diff --git a/src/GraphQl/Serializer/Exception/ValidationExceptionNormalizer.php b/src/GraphQl/Serializer/Exception/ValidationExceptionNormalizer.php
index 01da4cf95ed..503ff2c8145 100644
--- a/src/GraphQl/Serializer/Exception/ValidationExceptionNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/GraphQl/Serializer/Exception/ValidationExceptionNormalizer.php
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 
 namespace ApiPlatform\GraphQl\Serializer\Exception;
 
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\RuntimeException;
+use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface as LegacyConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
 use GraphQL\Error\Error;
 use GraphQL\Error\FormattedError;
-use Symfony\Component\Form\Exception\RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public function __construct(private readonly array $exceptionToStatus = [])
     public function normalize(mixed $object, ?string $format = null, array $context = []): array
     {
         $validationException = $object->getPrevious();
-        if (!$validationException instanceof ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface) {
+        if (!($validationException instanceof ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface || $validationException instanceof LegacyConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface)) {
             throw new RuntimeException(sprintf('Object is not a "%s".', ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface::class));
         }
 
diff --git a/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ErrorNormalizer.php b/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ErrorNormalizer.php
index 55a2f12adbc..19764afa3bf 100644
--- a/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ErrorNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/JsonApi/Serializer/ErrorNormalizer.php
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 use ApiPlatform\Problem\Serializer\ErrorNormalizerTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Serializer\CacheableSupportsMethodInterface;
-use ApiPlatform\State\ApiResource\Error;
-use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
+use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface as LegacyConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
+use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\ErrorHandler\Exception\FlattenException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public function normalize(mixed $object, ?string $format = null, array $context
     {
         // TODO: in api platform 4 this will be the default, note that JSON:API is close to Problem so we should use the same normalizer
         if ($context['rfc_7807_compliant_errors'] ?? false) {
-            if ($object instanceof ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface) {
+            if ($object instanceof LegacyConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface || $object instanceof ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface) {
                 // TODO: return ['errors' => $this->constraintViolationListNormalizer(...)]
                 return $this->constraintViolationListNormalizer->normalize($object->getConstraintViolationList(), $format, $context);
             }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
index db186069cee..2e6e5a8907d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ApiPlatformExtension.php
@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ private function getFormats(array $configFormats): array
     private function registerValidatorConfiguration(ContainerBuilder $container, array $config, XmlFileLoader $loader): void
     {
         if (interface_exists(ValidatorInterface::class)) {
+            $container->setParameter('api_platform.validator.legacy_validation_exception', $config['validator']['legacy_validation_exception'] ?? true);
             $loader->load('metadata/validator.xml');
             $loader->load('validator/validator.xml');
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
index e5bf51e52d1..0056a07e9c1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/Configuration.php
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Put;
 use ApiPlatform\ParameterValidator\Exception\ValidationExceptionInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Controller\MainController;
+use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ValidationException as LegacyValidationException;
+use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ValidationException;
 use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\DoctrineBundle;
 use Doctrine\Bundle\MongoDBBundle\DoctrineMongoDBBundle;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ public function getConfigTreeBuilder(): TreeBuilder
                     ->children()
                         ->variableNode('serialize_payload_fields')->defaultValue([])->info('Set to null to serialize all payload fields when a validation error is thrown, or set the fields you want to include explicitly.')->end()
                         ->booleanNode('query_parameter_validation')->defaultValue(true)->end()
+                        ->booleanNode('legacy_validation_exception')->defaultValue(true)->info('Uses the legacy "%s" instead of "%s".', LegacyValidationException::class, ValidationException::class)->end()
                     ->end()
                 ->end()
                 ->arrayNode('eager_loading')
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/validator/validator.xml b/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/validator/validator.xml
index c5c66891d1c..8946534fa5d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/validator/validator.xml
+++ b/src/Symfony/Bundle/Resources/config/validator/validator.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         <service id="api_platform.validator" class="ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Validator">
             <argument type="service" id="validator" />
             <argument type="tagged_locator" tag="api_platform.validation_groups_generator" />
+            <argument>%api_platform.validator.legacy_validation_exception%</argument>
         </service>
         <service id="ApiPlatform\Validator\ValidatorInterface" alias="api_platform.validator" />
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/EventListener/ErrorListener.php b/src/Symfony/EventListener/ErrorListener.php
index 9a2a53331eb..87b376c0c5b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/EventListener/ErrorListener.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/EventListener/ErrorListener.php
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Util\ContentNegotiationTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\State\ApiResource\Error;
 use ApiPlatform\State\Util\OperationRequestInitiatorTrait;
-use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Util\RequestAttributesExtractor;
+use ApiPlatform\State\Util\RequestAttributesExtractor;
+use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface as LegacyConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
 use Negotiation\Negotiator;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ private function getStatusCode(?HttpOperation $apiOperation, Request $request, ?
             return 400;
         }
 
