diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d8f2d953..d64a977d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                 "mongoose-date-format": "^1.2.0",
                 "mongoose-schema-jsonschema": "^2.0.2",
                 "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
-                "node-java-fhir-validator": "^1.0.0",
+                "node-java-fhir-validator": "^1.1.0",
                 "node-schedule": "^2.1.0",
                 "normalize-text": "^2.3.2",
                 "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
@@ -5297,9 +5297,9 @@
             }
         },
         "node_modules/node-java-fhir-validator": {
-            "version": "1.0.0",
-            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-java-fhir-validator/-/node-java-fhir-validator-1.0.0.tgz",
-            "integrity": "sha512-T+bBoFPsKrOL0yEVVoE9prErRsjqFXVNomH+O4m+L9Jly4ZyY1JUmeznMLa5UAscK16hpLkgOQ3+gAn50EmIyg==",
+            "version": "1.1.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-java-fhir-validator/-/node-java-fhir-validator-1.1.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-OZdJLxRiCgIsiGgtmItt82YKwgyM6hSlhMJpr6/B46u6dqP/l61glD3gXgSvDxQtUNsfLjM2sxMIolQy5V4NwQ==",
             "dependencies": {
                 "glob": "^8.1.0",
                 "java-bridge": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2f9408d0..2d5ae93f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "mongoose-date-format": "^1.2.0",
         "mongoose-schema-jsonschema": "^2.0.2",
         "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
-        "node-java-fhir-validator": "^1.0.0",
+        "node-java-fhir-validator": "^1.1.0",
         "node-schedule": "^2.1.0",
         "normalize-text": "^2.3.2",
         "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/utils/validator/processor.js b/utils/validator/processor.js
index 5487ba9a..e0946128 100644
--- a/utils/validator/processor.js
+++ b/utils/validator/processor.js
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ async function validateResource(resource) {
         let profile = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(meta, "profile")
             ? meta.profile.join(",")
             : undefined;
-        operationOutcome = await validator.validate(
-            JSON.stringify(resource),
+        operationOutcome = await validator.validateFromBuffer(
+            Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(resource)),
             profile
         );
     } else {
-        operationOutcome = await validator.validateResource(
-            JSON.stringify(resource),
+        operationOutcome = await validator.validateFromBuffer(
+            Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(resource)),
             undefined
         );
     }