diff --git a/.changeset/nine-ties-smoke.md b/.changeset/nine-ties-smoke.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7ae8016be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nine-ties-smoke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-home': patch
+---
+
+Bump to using the later v5 versions of `@rjsf/*`
diff --git a/plugins/home/package.json b/plugins/home/package.json
index 35310158a7..e8eb7f3ba9 100644
--- a/plugins/home/package.json
+++ b/plugins/home/package.json
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@
     "@material-ui/core": "^4.12.2",
     "@material-ui/icons": "^4.9.1",
     "@material-ui/lab": "4.0.0-alpha.61",
-    "@rjsf/core": "^3.2.1",
-    "@rjsf/material-ui": "^3.2.1",
+    "@rjsf/core-v5": "npm:@rjsf/core@5.6.0",
+    "@rjsf/material-ui": "5.6.0",
     "@rjsf/utils": "5.6.0",
+    "@rjsf/validator-ajv8": "5.6.0",
     "@types/react": "^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/WidgetSettingsOverlay.tsx b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/WidgetSettingsOverlay.tsx
index de64695ecb..65e0917fb1 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/WidgetSettingsOverlay.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/WidgetSettingsOverlay.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ import SettingsIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Settings';
 import DeleteIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Delete';
 import React from 'react';
 import { Widget } from './types';
-import Form from '@rjsf/material-ui';
+import { withTheme } from '@rjsf/core-v5';
+import validator from '@rjsf/validator-ajv8';
+
+const Form = withTheme(require('@rjsf/material-ui').Theme);
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles((theme: Theme) =>
   createStyles({
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ export const WidgetSettingsOverlay = (props: WidgetSettingsOverlayProps) => {
         >
           <DialogContent>
             <Form
+              validator={validator}
               showErrorList={false}
               schema={widget.settingsSchema}
               noHtml5Validate
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a426cab8b5..159ffcc09a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6975,9 +6975,10 @@ __metadata:
     "@material-ui/core": ^4.12.2
     "@material-ui/icons": ^4.9.1
     "@material-ui/lab": 4.0.0-alpha.61
-    "@rjsf/core": ^3.2.1
-    "@rjsf/material-ui": ^3.2.1
+    "@rjsf/core-v5": "npm:@rjsf/core@5.6.0"
+    "@rjsf/material-ui": 5.6.0
     "@rjsf/utils": 5.6.0
+    "@rjsf/validator-ajv8": 5.6.0
     "@testing-library/dom": ^8.0.0
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": ^5.10.1
     "@testing-library/react": ^12.1.3
@@ -13743,7 +13744,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@rjsf/material-ui-v5@npm:@rjsf/material-ui@5.6.0":
+"@rjsf/material-ui-v5@npm:@rjsf/material-ui@5.6.0, @rjsf/material-ui@npm:5.6.0":
   version: 5.6.0
   resolution: "@rjsf/material-ui@npm:5.6.0"
   peerDependencies: