diff --git a/apps/pathway-design/server/src/main.ts b/apps/pathway-design/server/src/main.ts
index aec46808..a78e3792 100644
--- a/apps/pathway-design/server/src/main.ts
+++ b/apps/pathway-design/server/src/main.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
 
-import { DocumentBuilder, SwaggerModule } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import { AppModule } from './app/app.module';
 
 async function bootstrap() {
@@ -15,29 +14,6 @@ async function bootstrap() {
     app.setGlobalPrefix(globalPrefix);
     const port = process.env.PORT ?? 3000;
 
-    // Setting up Swagger document
-    const options = new DocumentBuilder()
-        .setTitle('Pathway Design Application')
-        .setDescription(
-            'Application Programming Interface (API) of Pathway Design Application'
-        )
-        .setVersion('1.0')
-        .addBearerAuth(
-            {
-                description:
-                    'Please enter token in following format: Bearer <JWT>',
-                name: 'Authorization',
-                bearerFormat: 'Bearer',
-                scheme: 'Bearer',
-                type: 'http',
-                in: 'Header',
-            },
-            'access-token'
-        )
-        .build();
-    const document = SwaggerModule.createDocument(app, options);
-    SwaggerModule.setup('api', app, document);
-
     await app.listen(port);
     Logger.log(
         `🚀 Application is running on: http://localhost:${port}/${globalPrefix}`
diff --git a/apps/pathway-design/server/src/test/initialize-pathway/index.step.ts b/apps/pathway-design/server/src/test/initialize-pathway/index.step.ts
index 49a7ec3a..bd72876c 100644
--- a/apps/pathway-design/server/src/test/initialize-pathway/index.step.ts
+++ b/apps/pathway-design/server/src/test/initialize-pathway/index.step.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class ControllerSteps {
     }
 
     @then('I should retrieve a pathway initialized with its data')
-    public thenIShouldSeeAPathwayInitiated(dataTable: DataTable) {
+    public thenIShouldRetrieveAPathwayInitiated(dataTable: DataTable) {
         const firstRow = dataTable.hashes()[0];
 
         assert.strictEqual(this.response.body.title, firstRow.title);
diff --git a/apps/pathway-design/server/webpack.config.js b/apps/pathway-design/server/webpack.config.js
index 1e73c265..a51085a5 100644
--- a/apps/pathway-design/server/webpack.config.js
+++ b/apps/pathway-design/server/webpack.config.js
@@ -15,20 +15,6 @@ module.exports = {
             optimization: process.env.BUN_ENV === 'production',
             outputHashing:
                 process.env.BUN_ENV === 'production' ? 'all' : 'none',
-            transformers: [
-                {
-                    name: '@nestjs/swagger/plugin',
-                    options: {
-                        classValidatorShim: true,
-                        dtoFileNameSuffix: [
-                            '.dto.ts',
-                            '.entity.ts',
-                            '.schema.ts',
-                        ],
-                        introspectComments: true,
-                    },
-                },
-            ],
         }),
     ],
 };
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index c5acadee..732ba2a9 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/controller/initialize-pathway.controller.ts b/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/controller/initialize-pathway.controller.ts
index f57e56be..22690f57 100644
--- a/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/controller/initialize-pathway.controller.ts
+++ b/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/controller/initialize-pathway.controller.ts
@@ -10,17 +10,10 @@ import {
     UsePipes,
     ValidationPipe,
 } from '@nestjs/common';
-import { ApiBearerAuth, ApiTags } from '@nestjs/swagger';
 import type { InitializePathwayRequestBodyDto } from '../dtos/request/body/index.dto';
 import type { InitializedPathwayResponseBodyDto } from '../dtos/response/body/index.dto';
 
-@ApiTags('Pathway')
-@UsePipes(
-    new ValidationPipe({
-        whitelist: true,
-        forbidNonWhitelisted: true,
-    })
-)
+@UsePipes(new ValidationPipe())
 @Controller({
     path: 'pathway',
 })
@@ -31,7 +24,6 @@ export class InitializePathwayController {
     ) {}
 
     @Post('init')
-    @ApiBearerAuth('access-token')
     execute(
         @Body() initializePathwayRequestBodyDto: InitializePathwayRequestBodyDto
     ): Promise<InitializedPathwayResponseBodyDto> {
diff --git a/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/dtos/request/body/index.dto.ts b/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/dtos/request/body/index.dto.ts
index db985a7c..b5988fca 100644
--- a/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/dtos/request/body/index.dto.ts
+++ b/libs/pathway-design/server/pathway/interface-adapters/src/lib/initialize/dtos/request/body/index.dto.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-export class InitializePathwayRequestBodyDto
-    implements IInitializePathwayRequestBodyDto
-{
-    readonly title!: string;
+import { IsString } from 'class-validator';
 
-    readonly description!: string;
+export class InitializePathwayRequestBodyDto {
+    @IsString()
+    title!: string;
 
-    readonly researchField!: string;
-}
+    @IsString()
+    description!: string;
 
-export interface IInitializePathwayRequestBodyDto {
-    description: string;
-    researchField: string;
-    title: string;
+    @IsString()
+    researchField!: string;
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46049676..7a60e84c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@
         "@nestjs/core": "^10.0.2",
         "@nestjs/cqrs": "^10.2.7",
         "@nestjs/platform-express": "^10.0.2",
-        "@nestjs/swagger": "^7.4.0",
-        "@nx/nest": "^19.4.2",
         "@swc/cli": "^0.4.0",
         "class-transformer": "^0.5.1",
         "class-validator": "^0.14.1",
         "crypto": "^1.0.1",
         "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
         "rxjs": "^7.8.0",
-        "swagger-ui-express": "^5.0.1",
         "swc-loader": "^0.2.6",
         "tslib": "^2.3.0"
     },
@@ -22,12 +19,13 @@
         "@cucumber/cucumber": "^10.8.0",
         "@nestjs/schematics": "^10.0.1",
         "@nestjs/testing": "^10.0.2",
-        "@nx/eslint": "19.4.2",
-        "@nx/js": "19.4.2",
-        "@nx/node": "19.4.2",
-        "@nx/web": "19.4.2",
-        "@nx/webpack": "19.4.2",
-        "@nx/workspace": "19.4.2",
+        "@nx/eslint": "19.5.6",
+        "@nx/js": "19.5.6",
+        "@nx/nest": "^19.5.6",
+        "@nx/node": "19.5.6",
+        "@nx/web": "19.5.6",
+        "@nx/webpack": "19.5.6",
+        "@nx/workspace": "19.5.6",
         "@swc-node/register": "~1.9.1",
         "@swc/core": "~1.5.7",
         "@swc/helpers": "~0.5.11",
@@ -39,10 +37,10 @@
         "chokidar": "^3.6.0",
         "commitlint": "^19.3.0",
         "cucumber-tsflow": "^4.4.4",
-        "nx": "19.4.2",
+        "nx": "19.5.6",
         "sinon": "^18.0.0",
         "supertest": "^7.0.0",
-        "typescript": "~5.4.2",
+        "typescript": "~5.5.2",
         "verdaccio": "^5.0.4",
         "webpack-cli": "^5.1.4"
     },