diff --git a/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/ControllerTestUtils.kt b/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/ControllerTestUtils.kt
index d08ab68dd..213068097 100644
--- a/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/ControllerTestUtils.kt
+++ b/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/ControllerTestUtils.kt
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class ControllerTestUtils {
         tags: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf(),
         datasetList: MutableList<String>? = mutableListOf(),
         parametersValues: MutableList<RunnerRunTemplateParameterValue>? = mutableListOf(),
+        validationStatus: RunnerValidationStatus,
     ): RunnerUpdateRequest {
 
       return RunnerUpdateRequest(
@@ -233,6 +234,7 @@ class ControllerTestUtils {
           additionalData = additionalData,
           solutionName = solutionName,
           runTemplateName = runTemplateName,
+          validationStatus = validationStatus,
       )
     }
   }
diff --git a/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/runner/RunnerControllerTests.kt b/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/runner/RunnerControllerTests.kt
index 98730a51c..d27cea417 100644
--- a/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/runner/RunnerControllerTests.kt
+++ b/api/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/api/home/runner/RunnerControllerTests.kt
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ class RunnerControllerTests : ControllerTestBase() {
     val datasetList = mutableListOf(datasetId)
     val runnerParameterValue = "parameter_value"
     val runnerParameterVarType = "this_is_a_vartype"
+    val validationStatus = RunnerValidationStatus.Validated
 
     val additionalData =
         mutableMapOf(
@@ -521,6 +522,7 @@ class RunnerControllerTests : ControllerTestBase() {
                         isInherited = false,
                     )
                 ),
+            validationStatus = validationStatus,
         )
 
     mvc.perform(
@@ -555,6 +557,7 @@ class RunnerControllerTests : ControllerTestBase() {
         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.parametersValues[0].value").value(runnerParameterValue))
         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.parametersValues[0].varType").value(solutionParameterVarType1))
         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.parametersValues[0].isInherited").value(false))
+        .andExpect(jsonPath("$.validationStatus").value(validationStatus.name))
         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.security.accessControlList[0].role").value(ROLE_ADMIN))
         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.security.accessControlList[0].id").value(PLATFORM_ADMIN_EMAIL))
         .andDo(MockMvcResultHandlers.print())
diff --git a/doc/Models/RunnerUpdateRequest.md b/doc/Models/RunnerUpdateRequest.md
index 5033905bf..148e8cdba 100644
--- a/doc/Models/RunnerUpdateRequest.md
+++ b/doc/Models/RunnerUpdateRequest.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 | **additionalData** | [**Map**](AnyType.md) | Free form additional data | [optional] [default to null] |
 | **solutionName** | **String** | the Solution name | [optional] [default to null] |
 | **runTemplateName** | **String** | the Solution Run Template name associated with this Runner | [optional] [default to null] |
+| **validationStatus** | [**RunnerValidationStatus**](RunnerValidationStatus.md) |  | [optional] [default to null] |
 
 [[Back to Model list]](../README.md#documentation-for-models) [[Back to API list]](../README.md#documentation-for-api-endpoints) [[Back to README]](../README.md)
 
diff --git a/openapi/plantuml/schemas.plantuml b/openapi/plantuml/schemas.plantuml
index 176831fd4..c4fcd64d0 100644
--- a/openapi/plantuml/schemas.plantuml
+++ b/openapi/plantuml/schemas.plantuml
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ entity RunnerUpdateRequest {
     additionalData: Map
     solutionName: String
     runTemplateName: String
+    validationStatus: RunnerValidationStatus
 }
 
 entity RunnerValidationStatus {
diff --git a/runner/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerServiceIntegrationTest.kt b/runner/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerServiceIntegrationTest.kt
index f23850c16..2ae03247b 100644
--- a/runner/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerServiceIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/runner/src/integrationTest/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerServiceIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -314,6 +314,30 @@ class RunnerServiceIntegrationTest : CsmTestBase() {
     )
   }
 
+  @Test
+  fun `test updateRunner with validationStatus`() {
+    assertEquals(RunnerValidationStatus.Draft, runnerSaved.validationStatus)
+
+    val updateRunnerResponse =
+        runnerApiService.updateRunner(
+            organizationSaved.id,
+            workspaceSaved.id,
+            runnerSaved.id,
+            RunnerUpdateRequest(
+                validationStatus = RunnerValidationStatus.Validated,
+            ),
+        )
+    assertEquals(RunnerValidationStatus.Validated, updateRunnerResponse.validationStatus)
+
+    val updatedRunner =
+        runnerApiService.getRunner(
+            organizationSaved.id,
+            workspaceSaved.id,
+            runnerSaved.id,
+        )
+    assertEquals(RunnerValidationStatus.Validated, updatedRunner.validationStatus)
+  }
+
   @Test
   fun `test updateRunner and check parameterValues after updating a simple solution parameter to DATASET_PART varType`() {
 
diff --git a/runner/src/main/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerService.kt b/runner/src/main/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerService.kt
index 9c4709e28..675e471f3 100644
--- a/runner/src/main/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerService.kt
+++ b/runner/src/main/kotlin/com/cosmotech/runner/service/RunnerService.kt
@@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ class RunnerService(
       )
     }
 
+    @Suppress("LongMethod")
     fun setValueFrom(runnerUpdateRequest: RunnerUpdateRequest): RunnerInstance {
 
       runnerUpdateRequest.runSizing?.let {
@@ -515,7 +516,8 @@ class RunnerService(
                       lastRunStatus = this.runner.lastRunInfo.lastRunStatus,
                       lastRunId = this.runner.lastRunInfo.lastRunId,
                   ),
-              validationStatus = this.runner.validationStatus,
+              validationStatus =
+                  runnerUpdateRequest.validationStatus ?: this.runner.validationStatus,
           )
       )
     }
diff --git a/runner/src/main/openapi/runner.yaml b/runner/src/main/openapi/runner.yaml
index d80562d21..5eca1a744 100644
--- a/runner/src/main/openapi/runner.yaml
+++ b/runner/src/main/openapi/runner.yaml
@@ -774,6 +774,9 @@ components:
           description: the Solution Run Template name associated with this Runner
           minLength: 1
           x-size-message: "cannot be empty"
+        validationStatus:
+          allOf:
+            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RunnerValidationStatus'
     RunnerSecurity:
       type: object
       description: the Runner security information