diff --git a/changelog/fragments/fix-bundle-validate-failure-on-warnings.yaml b/changelog/fragments/fix-bundle-validate-failure-on-warnings.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a48643e8f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/fragments/fix-bundle-validate-failure-on-warnings.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+entries:
+  - description: >
+      Bump operator-framework/api to fix "operator-sdk bundle validate" failure when bundle has warnings.
+      When a warning is detected during validation it should be logged to the CLI but the validation should still pass.
+    kind: bugfix
+    breaking: false
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 74021f652f..0f2f81c95a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/markbates/inflect v1.0.4
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.14.1
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.10.2
-	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.5.2
+	github.com/operator-framework/api v0.5.3
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.4.0
 	github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.15.3
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.7.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8c487d1a8a..1f60e99095 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -754,6 +754,8 @@ github.com/openzipkin/zipkin-go v0.2.2/go.mod h1:NaW6tEwdmWMaCDZzg8sh+IBNOxHMPnh
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.3.22/go.mod h1:GVNiB6AQucwdZz3ZFXNv9HtcLOzcFnr6O/QldzKG93g=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.5.2 h1:NLgOoi70+iyz4vVJeeJUKaFT8wZaCbCHzS1eExCqX7A=
 github.com/operator-framework/api v0.5.2/go.mod h1:L7IvLd/ckxJEJg/t4oTTlnHKAJIP/p51AvEslW3wYdY=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.5.3 h1:1RDw2FbuEDtSC7ONKLKgAxtq+iRsV7rRTumD4RLQfSI=
+github.com/operator-framework/api v0.5.3/go.mod h1:L7IvLd/ckxJEJg/t4oTTlnHKAJIP/p51AvEslW3wYdY=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.4.0 h1:g7tGRo+FikHgFZDmRdHkOxyTv3sViI+Ujiqbfd9Tfsk=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-lib v0.4.0/go.mod h1:kOjV7h01DCSw3RZAqYdHyHyVwuJL8hvG53tSZoDZfsQ=
 github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry v1.15.3 h1:C+u+zjDh6yQAKN+DbUvPeLjojZtJftvp/J28rRqiWWU=