diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8c09c51..01078c3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ catalog {
     // declare the aliases, bundles and versions in this block
     versionCatalog {
         version('wson', '2023.03')
-        version('jwo', '2023.03')
+        version('jwo', '2023.05')
         version('jzstd', '2023.03')
         version('klevtree', '2023.03')
         version('my-gradle-plugins', '2023.01')
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ catalog {
         version('jakarta.enterprise.cdi-api', '4.0.1')
         version('jakarta.ejb-api', '4.0.1')
         version('jakarta.enterprise.concurrent-api', '3.0.2')
+        version('jakarta.validation.api', '3.0.2')
         version('jaxb-api', '2.3.1')
         version('jcommander', '1.82')
         version('jgit', '6.4.0.202211300538-r')
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ catalog {
         library('jakarta.servlet-api', 'jakarta.servlet', 'jakarta.servlet-api').versionRef('jakarta.servlet-api')
         library('jakarta.ws.rs-api', 'jakarta.ws.rs', 'jakarta.ws.rs-api').versionRef('jakarta.ws.rs-api')
         library('jakarta.enterprise.concurrent-api', 'jakarta.enterprise.concurrent', 'jakarta.enterprise.concurrent-api').versionRef('jakarta.enterprise.concurrent-api')
+        library('jakarta.validation.api', 'jakarta.validation', 'jakarta.validation-api').versionRef('jakarta.validation.api')
+
 
         library('jakarta.xml.bind-api', 'jakarta.xml.bind', 'jakarta.xml.bind-api').versionRef('jakarta.xml.bind.api')
         library('jackson-jakarta-rs-json-provider', 'com.fasterxml.jackson.jakarta.rs', 'jackson-jakarta-rs-json-provider').versionRef('jackson')