diff --git a/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx b/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx
index 3683895f71..83aba5ee5b 100644
--- a/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx
+++ b/common/app/routes/Jobs/components/NewJob.jsx
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@ const checkboxClass = dedent`
 `;
 
 function formatValue(value, validator, type = 'string') {
-  const formated = getDefaults(type);
-  if (validator && type === 'string') {
-    formated.valid = validator(value);
+  const formatted = getDefaults(type);
+  if (validator && type === 'string' && typeof value === 'string') {
+    formatted.valid = validator(value);
   }
   if (value) {
-    formated.value = value;
-    formated.bsStyle = formated.valid ? 'success' : 'error';
+    formatted.value = value;
+    formatted.bsStyle = formatted.valid ? 'success' : 'error';
   }
-  return formated;
+  return formatted;
 }
 
 const normalizeOptions = {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f374969a5b..8efd96aab2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     "thundercats": "^3.1.0",
     "thundercats-react": "~0.5.1",
     "url-regex": "^3.0.0",
-    "validator": "^4.2.1",
+    "validator": "^5.0.0",
     "webpack": "^1.9.12",
     "webpack-stream": "^3.1.0",
     "xss-filters": "^1.2.6",