diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b3f0be3e83..54de2028ee 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/mindersec/minder
 go 1.23.4
 
 require (
-	buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.35.2-20240920164238-5a7b106cbb87.1
+	buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.35.2-20241127180247-a33202765966.1
 	github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill v1.4.1
 	github.com/ThreeDotsLabs/watermill-sql/v3 v3.1.0
 	github.com/alexdrl/zerowater v0.0.3
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config v1.28.6
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sesv2 v1.40.0
 	github.com/barkimedes/go-deepcopy v0.0.0-20220514131651-17c30cfc62df
-	github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate-go v0.7.3
+	github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate-go v0.8.0
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.3.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.20.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v1.2.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2aa6256868..477adad87d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.35.2-20240920164238-5a7b106cbb87.1 h1:7QIeAuTdLp173vC/9JojRMDFcpmqtoYrxPmvdHAOynw=
-buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.35.2-20240920164238-5a7b106cbb87.1/go.mod h1:mnHCFccv4HwuIAOHNGdiIc5ZYbBCvbTWZcodLN5wITI=
+buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.35.2-20241127180247-a33202765966.1 h1:jLd96rDDNJ+zIJxvV/L855VEtrjR0G4aePVDlCpf6kw=
+buf.build/gen/go/bufbuild/protovalidate/protocolbuffers/go v1.35.2-20241127180247-a33202765966.1/go.mod h1:mnHCFccv4HwuIAOHNGdiIc5ZYbBCvbTWZcodLN5wITI=
 cel.dev/expr v0.18.0 h1:CJ6drgk+Hf96lkLikr4rFf19WrU0BOWEihyZnI2TAzo=
 cel.dev/expr v0.18.0/go.mod h1:MrpN08Q+lEBs+bGYdLxxHkZoUSsCp0nSKTs0nTymJgw=
 cloud.google.com/go v0.26.0/go.mod h1:aQUYkXzVsufM+DwF1aE+0xfcU+56JwCaLick0ClmMTw=
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.7.1 h1:fdDeAqgT47acgwd9bd9HxJRDmc9UAmPpc+2m0
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar/v4 v4.7.1/go.mod h1:xBQ8jztBU6kakFMg+8WGxn0c6z1fTSPVIjEY1Wr7jzc=
 github.com/bradleyjkemp/cupaloy/v2 v2.8.0 h1:any4BmKE+jGIaMpnU8YgH/I2LPiLBufr6oMMlVBbn9M=
 github.com/bradleyjkemp/cupaloy/v2 v2.8.0/go.mod h1:bm7JXdkRd4BHJk9HpwqAI8BoAY1lps46Enkdqw6aRX0=
-github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate-go v0.7.3 h1:kKnoSueygR3xxppvuBpm9SEwIsP359MMRfMBGmRByPg=
-github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate-go v0.7.3/go.mod h1:CFv34wMqiBzAHdQ4q/tWYi9ILFYKuaC3/4zh6eqdUck=
+github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate-go v0.8.0 h1:Xs3kCLCJ4tQiogJ0iOXm+ClKw/KviW3nLAryCGW2I3Y=
+github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate-go v0.8.0/go.mod h1:JPWZInGm2y2NBg3vKDKdDIkvDjyLv31J3hLH5GIFc/Q=
 github.com/bwesterb/go-ristretto v1.2.3/go.mod h1:fUIoIZaG73pV5biE2Blr2xEzDoMj7NFEuV9ekS419A0=
 github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v3 v3.0.2 h1:3uZCA/BLTIu+DqCfguByNMJa2HVHpXvjfy0Dy7g6fuA=
 github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime-go/v3 v3.0.2/go.mod h1:RnUjnIXxEJcL6BgCvNyzCCRzZcxCgsZCi+RNlvYor5Q=
diff --git a/internal/api/api.go b/internal/api/api.go
index dcf9cdba23..ca13cdb0cf 100644
--- a/internal/api/api.go
+++ b/internal/api/api.go
@@ -60,7 +60,33 @@ func NewValidator() (*protovalidate.Validator, error) {
 func formatViolations(violations *validate.Violations) string {
 	var res []string
 	for _, v := range violations.Violations {
-		res = append(res, fmt.Sprintf("- Field '%s': %s", *v.FieldPath, *v.Message))
+		res = append(res, fmt.Sprintf("- Field '%s': %s", getFullPath(v.Field), *v.Message))
 	}
 	return strings.Join(res, "\n")
 }
+
+func getFullPath(field *validate.FieldPath) string {
+	var pathElements []string
+	for _, element := range field.GetElements() {
+		if element.GetFieldName() != "" {
+			pathElements = append(pathElements, element.GetFieldName())
+		} else if element.GetFieldNumber() != 0 {
+			pathElements = append(pathElements, fmt.Sprintf("%d", element.GetFieldNumber()))
+		}
+		if element.GetSubscript() != nil {
+			switch subscript := element.GetSubscript().(type) {
+			case *validate.FieldPathElement_Index:
+				pathElements[len(pathElements)-1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", pathElements[len(pathElements)-1], subscript.Index)
+			case *validate.FieldPathElement_BoolKey:
+				pathElements[len(pathElements)-1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s[%t]", pathElements[len(pathElements)-1], subscript.BoolKey)
+			case *validate.FieldPathElement_IntKey:
+				pathElements[len(pathElements)-1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", pathElements[len(pathElements)-1], subscript.IntKey)
+			case *validate.FieldPathElement_UintKey:
+				pathElements[len(pathElements)-1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", pathElements[len(pathElements)-1], subscript.UintKey)
+			case *validate.FieldPathElement_StringKey:
+				pathElements[len(pathElements)-1] = fmt.Sprintf("%s[%s]", pathElements[len(pathElements)-1], subscript.StringKey)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return strings.Join(pathElements, ".")
+}
diff --git a/internal/api/api_test.go b/internal/api/api_test.go
index 0336113124..e124b6d566 100644
--- a/internal/api/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/api_test.go
@@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ func TestProtoValidationInterceptor(t *testing.T) {
 			errMsg:  "Validation failed:\n- Field 'name': value does not match regex pattern",
 			errCode: codes.InvalidArgument,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid request with nested field",
+			req: &v1.ListEvaluationResultsRequest{
+				Context: &v1.Context{
+					Project: ptr.Ptr(uuid.New().String()),
+				},
+				Entity: []*v1.EntityTypedId{
+					{
+						Id: "invalid-id",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			errMsg:  "Validation failed:\n- Field 'entity[0].id': value must be a valid UUID",
+			errCode: codes.InvalidArgument,
+		},
 	}
 
 	validator, err := NewValidator()