diff --git a/api/src/middleware/validate-batch.ts b/api/src/middleware/validate-batch.ts
index 90bcd2538a..594e2e8754 100644
--- a/api/src/middleware/validate-batch.ts
+++ b/api/src/middleware/validate-batch.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { RequestHandler } from 'express';
 import Joi from 'joi';
-import { FailedValidationException, InvalidPayloadException } from '../exceptions';
+import { InvalidPayloadException } from '../exceptions';
+import { FailedValidationException } from '@directus/shared/exceptions';
 import asyncHandler from '../utils/async-handler';
 import { sanitizeQuery } from '../utils/sanitize-query';
 
diff --git a/api/src/services/users.ts b/api/src/services/users.ts
index 3a79cffca6..4d615c2ec3 100644
--- a/api/src/services/users.ts
+++ b/api/src/services/users.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { Knex } from 'knex';
 import { clone, cloneDeep } from 'lodash';
 import getDatabase from '../database';
 import env from '../env';
+import { FailedValidationException } from '@directus/shared/exceptions';
 import {
-	FailedValidationException,
 	ForbiddenException,
 	InvalidPayloadException,
 	UnprocessableEntityException,