diff --git a/changelog/fragments/validation-bug-bump-api.yaml b/changelog/fragments/validation-bug-bump-api.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96880810df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/validation-bug-bump-api.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      bump api validation library to 431198de9fc2cf82f369efb5c4a90a9cc079a1c3 to
+      fix "CRD key not found" validation bug.
+    kind: bugfix
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a56b32e421c..302d5d6f072 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 v0.3.7-0.20200528122852-759ca0d84007
+	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.7-0.20200602203552-431198de9fc2
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.12.4
 	github.com/pborman/uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 61a9384d7a9..eb833e7a367 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -755,8 +755,8 @@ 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 v0.1.1/go.mod h1:yzNYR7qyJqRGOOp+bT6Z/iYSbSPNxeh3Si93Gx/3OBY=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.4/go.mod h1:TmRmw+8XOUaDPq6SP9gA8cIexNf/Pq8LMFY7YaKQFTs=
-github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.7-0.20200528122852-759ca0d84007 h1:fbpQelcJmwRofhaRrMOUynmBcT6SBhOZOjSlgaXVyyk=
-github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.7-0.20200528122852-759ca0d84007/go.mod h1:Xbje9x0SHmh0nihE21kpesB38vk3cyxnE6JdDS8Jo1Q=
+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/operator-registry v1.5.3/go.mod h1:agrQlkWOo1q8U1SAaLSS2WQ+Z9vswNT2M2HFib9iuLY=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.12.1/go.mod h1:rf4b/h77GUv1+geiej2KzGRQr8iBLF4dXNwr5AuGkrQ=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.12.4 h1:NbrRtPEXqYYhOkuW5SWjR7AY6yemxkwNS62Lx4nQE1E=