-jms-api_2.0_spec>2.0.0.Final</version.org.jboss.spec.javax.jms.jboss-jms-api_2.0_spec>
         <version.io.netty>4.1.109.Final</version.io.netty>
 
-        <version.jakarta.validation-api>3.0.2</version.jakarta.validation-api>
+<!--        <version.jakarta.validation-api>3.0.2</version.jakarta.validation-api>-->
         <version.org.hibernate.validator>8.0.1.Final</version.org.hibernate.validator>
         <version.jakarta.el-api>5.0.1</version.jakarta.el-api>
         <version.org.glassfish.jakarta.el>4.0.2</version.org.glassfish.jakarta.el>
@@ -649,12 +649,12 @@
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- Bean Validation dependencies -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-                <version>${version.jakarta.validation-api}</version>
-                <scope>provided</scope>
-            </dependency>
+<!--            <dependency>-->
+<!--                <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>-->
+<!--                <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--                <version>${version.jakarta.validation-api}</version>-->
+<!--                <scope>provided</scope>-->
+<!--            </dependency>-->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
                 <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-apps/amqp/pom.xml b/test-apps/amqp/pom.xml
index ccebe55bc..17cbcfd64 100644
--- a/test-apps/amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/test-apps/amqp/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jberet</groupId>
             <artifactId>jberet-support</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.supercsv</groupId>
             <artifactId>super-csv</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-apps/cassandraInject/pom.xml b/test-apps/cassandraInject/pom.xml
index ea1fa42a0..9242ae576 100644
--- a/test-apps/cassandraInject/pom.xml
+++ b/test-apps/cassandraInject/pom.xml
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
             <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
             <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jberet.test-apps</groupId>
             <artifactId>common</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-apps/cluster/pom.xml b/test-apps/cluster/pom.xml
index 03115901a..1db2c336d 100644
--- a/test-apps/cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/test-apps/cluster/pom.xml
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jberet.test-apps</groupId>
             <artifactId>common</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-apps/jdbcBatchletReaderWriter/pom.xml b/test-apps/jdbcBatchletReaderWriter/pom.xml
index f0b7201da..6c83c5012 100644
--- a/test-apps/jdbcBatchletReaderWriter/pom.xml
+++ b/test-apps/jdbcBatchletReaderWriter/pom.xml
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jberet.test-apps</groupId>
             <artifactId>common</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-apps/upsertWriter/pom.xml b/test-apps/upsertWriter/pom.xml
index 0c316aeb1..6a4bdbd5d 100644
--- a/test-apps/upsertWriter/pom.xml
+++ b/test-apps/upsertWriter/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
+<!--        <dependency>-->
+<!--            <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>-->
+<!--            <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>-->
+<!--        </dependency>-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.sf.supercsv</groupId>
             <artifactId>super-csv</artifactId>