JPA persistence units make use of SerializableValidatorFactory instead of using the JNDI bound default ValidatorFactory ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: WFLY-1705 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-1705 Project: WildFly Issue Type: Feature Request Components: EE, JPA / Hibernate Affects Versions: 8.0.0.Alpha2 Reporter: Hardy Ferentschik Assignee: Farah Juma Fix For: 8.0.0.Beta1 I think there is no need for {{SerializableValidatorFactory}}. _LazyValidatorFactory_ should be used at all times to also ensure that CDI injection works.