diff --git a/lib/plugins/validation.js b/lib/plugins/validation.js
index 4b45dcd9..b5e7863d 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/validation.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/validation.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ var comb = require("comb"),
     isIPv4 = net.isIPv4,
     isIPv6 = net.isIPv6,
     validator = require("validator"),
-    validatorCheck = validator.check,
     dateCmp = comb.date.compare,
     isArray = comb.isArray,
     combDeepEqual = comb.deepEqual,
@@ -178,66 +177,61 @@ var Validator = define(null, {
 
         isEmail:function isEmail(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).isEmail();
+                return validator.isEmail(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must be a valid Email Address got {val}"}, opts));
         },
 
         isUrl:function isUrl(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).isUrl();
+                return !!col.match(/^(?:https?|ftp):\/\/localhost/) || validator.isURL(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must be a valid url got {val}"}, opts));
         },
 
         isAlpha:function isAlpha(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).isAlpha();
+                return validator.isAlpha(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must be a only letters got {val}"}, opts));
         },
 
         isAlphaNumeric:function isAlphaNumeric(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).isAlphanumeric();
+                return validator.isAlphanumeric(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must be a alphanumeric got {val}"}, opts));
         },
 
         hasLength:function hasLength(min, max, opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).len(min, max);
+                return validator.isLength(col, {min: min, max: max});
             }, merge({message:"{col} must have a length between " + min + (max ? " and " + max : "") + "."}, opts));
         },
 
         isLowercase:function isLowercase(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).isLowercase();
+                return validator.isLowercase(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must be lowercase got {val}."}, opts));
         },
 
         isUppercase:function isUppercase(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).isUppercase();
+                return validator.isUppercase(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must be uppercase got {val}."}, opts));
         },
 
         isEmpty:function isEmpty(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                try {
-                    validatorCheck(col).notEmpty();
-                    return false;
-                } catch (e) {
-                    return true;
-                }
+                return validator.isEmpty(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must be empty got {val}."}, opts));
         },
 
         isNotEmpty:function isNotEmpty(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).notEmpty();
+                return !validator.isEmpty(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} must not be empty."}, opts));
         },
 
         isCreditCard:function isCreditCard(opts) {
             return this.__addAction(function (col) {
-                return validatorCheck(col).isCreditCard();
+                return validator.isCreditCard(col);
             }, merge({message:"{col} is an invalid credit card"}, opts));
         },
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 900bf08b..030b8146 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "patio",
     "description": "Patio query engine and ORM",
-    "version": "1.3.0",
+    "version": "1.4.0",
     "keywords": [
         "ORM",
         "object relation mapper",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         "pg": "4.4.3",
         "pg-query-stream": "1.0.0",
         "pg-types": "1.10.0",
-        "validator": "~1.5.1"
+        "validator": "~10.3.0"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "test": "grunt test"