diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af4135b..4c7eb74 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <java.version>11</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <version.json-schema-validator>1.3.3</version.json-schema-validator>
-        <version.light-4j>2.1.34</version.light-4j>
+        <version.light-4j>2.1.35</version.light-4j>
         <version.jackson>2.16.1</version.jackson>
         <version.snakeyaml>2.2</version.snakeyaml>
         <version.slf4j>2.0.12</version.slf4j>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidatorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidatorTest.java
index 0e937b4..2843e9b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidatorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/mservicetech/openapi/validation/OpenApiValidatorTest.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import com.networknt.status.Status;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 
-import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@
 
 public class OpenApiValidatorTest {
 
-    static OpenApiValidator openApiValidator;
+    private OpenApiValidator openApiValidator;
 
-    @BeforeClass
-    public static void setUp() {
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
         openApiValidator = new OpenApiValidator("openapi.yaml");
     }
 
@@ -503,4 +503,20 @@ public void testResponseHeader2() {
         // {"statusCode":400,"code":"ERR11004","message":"VALIDATOR_SCHEMA","description":"Schema Validation Error - $: string found, integer expected","severity":"ERROR"}
     }
 
+
+	@Test
+	public void testOpenApi3UnevaluatedProperties() {
+		openApiValidator = new OpenApiValidator("config/openapi3-unevaluatedProperties.yaml");
+		InputStream in = this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("json/person_bad_req.json");
+		String req1 = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)).lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
+
+		RequestEntity requestEntity = new RequestEntity();
+		requestEntity.setRequestBody(req1);
+		requestEntity.setContentType("application/json");
+		Status status = openApiValidator.validateRequestPath("/pets", "post", requestEntity);
+		Assert.assertNotNull(status);
+		Assert.assertEquals(status.getDescription(), "Schema Validation Error - $: property 'invalid' is not evaluated and the schema does not allow unevaluated properties");
+	}
+
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/config/openapi3-unevaluatedProperties.yaml b/src/test/resources/config/openapi3-unevaluatedProperties.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..064d117
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/config/openapi3-unevaluatedProperties.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+openapi: 3.1.0
+info:
+  version: 1.0.0
+  title: Swagger Petstore
+paths:
+  /pets:
+    post:
+      summary: Create a pet
+      operationId: createPets
+      requestBody:
+        description: Pet to add to the store
+        required: true
+        content:
+          application/json:
+            schema:
+              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
+      responses:
+        '201':
+          description: Null response
+components:
+
+  schemas:
+    address:
+      properties:
+        residence:
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/residence'
+          description: Residence details where the person lives
+        city:
+          type: string
+          description: City where the person lives.
+        street:
+          type: string
+          description: street where the person lives.
+        pinCode:
+          type: number
+          description: pincode of street
+      unevaluatedProperties: false
+    residence:
+      properties:
+        flatNumber:
+          type: string
+        flatName:
+          type: string
+        landmark:
+          type: string
+      unevaluatedProperties: false
+    Person:
+      properties:
+        firstName:
+          type: string
+          description: The person's first name.
+        lastName:
+          type: string
+          description: The person's last name.
+        age:
+          description: Age in years which must be equal to or greater than zero.
+          type: integer
+          minimum: 0
+        address:
+          description: Address of the person.
+          $ref: '#/components/schemas/address'
+      unevaluatedProperties: false
+
diff --git a/src/test/resources/json/person_bad_req.json b/src/test/resources/json/person_bad_req.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dfed88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/json/person_bad_req.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "firstName": "First Name",
+  "invalid": 18,
+  "lastName": "Last Name",
+  "address": {
+    "city": "Hyderabad",
+    "pinCode": 500025
+  }
+}
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