diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/api.py b/src/khoj/routers/api.py
index b384d8a3..dd2a2837 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/api.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/api.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ async def map_config_to_db(config: FullConfig, user: KhojUser):
 def _initialize_config():
     if state.config is None:
         state.config = FullConfig()
-        state.config.search_type = SearchConfig.parse_obj(constants.default_config["search-type"])
+        state.config.search_type = SearchConfig.model_validate(constants.default_config["search-type"])
 
 
 @api.get("/config/data", response_model=FullConfig)
diff --git a/src/khoj/search_type/text_search.py b/src/khoj/search_type/text_search.py
index f07eb580..7e295903 100644
--- a/src/khoj/search_type/text_search.py
+++ b/src/khoj/search_type/text_search.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def deduplicated_search_responses(hits: List[SearchResponse]):
 
         else:
             hit_ids.add(hit.corpus_id)
-            yield SearchResponse.parse_obj(
+            yield SearchResponse.model_validate(
                 {
                     "entry": hit.entry,
                     "score": hit.score,
diff --git a/src/khoj/utils/yaml.py b/src/khoj/utils/yaml.py
index abfe270a..36546688 100644
--- a/src/khoj/utils/yaml.py
+++ b/src/khoj/utils/yaml.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def load_config_from_file(yaml_config_file: Path) -> dict:
 
 def parse_config_from_string(yaml_config: dict) -> FullConfig:
     "Parse and validate config in YML string"
-    return FullConfig.parse_obj(yaml_config)
+    return FullConfig.model_validate(yaml_config)
 
 
 def parse_config_from_file(yaml_config_file):