diff --git a/docs/source/changelog.rst b/docs/source/changelog.rst
index e3681fd..3628cb2 100644
--- a/docs/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/source/changelog.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ Changelog
 ================================
 
 
+1.5.7-beta
+---------------------------------------
+
+**Improvements:**
+    - Strict mode validation now checks for separators count
+
+
 1.5.4-beta
 ---------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/source/usage/validating.rst b/docs/source/usage/validating.rst
index 3482cfc..0acc8f7 100644
--- a/docs/source/usage/validating.rst
+++ b/docs/source/usage/validating.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Many times the only thing we need is to know if a name is valid or not for a giv
 - The number of expected separators must match with the rule.
 - If tokens have options, the given name must use one of those options.
 - If token is a number, validates suffix, prefix and padding.
-- If strict is passed as True to the validate function, the name must match exactly the casing the rule.
+- If 'strict' is passed as True to the validate function, the name must match exactly the casing of the rule and tokens and the separators counts is also matched.
 - If no rule names are passed to with_rules, only the active rule is validated.
 
 Let's set these Tokens and Rule.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b59d994..2057a4a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "vfxnaming"
-version = "1.5.6-beta"
+version = "1.5.7-beta"
 authors = [
   { name="Chris Granados", email="info@chrisgranados.com" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/vfxnaming/rules.py b/src/vfxnaming/rules.py
index 50297b6..72514da 100644
--- a/src/vfxnaming/rules.py
+++ b/src/vfxnaming/rules.py
@@ -194,7 +194,13 @@ def validate(self, name: AnyStr, strict: bool = False, **validate_values) -> boo
             return False
 
         name_separators = self.__SEPARATORS_REGEX.findall(name)
-        if len(expected_separators) > len(name_separators):
+        if not strict and len(expected_separators) > len(name_separators):
+            logger.warning(
+                f"Separators count mismatch between given name '{name}':'{len(name_separators)}' "
+                f"and rule's pattern '{self._pattern}':'{len(expected_separators)}'."
+            )
+            return False
+        elif strict and len(expected_separators) != len(name_separators):
             logger.warning(
                 f"Separators count mismatch between given name '{name}':'{len(name_separators)}' "
                 f"and rule's pattern '{self._pattern}':'{len(expected_separators)}'."
diff --git a/tests/naming_test.py b/tests/naming_test.py
index 987798d..2bb33a0 100644
--- a/tests/naming_test.py
+++ b/tests/naming_test.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import pytest
 import tempfile
-import types
-from typing import Dict, List, Union
+from typing import Dict, List
 
 from vfxnaming import naming as n
 import vfxnaming.rules as rules