diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b70845..1899986 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>3.3.5</version>
+		<version>3.4.0</version>
 	</parent>
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/gov/dtsstn/passport/api/web/ApiErrorHandler.java b/src/main/java/ca/gov/dtsstn/passport/api/web/ApiErrorHandler.java
index 00f347d..e35d5f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/gov/dtsstn/passport/api/web/ApiErrorHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/gov/dtsstn/passport/api/web/ApiErrorHandler.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
-import org.springframework.validation.BindException;
 import org.springframework.validation.FieldError;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.MethodArgumentNotValidException;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestBindingException;
@@ -51,21 +50,6 @@ public class ApiErrorHandler extends ResponseEntityExceptionHandler {
 
 	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ApiErrorHandler.class);
 
-	@Override
-	protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleBindException(BindException ex, HttpHeaders headers, HttpStatusCode status, WebRequest request) {
-		final var body = ImmutableErrorResponseModel.builder()
-			.operationOutcome(ImmutableOperationOutcomeModel.builder()
-				.addAllIssues(ex.getFieldErrors().stream().map(this::toIssue).toList())
-				.operationOutcomeStatus(ImmutableOperationOutcomeStatusModel.builder()
-					.statusCode("400")
-					.statusDescriptionText("Bad request") // NOSONAR (repeated string)
-					.build())
-				.build())
-			.build();
-
-		return handleExceptionInternal(ex, body, headers, status, request);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * A {@link HttpMessageNotReadableException} is thrown the {@link HttpMessageConverter#read(Class, HttpInputMessage)} method fails.
 	 * (ie: when the incoming JSON is malformed)