diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ca87304b8a..41712a9eeb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1894,16 +1894,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "idna"
-version = "0.4.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7d20d6b07bfbc108882d88ed8e37d39636dcc260e15e30c45e6ba089610b917c"
-dependencies = [
- "unicode-bidi",
- "unicode-normalization",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "1.0.3"
@@ -1925,12 +1915,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_properties",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "if_chain"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cb56e1aa765b4b4f3aadfab769793b7087bb03a4ea4920644a6d238e2df5b9ed"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indenter"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -2808,27 +2792,25 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-error"
-version = "1.0.4"
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr2"
+version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
+checksum = "96de42df36bb9bba5542fe9f1a054b8cc87e172759a1868aa05c1f3acc89dfc5"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-error-attr",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
- "version_check",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
-version = "1.0.4"
+name = "proc-macro-error2"
+version = "2.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
+checksum = "11ec05c52be0a07b08061f7dd003e7d7092e0472bc731b4af7bb1ef876109802"
 dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr2",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "version_check",
+ "syn 2.0.104",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4588,7 +4570,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "32f8b686cadd1473f4bd0117a5d28d36b1ade384ea9b5069a1c40aefed7fda60"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
- "idna 1.0.3",
+ "idna",
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
@@ -4617,12 +4599,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validator"
-version = "0.16.1"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b92f40481c04ff1f4f61f304d61793c7b56ff76ac1469f1beb199b1445b253bd"
+checksum = "43fb22e1a008ece370ce08a3e9e4447a910e92621bb49b85d6e48a45397e7cfa"
 dependencies = [
- "idna 0.4.0",
- "lazy_static",
+ "idna",
+ "once_cell",
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -4633,28 +4615,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validator_derive"
-version = "0.16.0"
+version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bc44ca3088bb3ba384d9aecf40c6a23a676ce23e09bdaca2073d99c207f864af"
+checksum = "b7df16e474ef958526d1205f6dda359fdfab79d9aa6d54bafcb92dcd07673dca"
 dependencies = [
- "if_chain",
- "lazy_static",
- "proc-macro-error",
+ "darling",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro-error2",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "regex",
- "syn 1.0.109",
- "validator_types",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "validator_types"
-version = "0.16.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "111abfe30072511849c5910134e8baf8dc05de4c0e5903d681cbd5c9c4d611e3"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "syn 2.0.104",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/Cargo.toml b/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/Cargo.toml
index 05257a617c..044916de77 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ serde = "1.0.140"
 serde_with = { version = "2.0.0", features = ["time_0_3"] }
 time = "0.3.11"
 uuid = { version = "1.1.2", features = ["serde"] }
-validator = { version = "0.16.0", features = ["derive"] }
+validator = { version = "0.20.0", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # Auxilliary crates
 anyhow = "1.0.58"
diff --git a/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/src/http/user.rs b/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/src/http/user.rs
index cf4db77cdc..1cf94a00d6 100644
--- a/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/src/http/user.rs
+++ b/examples/postgres/axum-social-with-tests/src/http/user.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static USERNAME_REGEX: LazyLock<Regex> = LazyLock::new(|| Regex::new(r"^[0-9A-Za
 #[derive(Deserialize, Validate)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
 pub struct UserAuth {
-    #[validate(length(min = 3, max = 16), regex = "USERNAME_REGEX")]
+    #[validate(length(min = 3, max = 16), regex(path = USERNAME_REGEX))]
     username: String,
     #[validate(length(min = 8, max = 32))]
     password: String,