diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4a2aa0a0..cc11b3c4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1536,9 +1536,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "if_chain"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4bac95d9aa0624e7b78187d6fb8ab012b41d9f6f54b1bcb61e61c4845f8357ec"
+checksum = "c3360c7b59e5ffa2653671fb74b4741a5d343c03f331c0a4aeda42b5c2b0ec7d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
@@ -3981,31 +3981,31 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validator"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "236a5eda3df2c877872e98dbc55d497d943792e6405d8fc65bd4f8a5e3b53c99"
+checksum = "7ab5990ba09102e1ddc954d294f09b9ea00fc7831a5813bbe84bfdbcae44051e"
 dependencies = [
- "idna 0.1.5",
+ "idna 0.2.0",
  "lazy_static",
  "regex",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "url 1.7.2",
+ "url 2.1.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "validator_derive"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d360d6f5754972c0c1da14fb3d5580daa31aee566e1e45e2f8d3bf5950ecd3e9"
+checksum = "e668e9cd05c5009b833833aa1147e5727b5396ea401f22dd1167618eed4a10c9"
 dependencies = [
  "if_chain",
  "lazy_static",
- "proc-macro2 0.4.30",
- "quote 0.6.13",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.17",
+ "quote 1.0.6",
  "regex",
- "syn 0.15.44",
+ "syn 1.0.23",
  "validator",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fac4e204..cf0b4e40 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ serde_qs = "0.5"
 shrinkwraprs = "0.2.1"
 syntect = "3.3"
 tokio = "0.2"
-validator = "0.8"
-validator_derive = "0.8"
+validator = "0.10"
+validator_derive = "0.10"
 webfinger = { git = "https://github.com/Plume-org/webfinger", rev = "4e8f12810c4a7ba7a07bbcb722cd265fdff512b6", features = ["async"] }
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 11f18c3e..5d44e5e7 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extern crate rocket;
 extern crate serde_json;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate validator_derive;
+extern crate validator;
 
 use clap::App;
 use diesel::r2d2::ConnectionManager;
diff --git a/src/routes/comments.rs b/src/routes/comments.rs
index 88f553c4..ca221054 100644
--- a/src/routes/comments.rs
+++ b/src/routes/comments.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use plume_models::{
 #[derive(Default, FromForm, Debug, Validate)]
 pub struct NewCommentForm {
     pub responding_to: Option<i32>,
-    #[validate(length(min = "1", message = "Your comment can't be empty"))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1, message = "Your comment can't be empty"))]
     pub content: String,
     pub warning: String,
 }
diff --git a/src/routes/instance.rs b/src/routes/instance.rs
index 055ac123..74887e48 100644
--- a/src/routes/instance.rs
+++ b/src/routes/instance.rs
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ pub fn admin_mod(_mod: Moderator, rockets: PlumeRocket) -> Ructe {
 
 #[derive(Clone, FromForm, Validate)]
 pub struct InstanceSettingsForm {
-    #[validate(length(min = "1"))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1))]
     pub name: String,
     pub open_registrations: bool,
     pub short_description: SafeString,
     pub long_description: SafeString,
-    #[validate(length(min = "1"))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1))]
     pub default_license: String,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/session.rs b/src/routes/session.rs
index 5f65ddf8..5757a1f5 100644
--- a/src/routes/session.rs
+++ b/src/routes/session.rs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ pub fn new(m: Option<String>, rockets: PlumeRocket) -> Ructe {
 
 #[derive(Default, FromForm, Validate)]
 pub struct LoginForm {
-    #[validate(length(min = "1", message = "We need an email, or a username to identify you"))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1, message = "We need an email, or a username to identify you"))]
     pub email_or_name: String,
-    #[validate(length(min = "1", message = "Your password can't be empty"))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 1, message = "Your password can't be empty"))]
     pub password: String,
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ pub fn password_reset_form(token: String, rockets: PlumeRocket) -> Result<Ructe,
 #[derive(FromForm, Default, Validate)]
 #[validate(schema(
     function = "passwords_match",
-    skip_on_field_errors = "false",
+    skip_on_field_errors = false,
     message = "Passwords are not matching"
 ))]
 pub struct NewPasswordForm {
diff --git a/src/routes/user.rs b/src/routes/user.rs
index 1606abb1..f3d57970 100644
--- a/src/routes/user.rs
+++ b/src/routes/user.rs
@@ -455,12 +455,12 @@ pub async fn delete(
 #[derive(Default, FromForm, Validate)]
 #[validate(schema(
     function = "passwords_match",
-    skip_on_field_errors = "false",
+    skip_on_field_errors = false,
     message = "Passwords are not matching"
 ))]
 pub struct NewUserForm {
     #[validate(
-        length(min = "1", message = "Username can't be empty"),
+        length(min = 1, message = "Username can't be empty"),
         custom(
             function = "validate_username",
             message = "User name is not allowed to contain any of < > & @ ' or \""
@@ -469,9 +469,9 @@ pub struct NewUserForm {
     pub username: String,
     #[validate(email(message = "Invalid email"))]
     pub email: String,
-    #[validate(length(min = "8", message = "Password should be at least 8 characters long"))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 8, message = "Password should be at least 8 characters long"))]
     pub password: String,
-    #[validate(length(min = "8", message = "Password should be at least 8 characters long"))]
+    #[validate(length(min = 8, message = "Password should be at least 8 characters long"))]
     pub password_confirmation: String,
 }