diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 63aab739..a0ac4be5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "chalk": "^4.1.2",
         "event-stream": "4.0.1",
         "form-data": "4.0.0",
-        "har-schema": "^2.0.0",
+        "har-validator-compiled": "^1.0.0",
         "stringify-object": "3.3.0",
         "yargs": "^17.4.0"
       },
@@ -2721,12 +2721,11 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "ISC"
     },
-    "node_modules/har-schema": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "license": "ISC",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=4"
-      }
+    "node_modules/har-validator-compiled": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/har-validator-compiled/-/har-validator-compiled-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dher7nFSx+Ef6OoqVveLClh8itAR3vd8Qx70Lh/hEgP1iGeARAolbci7Y8JBrHIYgFCT6xRdvvL16AR9Zh07Dw==",
+      "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/has": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
@@ -7100,8 +7099,10 @@
       "version": "4.2.9",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "har-schema": {
-      "version": "2.0.0"
+    "har-validator-compiled": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/har-validator-compiled/-/har-validator-compiled-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dher7nFSx+Ef6OoqVveLClh8itAR3vd8Qx70Lh/hEgP1iGeARAolbci7Y8JBrHIYgFCT6xRdvvL16AR9Zh07Dw=="
     },
     "has": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f433d822..6bbf6a75 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     "chalk": "^4.1.2",
     "event-stream": "4.0.1",
     "form-data": "4.0.0",
-    "har-schema": "^2.0.0",
+    "har-validator-compiled": "^1.0.0",
     "stringify-object": "3.3.0",
     "yargs": "^17.4.0"
   }
diff --git a/src/helpers/har-validator.ts b/src/helpers/har-validator.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 45d80271..00000000
--- a/src/helpers/har-validator.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-import Ajv, { ErrorObject } from 'ajv';
-import { Request } from 'har-format';
-import * as schema from 'har-schema';
-
-export class HARError extends Error {
-  name = 'HARError';
-  message = 'validation failed';
-  errors: ErrorObject[] = [];
-  constructor(errors: ErrorObject[]) {
-    super();
-    this.errors = errors;
-    Error.captureStackTrace(this, this.constructor);
-  }
-}
-
-const ajv = new Ajv({
-  allErrors: true,
-});
-ajv.addSchema(schema);
-
-export const validateHarRequest = (request: any): request is Request => {
-  const validate = ajv.getSchema('request.json');
-  if (!validate) {
-    throw new Error('failed to find HAR request schema');
-  }
-  const valid = validate(request);
-  if (!valid && validate.errors) {
-    throw new HARError(validate.errors);
-  }
-  return true;
-};
diff --git a/src/httpsnippet.test.ts b/src/httpsnippet.test.ts
index c945d6cd..5eab435f 100644
--- a/src/httpsnippet.test.ts
+++ b/src/httpsnippet.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('hTTPSnippet', () => {
     // @ts-expect-error intentionally incorrect
     const attempt = () => new HTTPSnippet({ ziltoid: 'the omniscient' });
 
-    expect(attempt).toThrow('validation failed');
+    expect(attempt).toThrow('Validation Failed');
   });
 
   it('should parse HAR file with multiple entries', () => {
diff --git a/src/httpsnippet.ts b/src/httpsnippet.ts
index 8cb5ccd7..0722c884 100644
--- a/src/httpsnippet.ts
+++ b/src/httpsnippet.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { map as eventStreamMap } from 'event-stream';
 import FormData from 'form-data';
 import { Param, PostDataCommon, Request as NpmHarRequest } from 'har-format';
+import { validateRequest } from 'har-validator-compiled';
 import { stringify as queryStringify } from 'querystring';
 import { format as urlFormat, parse as urlParse, UrlWithParsedQuery } from 'url';
 
 import { formDataIterator, isBlob } from './helpers/form-data';
-import { validateHarRequest } from './helpers/har-validator';
 import { getHeaderName } from './helpers/headers';
 import { ReducedHelperObject, reducer } from './helpers/reducer';
 import { ClientId, TargetId, targets } from './targets/targets';
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export class HTTPSnippet {
         },
       };
 
-      if (validateHarRequest(req)) {
+      if (validateRequest(req)) {
         this.requests.push(this.prepare(req));
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 3a865a77..9b3bf454 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export { CodeBuilder, CodeBuilderOptions, PostProcessor } from './helpers/code-builder';
 export { EscapeOptions, escapeString } from './helpers/escape';
-export { HARError, validateHarRequest } from './helpers/har-validator';
 export { getHeader, getHeaderName } from './helpers/headers';
 export { AvailableTarget, availableTargets, extname } from './helpers/utils';
 export {
diff --git a/src/targets/har-schema.d.ts b/src/targets/har-schema.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1df95659..00000000
--- a/src/targets/har-schema.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-declare module 'har-schema' {
-  const schema: object;
-  export default schema;
-}