diff --git a/packages/plugins/openapi/package.json b/packages/plugins/openapi/package.json
index 831a015f9..84e8eb5c3 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/openapi/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugins/openapi/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "semver": "^7.5.2",
     "ts-pattern": "^4.3.0",
     "yaml": "^2.2.2",
-    "zod-validation-error": "^1.5.0"
+    "zod-validation-error": "catalog:"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "zod": "catalog:"
diff --git a/packages/plugins/openapi/src/generator-base.ts b/packages/plugins/openapi/src/generator-base.ts
index 38cddf16c..9dc94a57c 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/openapi/src/generator-base.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/openapi/src/generator-base.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Model } from '@zenstackhq/sdk/ast';
 import type { DMMF } from '@zenstackhq/sdk/prisma';
 import type { OpenAPIV3_1 as OAPI } from 'openapi-types';
 import semver from 'semver';
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 import { name } from '.';
 import { SecuritySchemesSchema } from './schema';
 
diff --git a/packages/runtime/package.json b/packages/runtime/package.json
index 6561496f0..a5be906ca 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/runtime/package.json
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
         "ts-pattern": "^4.3.0",
         "tslib": "^2.4.1",
         "uuid": "^9.0.0",
-        "zod-validation-error": "^1.5.0"
+        "zod-validation-error": "catalog:"
     },
     "peerDependencies": {
         "@prisma/client": "5.0.0 - 6.13.x",
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/handler.ts b/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/handler.ts
index f42dad01f..7aa22e8c4 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/handler.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
 
 import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 import { CrudFailureReason } from '../../../constants';
 import {
     ModelDataVisitor,
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
     type FieldInfo,
     type ModelMeta,
 } from '../../../cross';
-import { lowerCaseFirst, upperCaseFirst, invariant } from '../../../local-helpers';
+import { invariant, lowerCaseFirst, upperCaseFirst } from '../../../local-helpers';
 import { EnhancementContext, PolicyOperationKind, type CrudContract, type DbClientContract } from '../../../types';
 import type { InternalEnhancementOptions } from '../create-enhancement';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/policy-utils.ts b/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/policy-utils.ts
index d1c75a32e..08804dee1 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/policy-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/enhancements/node/policy/policy-utils.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import deepmerge from 'deepmerge';
 import { z, type ZodError, type ZodObject, type ZodSchema } from 'zod';
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 import { CrudFailureReason, PrismaErrorCode } from '../../../constants';
 import {
     clone,
diff --git a/packages/runtime/src/validation.ts b/packages/runtime/src/validation.ts
index 83a05cc48..a3c153c96 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/src/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime/src/validation.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { z } from 'zod';
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 
 /**
  * Error indicating violations of field-level constraints
diff --git a/packages/schema/package.json b/packages/schema/package.json
index b35262a9d..d41f7b4ae 100644
--- a/packages/schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/schema/package.json
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
         "vscode-languageserver": "^8.0.2",
         "vscode-languageserver-textdocument": "^1.0.7",
         "vscode-uri": "^3.0.6",
-        "zod-validation-error": "^1.5.0"
+        "zod-validation-error": "catalog:"
     },
     "peerDependencies": {
         "prisma": "5.0.0 - 6.13.x",
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/cli/config.ts b/packages/schema/src/cli/config.ts
index 3a803f751..d1fc2d0fb 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/cli/config.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/cli/config.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import z, { ZodError } from 'zod';
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 import { CliError } from './cli-error';
 
