diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a87f23a9..5000ceb8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/openvex/go-vex v0.2.5
 	github.com/package-url/packageurl-go v0.1.2
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.39.0
+	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5 v5.3.1
 	github.com/savioxavier/termlink v1.3.0
 	github.com/skratchdot/open-golang v0.0.0-20200116055534-eef842397966
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0669b8ac..362756f3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -988,6 +988,8 @@ github.com/samber/lo v1.39.0 h1:4gTz1wUhNYLhFSKl6O+8peW0v2F4BCY034GRpU9WnuA=
 github.com/samber/lo v1.39.0/go.mod h1:+m/ZKRl6ClXCE2Lgf3MsQlWfh4bn1bz6CXEOxnEXnEA=
 github.com/sanity-io/litter v1.5.5 h1:iE+sBxPBzoK6uaEP5Lt3fHNgpKcHXc/A2HGETy0uJQo=
 github.com/sanity-io/litter v1.5.5/go.mod h1:9gzJgR2i4ZpjZHsKvUXIRQVk7P+yM3e+jAF7bU2UI5U=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5 v5.3.1 h1:lZUw3E0/J3roVtGQ+SCrUrg3ON6NgVqpn3+iol9aGu4=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5 v5.3.1/go.mod h1:uToXkOrWAZ6/Oc07xWQrPOhJotwFIyu2bBVN41fcDUY=
 github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils v0.3.0 h1:tE4TZ8KcOXay5iIP64P291s6Qxd9MQCYhI7DU+f3gFA=
 github.com/sassoftware/go-rpmutils v0.3.0/go.mod h1:hM9wdxFsjUFR/tJ6SMsLrJuChcucCa0DsCzE9RMfwMo=
 github.com/savioxavier/termlink v1.3.0 h1:3Gl4FzQjUyiHzmoEDfmWEhgIwDiJY4poOQHP+k8ReA4=
diff --git a/pkg/advisory/export.go b/pkg/advisory/export.go
index 4b814289..88eead4e 100644
--- a/pkg/advisory/export.go
+++ b/pkg/advisory/export.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package advisory
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/csv"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	jsonschema "github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5"
+	_ "github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5/httploader" // to be able to download the schema from the URL
+
 	"github.com/google/osv-scanner/pkg/models"
 	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
@@ -20,6 +24,8 @@ import (
 	v2 "github.com/wolfi-dev/wolfictl/pkg/configs/advisory/v2"
 )
 
+const OSVSchema = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ossf/osv-schema/main/validation/schema.json"
+
 type ExportOptions struct {
 	AdvisoryDocIndices []*configs.Index[v2.Document]
 	Ecosystem          models.Ecosystem
@@ -220,12 +226,31 @@ func ExportOSV(opts ExportOptions, output string) error {
 	}
 	sort.Strings(keys)
 
+	// get the OSV schema to validate
+	compiler := jsonschema.NewCompiler()
+	compiler.Draft = jsonschema.Draft2020
+	schema, err := compiler.Compile(OSVSchema)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	for _, k := range keys {
 		e, err := osvExport[k].MarshalJSON()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
+		// to run the validate schema
+		var result any
+		err = json.Unmarshal(e, &result)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to unmarshall:%v", err)
+		}
+		err = schema.Validate(result)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatalf("failed to validate OSV JSON Schema for %s: %v", k, err)
+		}
+
 		filepath := path.Join(output, fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s.json", strings.ToUpper(string(opts.Ecosystem)), k))
 		err = os.WriteFile(filepath, e, 0o644) //nolint: gosec
 		if err != nil {