diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7dae129f2..ce697f551 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     "faker": "^5.5.2",
     "gitdocs": "^2.0.0",
     "husky": "^4.3.8",
-    "ibm-openapi-validator": "0.39.0",
+    "ibm-openapi-validator": "0.40.1",
     "jest": "26.6.3",
     "jest-axe": "^4.1.0",
     "jest-fetch-mock": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5231f81ed..428290c93 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -10627,10 +10627,10 @@ husky@^4.3.8:
     slash "^3.0.0"
     which-pm-runs "^1.0.0"
 
-ibm-openapi-validator@0.39.0:
-  version "0.39.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ibm-openapi-validator/-/ibm-openapi-validator-0.39.0.tgz#95699cb8cf582ee110b3d23fa02b97c49ce5a45d"
-  integrity sha512-A74658b1y/qUvKzRYeMe3X/AASdiUHI7IHZAmPuypfPWHHuZBhq1oxPQTO6nCJCVIVfV8jdwssgwoFb2DzgHfQ==
+ibm-openapi-validator@0.40.1:
+  version "0.40.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ibm-openapi-validator/-/ibm-openapi-validator-0.40.1.tgz#b7208e99b9ddef73376e644d9efe3525f62c70c6"
+  integrity sha512-mLpIJxrNVMlMwgicwmjUmU41xSMJ7BSMVWTGB06LH+0ROFnIdwkq3CQvWsiToCB8ev8xv80hpRA2eWK2F0wMCA==
   dependencies:
     "@stoplight/spectral" "^5.8.1"
     chalk "^4.1.0"