diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a692d3d5..21e72ede 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 For a full diff see [`2.3.2...master`][2.3.2...master].
 
+### Changed
+
+* Started showing validation error messages as obtained from validation instead of relying on on executing composer validate ([#406]), by [@localheinz]
+
 ## [`2.3.2`][2.3.2]
 
 For a full diff see [`2.3.1...2.3.2`][2.3.1...2.3.2].
@@ -436,6 +440,7 @@ For a full diff see [`81bc3a8...0.1.0`][81bc3a8...0.1.0].
 [#374]: https://github.com/ergebnis/composer-normalize/pull/374
 [#379]: https://github.com/ergebnis/composer-normalize/pull/379
 [#380]: https://github.com/ergebnis/composer-normalize/pull/380
+[#406]: https://github.com/ergebnis/composer-normalize/pull/406
 
 [@ergebnis]: https://github.com/ergebnis
 [@ergebnis-bot]: https://github.com/ergebnis-bot
diff --git a/psalm-baseline.xml b/psalm-baseline.xml
index b00f24fc..b120cd59 100644
--- a/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<files psalm-version="3.10.1@eeed5ecccc10131397f0eb7ee6da810c0be3a7fc">
+<files psalm-version="3.11.2@d470903722cfcbc1cd04744c5491d3e6d13ec3d9">
   <file src="src/Application.php">
     <PropertyNotSetInConstructor occurrences="1">
       <code>Application</code>
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
       <code>$formatter</code>
       <code>$differ</code>
     </MissingPropertyType>
-    <MixedArgument occurrences="11">
-      <code>$composerFile</code>
+    <MixedArgument occurrences="10">
       <code>$composerFile</code>
       <code>$composerFile</code>
       <code>$composerFile</code>
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@
       <code>isLocked</code>
       <code>diff</code>
     </MixedMethodCall>
-    <PossiblyInvalidArgument occurrences="9">
-      <code>$composerFile</code>
+    <PossiblyInvalidArgument occurrences="8">
       <code>$composerFile</code>
       <code>$composerFile</code>
       <code>$composerFile</code>
diff --git a/src/Command/NormalizeCommand.php b/src/Command/NormalizeCommand.php
index 706e0185..dc40c36f 100644
--- a/src/Command/NormalizeCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/NormalizeCommand.php
@@ -159,16 +159,21 @@ protected function execute(Console\Input\InputInterface $input, Console\Output\O
 
         try {
             $normalized = $this->normalizer->normalize($json);
-        } catch (Normalizer\Exception\OriginalInvalidAccordingToSchemaException $exception) {
+        } catch (Normalizer\Exception\OriginalInvalidAccordingToSchemaException | Normalizer\Exception\NormalizedInvalidAccordingToSchemaException $exception) {
             $io->writeError(\sprintf(
                 '<error>%s</error>',
                 $exception->getMessage()
             ));
 
-            return $this->validateComposerFile(
-                $output,
-                $composerFile
-            );
+            $errors = $exception->errors();
+
+            \array_walk($errors, static function (string $error) use ($io): void {
+                $io->writeError($error);
+            });
+
+            $io->writeError('<warning>See https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md for details on the schema</warning>');
+
+            return 1;
         } catch (\RuntimeException $exception) {
             $io->writeError(\sprintf(
                 '<error>%s</error>',
@@ -348,34 +353,6 @@ private function diff(string $before, string $after): string
         );
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @see https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#validate
-     *
-     * @param Console\Output\OutputInterface $output
-     * @param string                         $composerFile
-     *
-     * @throws \Exception
-     *
-     * @return int
-     */
-    private function validateComposerFile(Console\Output\OutputInterface $output, string $composerFile): int
-    {
-        /** @var Console\Application $application */
-        $application = $this->getApplication();
-
-        return $application->run(
-            new Console\Input\ArrayInput([
-                'command' => 'validate',
-                'file' => $composerFile,
-                '--no-check-all' => true,
-                '--no-check-lock' => true,
-                '--no-check-publish' => true,
-                '--strict' => true,
-            ]),
-            $output
-        );
-    }
-
     /**
      * @see https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#update
      *
diff --git a/test/Integration/Command/NormalizeCommandTest.php b/test/Integration/Command/NormalizeCommandTest.php
index 0e2e6c37..748fe32f 100644
--- a/test/Integration/Command/NormalizeCommandTest.php
+++ b/test/Integration/Command/NormalizeCommandTest.php
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ public function testFailsWhenComposerJsonIsPresentButNotValid(CommandInvocation
         );
 
         self::assertContains($message, $display);
+        self::assertContains('The property name is required', $display);
         self::assertContains('See https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md for details on the schema', $display);
-        self::assertContains('No license specified, it is recommended to do so. For closed-source software you may use "proprietary" as license.', $display);
         self::assertEquals($initialState, $scenario->currentState());
     }