diff --git a/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e58bea6..1435e35b 100644
--- a/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## ibm-openapi-validator [1.16.9](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/ibm-openapi-validator@1.16.8...ibm-openapi-validator@1.16.9) (2024-04-05)
+
+
+
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* **@ibm-cloud/openapi-ruleset:** upgraded to 1.15.8
+
 ## ibm-openapi-validator [1.16.8](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/ibm-openapi-validator@1.16.7...ibm-openapi-validator@1.16.8) (2024-04-03)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/validator/package.json b/packages/validator/package.json
index a1f5c104..c43be24e 100644
--- a/packages/validator/package.json
+++ b/packages/validator/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ibm-openapi-validator",
   "description": "Configurable and extensible validator/linter for OpenAPI documents",
-  "version": "1.16.8",
+  "version": "1.16.9",
   "private": false,
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "pkg": "../../scripts/create-binaries.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ibm-cloud/openapi-ruleset": "1.15.7",
+    "@ibm-cloud/openapi-ruleset": "1.15.8",
     "@stoplight/spectral-cli": "^6.11.0",
     "@stoplight/spectral-core": "^1.18.3",
     "@stoplight/spectral-parsers": "^1.0.3",