diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 875e6670d..8a0d56a2c 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     "coverage[toml]",
     "duckdb",
     "duckdb-engine",
+    "fastjsonschema",
     "pyarrow",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-benchmark",
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 0cecf51f1..2b258b5fc 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -634,6 +634,20 @@ files = [
 python-dateutil = ">=2.4"
 typing-extensions = {version = ">=3.10.0.1", markers = "python_version <= \"3.8\""}
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fastjsonschema"
+version = "2.19.1"
+description = "Fastest Python implementation of JSON schema"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "fastjsonschema-2.19.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3672b47bc94178c9f23dbb654bf47440155d4db9df5f7bc47643315f9c405cd0"},
+    {file = "fastjsonschema-2.19.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e3126a94bdc4623d3de4485f8d468a12f02a67921315ddc87836d6e456dc789d"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+devel = ["colorama", "json-spec", "jsonschema", "pylint", "pytest", "pytest-benchmark", "pytest-cache", "validictory"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filelock"
 version = "3.12.4"
@@ -2635,4 +2649,4 @@ testing = ["pytest", "pytest-durations"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
-content-hash = "e9747e01321a2fd07fb58447bced9656dca2b3602f9b124a9fbd68792c47c30b"
+content-hash = "37a0fb5f11f53814739deaf7ba08ded83d345087110b1dae7c5b7956f27a3a51"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 51931a608..bd4c2ba17 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ coverage = {extras = ["toml"], version = ">=7.4"}
 duckdb = { version = ">=0.8.0", python = "<3.12" }
 duckdb-engine = { version = ">=0.9.4", python = "<3.12" }
 
+fastjsonschema = ">=2.19.1"
 mypy = ">=1.0"
 pytest-benchmark = ">=4.0.0"
 pytest-snapshot = ">=0.9.0"
diff --git a/singer_sdk/sinks/core.py b/singer_sdk/sinks/core.py
index 7cff95672..e35353789 100644
--- a/singer_sdk/sinks/core.py
+++ b/singer_sdk/sinks/core.py
@@ -201,6 +201,31 @@ def get_validator(self) -> BaseJSONSchemaValidator | None:
 
         Returns:
             An instance of a subclass of ``BaseJSONSchemaValidator``.
+
+        Example implementation using the `fastjsonschema`_ library:
+
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+           import fastjsonschema
+
+
+           class FastJSONSchemaValidator(BaseJSONSchemaValidator):
+               def __init__(self, schema: dict[str, t.Any]) -> None:
+                   super().__init__(schema)
+                   try:
+                       self.validator = fastjsonschema.compile(self.schema)
+                   except fastjsonschema.JsonSchemaDefinitionException as e:
+                       error_message = "Schema Validation Error"
+                       raise InvalidJSONSchema(error_message) from e
+
+               def validate(self, record: dict):
+                   try:
+                       self.validator(record)
+                   except fastjsonschema.JsonSchemaValueException as e:
+                       error_message = f"Record Message Validation Error: {e.message}"
+                       raise InvalidRecord(error_message, record) from e
+
+        .. _fastjsonschema: https://pypi.org/project/fastjsonschema/
         """
         if self.validate_schema:
             return JSONSchemaValidator(
diff --git a/tests/core/sinks/test_validation.py b/tests/core/sinks/test_validation.py
index e583fddad..c6a05ced1 100644
--- a/tests/core/sinks/test_validation.py
+++ b/tests/core/sinks/test_validation.py
@@ -2,13 +2,38 @@
 
 import datetime
 import itertools
+import typing as t
 
+import fastjsonschema
 import pytest
 
 from singer_sdk.exceptions import InvalidRecord
+from singer_sdk.sinks.core import BaseJSONSchemaValidator, InvalidJSONSchema
 from tests.conftest import BatchSinkMock, TargetMock
 
 
+class FastJSONSchemaValidator(BaseJSONSchemaValidator):
+    def __init__(self, schema: dict[str, t.Any]) -> None:
+        super().__init__(schema)
+        try:
+            self.validator = fastjsonschema.compile(self.schema)
+        except fastjsonschema.JsonSchemaDefinitionException as e:
+            error_message = "Schema Validation Error"
+            raise InvalidJSONSchema(error_message) from e
+
+    def validate(self, record: dict):
+        try:
+            self.validator(record)
+        except fastjsonschema.JsonSchemaValueException as e:
+            error_message = f"Record Message Validation Error: {e.message}"
+            raise InvalidRecord(error_message, record) from e
+
+
+class FastJSONSchemaSink(BatchSinkMock):
+    def get_validator(self) -> BaseJSONSchemaValidator | None:
+        return FastJSONSchemaValidator(self.schema)
+
+
 def test_validate_record():
     target = TargetMock()
     sink = BatchSinkMock(
@@ -59,6 +84,42 @@ def test_validate_record():
     assert updated_record["invalid_datetime"] == "9999-12-31 23:59:59.999999"
 
 
+def test_validate_fastjsonschema():
+    target = TargetMock()
+    sink = FastJSONSchemaSink(
+        target,
+        "users",
+        {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "id": {"type": "integer"},
+                "created_at": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
+                "created_at_date": {"type": "string", "format": "date"},
+                "created_at_time": {"type": "string", "format": "time"},
+                "invalid_datetime": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
+            },
+        },
+        ["id"],
+    )
+
+    record = {
+        "id": 1,
+        "created_at": "2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        "created_at_date": "2021-01-01",
+        "created_at_time": "00:01:00+00:00",
+        "missing_datetime": "2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00",
+        "invalid_datetime": "not a datetime",
+    }
+
+    with pytest.raises(
+        InvalidRecord,
+        match=r"Record Message Validation Error",
+    ) as exc_info:
+        sink._validator.validate(record)
+
+    assert isinstance(exc_info.value.__cause__, fastjsonschema.JsonSchemaValueException)
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def draft7_sink_stop():
     """Return a sink object with Draft7 checks enabled."""