diff --git a/packages/admin-api-schema/package.json b/packages/admin-api-schema/package.json
index a644f620b..568e4f704 100644
--- a/packages/admin-api-schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/admin-api-schema/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@tryghost/errors": "^1.2.26",
-    "ajv": "^6.12.6",
+    "ajv": "^8.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 97223ce53..ab6a496ea 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3179,7 +3179,7 @@ aggregate-error@^3.0.0:
     clean-stack "^2.0.0"
     indent-string "^4.0.0"
 
-ajv@^6.12.4, ajv@^6.12.6:
+ajv@^6.12.4:
   version "6.12.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-6.12.6.tgz#baf5a62e802b07d977034586f8c3baf5adf26df4"
   integrity sha512-j3fVLgvTo527anyYyJOGTYJbG+vnnQYvE0m5mmkc1TK+nxAppkCLMIL0aZ4dblVCNoGShhm+kzE4ZUykBoMg4g==
@@ -3189,6 +3189,16 @@ ajv@^6.12.4, ajv@^6.12.6:
     json-schema-traverse "^0.4.1"
     uri-js "^4.2.2"
 
+ajv@^8.0.0:
+  version "8.12.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ajv/-/ajv-8.12.0.tgz#d1a0527323e22f53562c567c00991577dfbe19d1"
+  integrity sha512-sRu1kpcO9yLtYxBKvqfTeh9KzZEwO3STyX1HT+4CaDzC6HpTGYhIhPIzj9XuKU7KYDwnaeh5hcOwjy1QuJzBPA==
+  dependencies:
+    fast-deep-equal "^3.1.1"
+    json-schema-traverse "^1.0.0"
+    require-from-string "^2.0.2"
+    uri-js "^4.2.2"
+
 amdefine@>=0.0.4:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/amdefine/-/amdefine-1.0.1.tgz#4a5282ac164729e93619bcfd3ad151f817ce91f5"
@@ -6834,6 +6844,11 @@ json-schema-traverse@^0.4.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-0.4.1.tgz#69f6a87d9513ab8bb8fe63bdb0979c448e684660"
   integrity sha512-xbbCH5dCYU5T8LcEhhuh7HJ88HXuW3qsI3Y0zOZFKfZEHcpWiHU/Jxzk629Brsab/mMiHQti9wMP+845RPe3Vg==
 
+json-schema-traverse@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz#ae7bcb3656ab77a73ba5c49bf654f38e6b6860e2"
+  integrity sha512-NM8/P9n3XjXhIZn1lLhkFaACTOURQXjWhV4BA/RnOv8xvgqtqpAX9IO4mRQxSx1Rlo4tqzeqb0sOlruaOy3dug==
+
 json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify/-/json-stable-stringify-without-jsonify-1.0.1.tgz#9db7b59496ad3f3cfef30a75142d2d930ad72651"
@@ -9244,6 +9259,11 @@ require-directory@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz#8c64ad5fd30dab1c976e2344ffe7f792a6a6df42"
   integrity sha512-fGxEI7+wsG9xrvdjsrlmL22OMTTiHRwAMroiEeMgq8gzoLC/PQr7RsRDSTLUg/bZAZtF+TVIkHc6/4RIKrui+Q==
 
+require-from-string@^2.0.2:
+  version "2.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-from-string/-/require-from-string-2.0.2.tgz#89a7fdd938261267318eafe14f9c32e598c36909"
+  integrity sha512-Xf0nWe6RseziFMu+Ap9biiUbmplq6S9/p+7w7YXP/JBHhrUDDUhwa+vANyubuqfZWTveU//DYVGsDG7RKL/vEw==
+
 requireindex@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/requireindex/-/requireindex-1.2.0.tgz#3463cdb22ee151902635aa6c9535d4de9c2ef1ef"