diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ce4022a..412a987 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -624,8 +624,18 @@ version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7b750cb3417fd1b327431a470f388520309479ab0bf5e323505daf0290cd3850"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
- "darling_macro",
+ "darling_core 0.14.4",
+ "darling_macro 0.14.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling"
+version = "0.20.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "83b2eb4d90d12bdda5ed17de686c2acb4c57914f8f921b8da7e112b5a36f3fe1"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.20.9",
+ "darling_macro 0.20.9",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -638,21 +648,46 @@ dependencies = [
  "ident_case",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "strsim",
+ "strsim 0.10.0",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_core"
+version = "0.20.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "622687fe0bac72a04e5599029151f5796111b90f1baaa9b544d807a5e31cd120"
+dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
+ "ident_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.14.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a4aab4dbc9f7611d8b55048a3a16d2d010c2c8334e46304b40ac1cc14bf3b48e"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core",
+ "darling_core 0.14.4",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_macro"
+version = "0.20.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "733cabb43482b1a1b53eee8583c2b9e8684d592215ea83efd305dd31bc2f0178"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.20.9",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "der"
 version = "0.7.8"
@@ -688,7 +723,7 @@ version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c11bdc11a0c47bc7d37d582b5285da6849c96681023680b906673c5707af7b0f"
 dependencies = [
- "darling",
+ "darling 0.14.4",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 1.0.109",
@@ -1156,20 +1191,19 @@ checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "418a0a6fab821475f634efe3ccc45c013f742efe03d853e8d3355d5cb850ecf8"
+checksum = "7d20d6b07bfbc108882d88ed8e37d39636dcc260e15e30c45e6ba089610b917c"
 dependencies = [
- "matches",
  "unicode-bidi",
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d20d6b07bfbc108882d88ed8e37d39636dcc260e15e30c45e6ba089610b917c"
+checksum = "634d9b1461af396cad843f47fdba5597a4f9e6ddd4bfb6ff5d85028c25cb12f6"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-bidi",
  "unicode-normalization",
@@ -1363,12 +1397,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tendril",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matches"
-version = "0.1.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2532096657941c2fea9c289d370a250971c689d4f143798ff67113ec042024a5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mcaptcha-ux-survey"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1387,7 +1415,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sqlx",
  "url",
  "urlencoding",
- "validator 0.15.0",
+ "validator 0.18.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2454,6 +2482,12 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -2768,22 +2802,6 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09cc8ee72d2a9becf2f2febe0205bbed8fc6615b7cb429ad062dc7b7ddd036a9"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "validator"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f07b0a1390e01c0fc35ebb26b28ced33c9a3808f7f9fbe94d3cc01e233bfeed5"
-dependencies = [
- "idna 0.2.3",
- "lazy_static",
- "regex",
- "serde 1.0.190",
- "serde_derive",
- "serde_json",
- "url",
- "validator_derive 0.15.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "validator"
 version = "0.16.1"
@@ -2801,19 +2819,19 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "validator_derive"
-version = "0.15.0"
+name = "validator"
+version = "0.18.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ea7ed5e8cf2b6bdd64a6c4ce851da25388a89327b17b88424ceced6bd5017923"
+checksum = "db79c75af171630a3148bd3e6d7c4f42b6a9a014c2945bc5ed0020cbb8d9478e"
 dependencies = [
- "if_chain",
- "lazy_static",
- "proc-macro-error",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
+ "idna 0.5.0",
+ "once_cell",
  "regex",
- "syn 1.0.109",
- "validator_types 0.15.0",
+ "serde 1.0.190",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "url",
+ "validator_derive 0.18.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2829,17 +2847,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "quote",
  "regex",
  "syn 1.0.109",
- "validator_types 0.16.0",
+ "validator_types",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "validator_types"
-version = "0.15.0"
+name = "validator_derive"
+version = "0.18.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d2ddf34293296847abfc1493b15c6e2f5d3cd19f57ad7d22673bf4c6278da329"
+checksum = "55591299b7007f551ed1eb79a684af7672c19c3193fb9e0a31936987bb2438ec"
 dependencies = [
+ "darling 0.20.9",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro-error",
  "proc-macro2",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.38",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a04d396..509de08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ actix-web-codegen-const-routes = "0.2.0"
 
 argon2-creds = "0.2.3"
 config = "0.11"
-validator = { version = "0.15", features = ["derive"]}
+validator = { version = "0.18", features = ["derive"]}
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"]}
 sqlx = { version = "0.7.2", features = [ "time", "runtime-tokio", "migrate", "postgres"] }
 serde_json = "1"