diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index 30fadb51b..ca435d9c9 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "@radix-ui/react-tabs": "^1.1.1",
     "@radix-ui/react-toast": "^1.2.6",
     "@radix-ui/react-tooltip": "^1.1.8",
-    "ajv": "^6.12.6",
+    "ajv": "^8.18.0",
     "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
     "clsx": "^2.1.1",
     "cmdk": "^1.0.4",
diff --git a/client/src/components/ElicitationRequest.tsx b/client/src/components/ElicitationRequest.tsx
index 4488a9620..91928605e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/ElicitationRequest.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/ElicitationRequest.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ const ElicitationRequest = ({
         return;
       }
 
-      const ajv = new Ajv();
+      const ajv = new Ajv({ strict: false });
       const validate = ajv.compile(request.request.requestedSchema);
       const isValid = validate(formData);
 
diff --git a/client/src/utils/__tests__/schemaUtils.test.ts b/client/src/utils/__tests__/schemaUtils.test.ts
index 2d1b686f9..48c8fd2ad 100644
--- a/client/src/utils/__tests__/schemaUtils.test.ts
+++ b/client/src/utils/__tests__/schemaUtils.test.ts
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ describe("Output Schema Validation", () => {
       });
 
       expect(result.isValid).toBe(false);
-      expect(result.error).toContain("should be number");
+      expect(result.error).toContain("must be number");
     });
 
     test("rejects missing required fields", () => {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f709c6289..4611cc75d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         "@radix-ui/react-tabs": "^1.1.1",
         "@radix-ui/react-toast": "^1.2.6",
         "@radix-ui/react-tooltip": "^1.1.8",
-        "ajv": "^6.12.6",
+        "ajv": "^8.18.0",
         "class-variance-authority": "^0.7.0",
         "clsx": "^2.1.1",
         "cmdk": "^1.0.4",
@@ -139,6 +139,22 @@
         "vite": "^7.1.11"
       }
     },
+    "client/node_modules/ajv": {
+      "version": "8.18.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.18.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-PlXPeEWMXMZ7sPYOHqmDyCJzcfNrUr3fGNKtezX14ykXOEIvyK81d+qydx89KY5O71FKMPaQ2vBfBFI5NHR63A==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.3",
+        "fast-uri": "^3.0.1",
+        "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
+        "require-from-string": "^2.0.2"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "github",
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/epoberezkin"
+      }
+    },
     "client/node_modules/jest-environment-jsdom": {
       "version": "29.7.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jest-environment-jsdom/-/jest-environment-jsdom-29.7.0.tgz",
@@ -167,6 +183,12 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "client/node_modules/json-schema-traverse": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NM8/P9n3XjXhIZn1lLhkFaACTOURQXjWhV4BA/RnOv8xvgqtqpAX9IO4mRQxSx1Rlo4tqzeqb0sOlruaOy3dug==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/@adobe/css-tools": {
       "version": "4.4.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@adobe/css-tools/-/css-tools-4.4.4.tgz",
@@ -7054,6 +7076,7 @@
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fast-json-stable-stringify/-/fast-json-stable-stringify-2.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-lhd/wF+Lk98HZoTCtlVraHtfh5XYijIjalXck7saUtuanSDyLMxnHhSXEDJqHxD7msR8D0uCmqlkwjCV8xvwHw==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/fast-levenshtein": {
@@ -9593,6 +9616,7 @@
       "version": "0.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-0.4.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-xbbCH5dCYU5T8LcEhhuh7HJ88HXuW3qsI3Y0zOZFKfZEHcpWiHU/Jxzk629Brsab/mMiHQti9wMP+845RPe3Vg==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/json-schema-typed": {
@@ -10987,6 +11011,7 @@
       "version": "2.3.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-2.3.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-vYt7UD1U9Wg6138shLtLOvdAu+8DsC/ilFtEVHcH+wydcSpNE20AfSOduf6MkRFahL5FY7X1oU7nKVZFtfq8Fg==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=6"
@@ -13287,6 +13312,7 @@
       "version": "4.4.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uri-js/-/uri-js-4.4.1.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-7rKUyy33Q1yc98pQ1DAmLtwX109F7TIfWlW1Ydo8Wl1ii1SeHieeh0HHfPeL2fMXK6z0s8ecKs9frCuLJvndBg==",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "BSD-2-Clause",
       "dependencies": {
         "punycode": "^2.1.0"