diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a78d308c617c0..dbbe6118eeaee 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ project.ext.externalDependency = [
     'jline':'jline:jline:1.4.1',
     'jetbrains':' org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.6.0',
     'annotationApi': 'javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2',
-    'classGraph': 'io.github.classgraph:classgraph:4.8.165',
+    'classGraph': 'io.github.classgraph:classgraph:4.8.168',
 ]
 
 allprojects {
diff --git a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/PluginFactory.java b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/PluginFactory.java
index 5f35cb0447e48..66b362542ff7f 100644
--- a/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/PluginFactory.java
+++ b/entity-registry/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/aspect/plugins/PluginFactory.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;
 
 @Slf4j
 public class PluginFactory {
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public PluginFactory(
       @Nullable PluginConfiguration pluginConfiguration, @Nonnull List<ClassLoader> classLoaders) {
     this.classGraph =
         new ClassGraph()
+            .acceptPackages(ArrayUtils.addAll(HOOK_PACKAGES, VALIDATOR_PACKAGES))
             .enableRemoteJarScanning()
             .enableExternalClasses()
             .enableClassInfo()