diff --git a/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md
index 96340ff5e..a3e599a13 100644
--- a/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/validator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+## ibm-openapi-validator [0.97.3](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/ibm-openapi-validator@0.97.2...ibm-openapi-validator@0.97.3) (2023-01-09)
+
+
+
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* **@ibm-cloud/openapi-ruleset:** upgraded to 0.45.3
+
 ## ibm-openapi-validator [0.97.2](https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator/compare/ibm-openapi-validator@0.97.1...ibm-openapi-validator@0.97.2) (2022-12-14)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/validator/package.json b/packages/validator/package.json
index 5e86eed86..144b528f7 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": "0.97.2",
+  "version": "0.97.3",
   "main": "src/lib/index.js",
   "private": false,
   "repository": "https://github.com/IBM/openapi-validator",
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "pkg": "../../scripts/create-binaries.sh"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ibm-cloud/openapi-ruleset": "0.45.2",
+    "@ibm-cloud/openapi-ruleset": "0.45.3",
     "@stoplight/spectral-cli": "^6.4.2",
     "@stoplight/spectral-core": "^1.12.4",
     "@stoplight/spectral-parsers": "^1.0.1",