-        if ($exception instanceof ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface) {
+        if ($exception instanceof ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface || $exception instanceof LegacyConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface) {
             return 422;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface.php
index 0d3dc6dd7e8..cf137c1ea9b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 /**
  * An exception which has a constraint violation list.
+ *
+ * @deprecated use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface
  */
 interface ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface extends ExceptionInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php b/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php
index 41faa0d1ac3..6100c94b72d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ErrorResource;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\HttpExceptionInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\ProblemExceptionInterface;
-use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface as ApiPlatformConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
+use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ValidationException as BaseValidationException;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\HttpExceptionInterface as SymfonyHttpExceptionInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\WebLink\Link;
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@
     ],
     graphQlOperations: []
 )]
-final class ValidationException extends BaseValidationException implements ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface, ApiPlatformConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface, \Stringable, ProblemExceptionInterface, HttpExceptionInterface, SymfonyHttpExceptionInterface
+final class ValidationException extends BaseValidationException implements ConstraintViolationListAwareExceptionInterface, \Stringable, ProblemExceptionInterface, HttpExceptionInterface, SymfonyHttpExceptionInterface
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php b/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php
index 6bbd5b4b6ff..9580e008bd2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Validator/Validator.php
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 
 namespace ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator;
 
-use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ValidationException;
+use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ValidationException as LegacyValidationException;
+use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ValidationException;
 use ApiPlatform\Validator\ValidatorInterface;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
  */
 class Validator implements ValidatorInterface
 {
-    public function __construct(private readonly SymfonyValidatorInterface $validator, private readonly ?ContainerInterface $container = null)
+    public function __construct(private readonly SymfonyValidatorInterface $validator, private readonly ?ContainerInterface $container = null, private readonly ?bool $legacyValidationException = true)
     {
     }
 
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ public function validate(object $data, array $context = []): void
 
         $violations = $this->validator->validate($data, null, $validationGroups);
         if (0 !== \count($violations)) {
+            if (true === $this->legacyValidationException) {
+                throw new LegacyValidationException($violations);
+            }
             throw new ValidationException($violations);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
index f33e912c31b..c7259d7b7de 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Bundle/DependencyInjection/ConfigurationTest.php
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ private function runDefaultConfigTests(array $doctrineIntegrationsToLoad = ['orm
             'validator' => [
                 'serialize_payload_fields' => [],
                 'query_parameter_validation' => true,
+                'legacy_validation_exception' => true,
             ],
             'name_converter' => null,
             'enable_swagger' => true,
diff --git a/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php b/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php
index 7d11b46ff6e..14ecce8cf0a 100644
--- a/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Symfony/Validator/ValidatorTest.php
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 
 namespace ApiPlatform\Tests\Symfony\Validator;
 
-use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ValidationException;
+use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Exception\ValidationException as LegacyValidationException;
 use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\ValidationGroupsGeneratorInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Symfony\Validator\Validator;
 use ApiPlatform\Tests\Fixtures\DummyEntity;
+use ApiPlatform\Validator\Exception\ValidationException;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Prophecy\PhpUnit\ProphecyTrait;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ public function testValid(): void
         $symfonyValidatorProphecy->validate($data, null, null)->willReturn($constraintViolationListProphecy->reveal())->shouldBeCalled();
         $symfonyValidator = $symfonyValidatorProphecy->reveal();
 
-        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator);
+        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, legacyValidationException: false);
         $validator->validate(new DummyEntity());
     }
 
@@ -58,7 +59,25 @@ public function testInvalid(): void
         $symfonyValidatorProphecy->validate($data, null, null)->willReturn($constraintViolationList)->shouldBeCalled();
         $symfonyValidator = $symfonyValidatorProphecy->reveal();
 
-        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator);
+        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, legacyValidationException: false);
+        $validator->validate(new DummyEntity());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @group legacy
+     */
+    public function testDeprecatedInvalid(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(LegacyValidationException::class);
+
+        $data = new DummyEntity();
+        $constraintViolationList = new ConstraintViolationList([new ConstraintViolation('test', null, [], null, 'test', null), new ConstraintViolation('test', null, [], null, 'test', null)]);
+
+        $symfonyValidatorProphecy = $this->prophesize(SymfonyValidatorInterface::class);
+        $symfonyValidatorProphecy->validate($data, null, null)->willReturn($constraintViolationList)->shouldBeCalled();
+        $symfonyValidator = $symfonyValidatorProphecy->reveal();
+
+        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, legacyValidationException: true);
         $validator->validate(new DummyEntity());
     }
 
@@ -74,7 +93,7 @@ public function testGetGroupsFromCallable(): void
         $symfonyValidatorProphecy->validate($data, null, $expectedValidationGroups)->willReturn($constraintViolationListProphecy->reveal())->shouldBeCalled();
         $symfonyValidator = $symfonyValidatorProphecy->reveal();
 
-        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator);
+        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, legacyValidationException: false);
         $validator->validate(new DummyEntity(), ['groups' => fn ($data): array => $data instanceof DummyEntity ? $expectedValidationGroups : []]);
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +116,7 @@ public function __invoke(object $object): array
             }
         });
 
-        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidatorProphecy->reveal(), $containerProphecy->reveal());
+        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidatorProphecy->reveal(), $containerProphecy->reveal(), legacyValidationException: false);
         $validator->validate(new DummyEntity(), ['groups' => 'groups_builder']);
     }
 
@@ -116,7 +135,7 @@ public function testValidatorWithScalarGroup(): void
         $containerProphecy = $this->prophesize(ContainerInterface::class);
         $containerProphecy->has('foo')->willReturn(false)->shouldBeCalled();
 
-        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, $containerProphecy->reveal());
+        $validator = new Validator($symfonyValidator, $containerProphecy->reveal(), legacyValidationException: false);
         $validator->validate(new DummyEntity(), ['groups' => 'foo']);
     }
 }