diff --git a/.commitlintrc b/.commitlintrc
index b32c85be16a..ea24b734af1 100644
--- a/.commitlintrc
+++ b/.commitlintrc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "parametervalidator",
         "serializer",
         "jsonschema",
-        "validation",
+        "validator",
         "state",
         "test"
       ]
diff --git a/src/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php b/src/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php
index cf9a777a84f..30b4bb312c0 100644
--- a/src/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php
+++ b/src/Validator/Exception/ValidationException.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class ValidationException extends RuntimeException implements ConstraintViolatio
 {
     private int $status = 422;
     protected ?string $errorTitle = null;
-    private array|ConstraintViolationListInterface $constraintViolationList = [];
+    private ConstraintViolationListInterface $constraintViolationList;
 
     public function __construct(string|ConstraintViolationListInterface $message = new ConstraintViolationList(), string|int|null $code = null, int|\Throwable|null $previous = null, \Throwable|string|null $errorTitle = null)
     {
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public function __construct(string|ConstraintViolationListInterface $message = n
             return;
         }
 
+        $this->constraintViolationList = new ConstraintViolationList();
+
         trigger_deprecation('api_platform/core', '5.0', \sprintf('The "%s" exception will have a "%s" first argument in 5.x.', self::class, ConstraintViolationListInterface::class));
         parent::__construct($message ?: $this->__toString(), $code ?? 0, $previous);
     }