diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.test.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.test.ts
index 457ef64611..129fdd2b62 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.test.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ describe('CommonValidatorFunctions', () => {
     [{}, true],
     [{ a: 1 }, true],
     [{ a: undefined }, false],
-  ] as [any, boolean][])(`isJsonSafe %p ? %p`, (value, result) => {
+  ] as [unknown, boolean][])(`isJsonSafe %p ? %p`, (value, result) => {
     expect(CommonValidatorFunctions.isJsonSafe(value)).toBe(result);
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.ts
index 349d6d7f72..90b4e1a611 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/CommonValidatorFunctions.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class CommonValidatorFunctions {
    * @param isValidSuffix Checks that the part after the separator (or the entire value if there is no separator) is valid
    */
   static isValidPrefixAndOrSuffix(
-    value: any,
+    value: unknown,
     separator: string,
     isValidPrefix: (value: string) => boolean,
     isValidSuffix: (value: string) => boolean,
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class CommonValidatorFunctions {
    *
    * @param value The value to check
    */
-  static isJsonSafe(value: any): boolean {
+  static isJsonSafe(value: unknown): boolean {
     try {
       return lodash.isEqual(value, JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(value)));
     } catch {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export class CommonValidatorFunctions {
    * @param value The value to check
    * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123
    */
-  static isValidDnsSubdomain(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidDnsSubdomain(value: unknown): boolean {
     return (
       typeof value === 'string' &&
       value.length >= 1 &&
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class CommonValidatorFunctions {
    * @param value The value to check
    * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1123
    */
-  static isValidDnsLabel(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidDnsLabel(value: unknown): boolean {
     return (
       typeof value === 'string' &&
       value.length >= 1 &&
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/KubernetesValidatorFunctions.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/KubernetesValidatorFunctions.ts
index fa938f5fcb..ada0aa71ff 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/KubernetesValidatorFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/KubernetesValidatorFunctions.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { CommonValidatorFunctions } from './CommonValidatorFunctions';
  * @see https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/annotations/#syntax-and-character-set
  */
 export class KubernetesValidatorFunctions {
-  static isValidApiVersion(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidApiVersion(value: unknown): boolean {
     return CommonValidatorFunctions.isValidPrefixAndOrSuffix(
       value,
       '/',
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export class KubernetesValidatorFunctions {
     );
   }
 
-  static isValidKind(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidKind(value: unknown): boolean {
     return (
       typeof value === 'string' &&
       value.length >= 1 &&
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class KubernetesValidatorFunctions {
     );
   }
 
-  static isValidObjectName(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidObjectName(value: unknown): boolean {
     return (
       typeof value === 'string' &&
       value.length >= 1 &&
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ export class KubernetesValidatorFunctions {
     );
   }
 
-  static isValidNamespace(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidNamespace(value: unknown): boolean {
     return CommonValidatorFunctions.isValidDnsLabel(value);
   }
 
-  static isValidLabelKey(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidLabelKey(value: unknown): boolean {
     return CommonValidatorFunctions.isValidPrefixAndOrSuffix(
       value,
       '/',
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ export class KubernetesValidatorFunctions {
     );
   }
 
-  static isValidLabelValue(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidLabelValue(value: unknown): boolean {
     return (
       value === '' || KubernetesValidatorFunctions.isValidObjectName(value)
     );
   }
 
-  static isValidAnnotationKey(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidAnnotationKey(value: unknown): boolean {
     return CommonValidatorFunctions.isValidPrefixAndOrSuffix(
       value,
       '/',
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export class KubernetesValidatorFunctions {
     );
   }
 
-  static isValidAnnotationValue(value: any): boolean {
+  static isValidAnnotationValue(value: unknown): boolean {
     return typeof value === 'string';
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/types.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/types.ts
index 14706485ca..a4475c4809 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/types.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/validation/types.ts
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@
  */
 
 export type Validators = {
-  isValidApiVersion(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidKind(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidEntityName(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidNamespace(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidLabelKey(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidLabelValue(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidAnnotationKey(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidAnnotationValue(value: any): boolean;
-  isValidTag(value: any): boolean;
+  isValidApiVersion(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidKind(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidEntityName(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidNamespace(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidLabelKey(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidLabelValue(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidAnnotationKey(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidAnnotationValue(value: unknown): boolean;
+  isValidTag(value: unknown): boolean;
 };