 // TODO: future use
diff --git a/packages/server/package.json b/packages/server/package.json
index 8b7bc40f4..aabc3f565 100644
--- a/packages/server/package.json
+++ b/packages/server/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "superjson": "^1.13.0",
         "ts-japi": "^1.10.1",
         "url-pattern": "^1.0.3",
-        "zod-validation-error": "^1.5.0",
+        "zod-validation-error": "catalog:",
         "decimal.js": "^10.4.2"
     },
     "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts
index 0bf02762c..866fdbe37 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import SuperJSON from 'superjson';
 import { Linker, Paginator, Relator, Serializer, SerializerOptions } from 'ts-japi';
 import UrlPattern from 'url-pattern';
 import z, { ZodError } from 'zod';
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 import { LoggerConfig, Response } from '../../types';
 import { APIHandlerBase, RequestContext } from '../base';
 import { logWarning, registerCustomSerializers } from '../utils';
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/rpc/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/rpc/index.ts
index ef237b779..b3d368460 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/rpc/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/rpc/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { upperCaseFirst } from '@zenstackhq/runtime/local-helpers';
 import SuperJSON from 'superjson';
 import { ZodError } from 'zod';
-import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error';
+import { fromZodError } from 'zod-validation-error/v3';
 import { Response } from '../../types';
 import { APIHandlerBase, RequestContext } from '../base';
 import { logError, registerCustomSerializers } from '../utils';
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index c7804dae0..7b2add801 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ catalogs:
     zod:
       specifier: ^3.25.0
       version: 3.25.76
+    zod-validation-error:
+      specifier: ^4.0.0
+      version: 4.0.1
 
 importers:
 
@@ -153,8 +156,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 3.25.76
       zod-validation-error:
-        specifier: ^1.5.0
-        version: 1.5.0(zod@3.25.76)
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 4.0.1(zod@3.25.76)
     devDependencies:
       '@readme/openapi-parser':
         specifier: ^2.4.0
@@ -401,8 +404,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 3.25.76
       zod-validation-error:
-        specifier: ^1.5.0
-        version: 1.5.0(zod@3.25.76)
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 4.0.1(zod@3.25.76)
     devDependencies:
       '@types/bcryptjs':
         specifier: ^2.4.2
@@ -499,8 +502,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 3.25.76
       zod-validation-error:
-        specifier: ^1.5.0
-        version: 1.5.0(zod@3.25.76)
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 4.0.1(zod@3.25.76)
     devDependencies:
       '@prisma/client':
         specifier: 6.13.x
@@ -605,8 +608,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: 'catalog:'
         version: 3.25.76
       zod-validation-error:
-        specifier: ^1.5.0
-        version: 1.5.0(zod@3.25.76)
+        specifier: 'catalog:'
+        version: 4.0.1(zod@3.25.76)
     devDependencies:
       '@nestjs/common':
         specifier: ^10.3.7
@@ -8743,11 +8746,11 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-zK7YHHz4ZXpW89AHXUPbQVGKI7uvkd3hzusTdotCg1UxyaVtg0zFJSTfW/Dq5f7OBBVnq6cZIaC8Ti4hb6dtCA==}
     engines: {node: '>= 14'}
 
-  zod-validation-error@1.5.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-/7eFkAI4qV0tcxMBB/3+d2c1P6jzzZYdYSlBuAklzMuCrJu5bzJfHS0yVAS87dRHVlhftd6RFJDIvv03JgkSbw==}
-    engines: {node: '>=16.0.0'}
+  zod-validation-error@4.0.1:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-F3rdaCOHs5ViJ5YTz5zzRtfkQdMdIeKudJAoxy7yB/2ZMEHw73lmCAcQw11r7++20MyGl4WV59EVh7A9rNAyog==}
+    engines: {node: '>=18.0.0'}
     peerDependencies:
-      zod: ^3.18.0
+      zod: ^3.25.0 || ^4.0.0
 
   zod@3.25.76:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-gzUt/qt81nXsFGKIFcC3YnfEAx5NkunCfnDlvuBSSFS02bcXu4Lmea0AFIUwbLWxWPx3d9p8S5QoaujKcNQxcQ==}
@@ -17895,7 +17898,7 @@ snapshots:
       compress-commons: 6.0.2
       readable-stream: 4.5.2
 
-  zod-validation-error@1.5.0(zod@3.25.76):
+  zod-validation-error@4.0.1(zod@3.25.76):
     dependencies:
       zod: 3.25.76
 
diff --git a/pnpm-workspace.yaml b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
index 5b2640a02..5b48b0193 100644
--- a/pnpm-workspace.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-workspace.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ packages:
 catalog:
     ts-morph: ^26.0.0
     typescript: ~5.8.0
-    zod: ^3.25.0
\ No newline at end of file
+    zod: ^3.25.0
+    zod-validation-error: ^4.0.0
\ No newline at end of file