diff --git a/changelog/fragments/validation-bug-bump-api-2.yaml b/changelog/fragments/validation-bug-bump-api-2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..640d9faacf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/validation-bug-bump-api-2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      Fix bug in `bundle validate` that erroneously causes errors when a CRD manifest contains versions
+      not present in a bundled CSV by bumping the api library version.
+    kind: bugfix
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3b4a8ee50ce..69da0bd7dbd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.12.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.9.0
-	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.7-0.20200602203552-431198de9fc2
+	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.8
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.12.6-0.20200611222234-275301b779f8
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c607f763c09..9dc1180111b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ github.com/opentracing/opentracing-go v1.1.0/go.mod h1:UkNAQd3GIcIGf0SeVgPpRdFSt
 github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.1.6/go.mod h1:QgAqvLzwWbR/WpD4A3cGpPtJrZXNIiJc5AZX7/PBEpw=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.7-0.20200602203552-431198de9fc2 h1:2KtDe3jI6ftXGj5M875WVvv6pBIk4K9DyrwPuE+XfOc=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.7-0.20200602203552-431198de9fc2/go.mod h1:Xbje9x0SHmh0nihE21kpesB38vk3cyxnE6JdDS8Jo1Q=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.8 h1:tJykTCmwGKZBsPVTCfxbwz6nTF6dzmKydWJtC40erc8=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.8/go.mod h1:Xbje9x0SHmh0nihE21kpesB38vk3cyxnE6JdDS8Jo1Q=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.12.6-0.20200611222234-275301b779f8 h1:F3zzxoBJJANdKMxmSOi5z/HWiVT+gwOdhROkEwDWD2M=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.12.6-0.20200611222234-275301b779f8/go.mod h1:loVINznYhgBIkmv83kU4yee88RS0BBk+hqOw9r4bhJk=
 github.com/otiai10/copy v1.2.0 h1:HvG945u96iNadPoG2/Ja2+AUJeW5YuFQMixq9yirC+k=
diff --git a/internal/scorecard/alpha/tests/olm.go b/internal/scorecard/alpha/tests/olm.go
index e34c22682d8..8f6407e62ea 100644
--- a/internal/scorecard/alpha/tests/olm.go
+++ b/internal/scorecard/alpha/tests/olm.go
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ func BundleValidationTest(dir string) scapiv1alpha2.ScorecardTestResult {
 	if err != nil {
 		r.State = scapiv1alpha2.FailState
 		r.Errors = append(r.Errors, err.Error())
+		r.Log = buf.String()
+		return r
 	}
 
 	objs := []interface{}{bundle, bundle.CSV}
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ func BundleValidationTest(dir string) scapiv1alpha2.ScorecardTestResult {
 	for _, crd := range bundle.V1beta1CRDs {
 		objs = append(objs, crd)
 	}
-	validationResults := apivalidation.AllValidators.Validate(objs...)
+	validationResults := apivalidation.DefaultBundleValidators.Validate(objs...)
 	for _, result := range validationResults {
 		for _, e := range result.Errors {
 			r.Errors = append(r.Errors, e.Error())
diff --git a/internal/scorecard/plugins/olm_tests.go b/internal/scorecard/plugins/olm_tests.go
index d4f84751980..dea6be17013 100644
--- a/internal/scorecard/plugins/olm_tests.go
+++ b/internal/scorecard/plugins/olm_tests.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func (t *BundleValidationTest) Run(ctx context.Context) *schelpers.TestResult {
 	for _, crd := range bundle.V1beta1CRDs {
 		objs = append(objs, crd)
 	}
-	validationResults := apivalidation.AllValidators.Validate(objs...)
+	validationResults := apivalidation.DefaultBundleValidators.Validate(objs...)
 	for _, result := range validationResults {
 		for _, e := range result.Errors {
 			res.Errors = append(res.Errors, &e)