diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 38a1594d3..41dbc4d87 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/Ice3man543/nvd v1.0.8
 	github.com/Knetic/govaluate v3.0.1-0.20171022003610-9aa49832a739+incompatible
 	github.com/alecthomas/jsonschema v0.0.0-20211022214203-8b29eab41725
 	github.com/andygrunwald/go-jira v1.14.0
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.21.9
 	github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v1.1.0
 	github.com/spf13/cast v1.4.1
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
 	github.com/syndtr/goleveldb v1.0.0
 	github.com/tj/go-update v2.2.5-0.20200519121640-62b4b798fd68+incompatible
 	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.1
@@ -67,6 +65,11 @@ require (
 
 require github.com/projectdiscovery/folderutil v0.0.0-20211206150108-b4e7ea80f36e
 
+require (
+	github.com/Ice3man543/nvd v1.0.8
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0
+)
+
 require (
 	git.mills.io/prologic/smtpd v0.0.0-20210710122116-a525b76c287a // indirect
 	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go b/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go
index 0eb400afe..bdf595cf0 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/templates/templates.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 package templates
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+
+	validate "github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/model"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/dns"
@@ -13,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/protocols/websocket"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/templates/types"
 	"github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/v2/pkg/workflows"
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
 // Template is a YAML input file which defines all the requests and
@@ -121,3 +126,41 @@ func (template *Template) Type() types.ProtocolType {
 		return types.InvalidProtocol
 	}
 }
+
+// MarshalYAML forces recursive struct validation during marshal operation
+func (template *Template) MarshalYAML() ([]byte, error) {
+	out, marshalErr := yaml.Marshal(template)
+	errValidate := validate.New().Struct(template)
+	return out, multierr.Append(marshalErr, errValidate)
+}
+
+// MarshalYAML forces recursive struct validation after unmarshal operation
+func (template *Template) UnmarshalYAML(unmarshal func(interface{}) error) error {
+	type Alias Template
+	alias := &Alias{}
+	err := unmarshal(alias)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*template = Template(*alias)
+	return validate.New().Struct(template)
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON forces recursive struct validation during marshal operation
+func (template *Template) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	out, marshalErr := json.Marshal(template)
+	errValidate := validate.New().Struct(template)
+	return out, multierr.Append(marshalErr, errValidate)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON forces recursive struct validation after unmarshal operation
+func (template *Template) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	type Alias Template
+	alias := &Alias{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, alias)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*template = Template(*alias)
+	return validate.New().Struct(template)
+}