diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.js b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.js
index 74594076c8..0050ca9487 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionController.js
@@ -355,16 +355,16 @@ async function successfulSubscription(req, res) {
   }
 }
 
+const pauseSubscriptionSchema = z.object({
+  params: z.object({
+    pauseCycles: z.coerce.number().int().max(12),
+  }),
+})
+
 async function pauseSubscription(req, res, next) {
   const user = SessionManager.getSessionUser(req.session)
-  const pauseCycles = req.params.pauseCycles
-  if (!('pauseCycles' in req.params)) {
-    return HttpErrorHandler.badRequest(
-      req,
-      res,
-      `Pausing subscription requires a 'pauseCycles' argument with number of billing cycles to pause for`
-    )
-  }
+  const { params } = validateReq(req, pauseSubscriptionSchema)
+  const pauseCycles = params.pauseCycles
   if (pauseCycles < 0) {
     return HttpErrorHandler.badRequest(
       req,
diff --git a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionRouter.mjs b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionRouter.mjs
index 29ca931c06..232c7ab1ab 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionRouter.mjs
+++ b/services/web/app/src/Features/Subscription/SubscriptionRouter.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import TeamInvitesController from './TeamInvitesController.mjs'
 import { RateLimiter } from '../../infrastructure/RateLimiter.js'
 import RateLimiterMiddleware from '../Security/RateLimiterMiddleware.js'
 import Settings from '@overleaf/settings'
-import { Joi, validate } from '../../infrastructure/Validation.js'
 
 const teamInviteRateLimiter = new RateLimiter('team-invite', {
   points: 10,
@@ -201,11 +200,6 @@ export default {
     webRouter.post(
       '/user/subscription/pause/:pauseCycles',
       AuthenticationController.requireLogin(),
-      validate({
-        params: Joi.object({
-          pauseCycles: Joi.number().integer().max(12),
-        }),
-      }),
       RateLimiterMiddleware.rateLimit(subscriptionRateLimiter),
       SubscriptionController.pauseSubscription
     )
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/src/Subscription/SubscriptionControllerTests.js b/services/web/test/unit/src/Subscription/SubscriptionControllerTests.js
index 130f583b04..881d0ef0c5 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/src/Subscription/SubscriptionControllerTests.js
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/src/Subscription/SubscriptionControllerTests.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const SubscriptionHelper = require('../../../../app/src/Features/Subscription/Su
 const {
   AI_ADD_ON_CODE,
 } = require('../../../../app/src/Features/Subscription/AiHelper')
+const Errors = require('../../../../app/src/Features/Errors/Errors')
 
 const mockSubscriptions = {
   'subscription-123-active': {
@@ -481,18 +482,19 @@ describe('SubscriptionController', function () {
       this.res = new MockResponse()
       this.req = new MockRequest()
       this.next = sinon.stub()
-      await this.SubscriptionController.pauseSubscription(
-        this.req,
-        this.res,
-        this.next
-      )
-      expect(this.res.statusCode).to.equal(400)
+      await expect(
+        this.SubscriptionController.pauseSubscription(
+          this.req,
+          this.res,
+          this.next
+        )
+      ).to.be.rejectedWith(Errors.NotFoundError)
     })
 
     it('should throw an error if an invalid pause length is provided', async function () {
       this.res = new MockResponse()
       this.req = new MockRequest()
-      this.req.params = { pauseCycles: -10 }
+      this.req.params = { pauseCycles: '-10' }
       this.next = sinon.stub()
       await this.SubscriptionController.pauseSubscription(
         this.req,
@@ -505,7 +507,7 @@ describe('SubscriptionController', function () {
     it('should return a 200 when requesting a pause', async function () {
       this.res = new MockResponse()
       this.req = new MockRequest()
-      this.req.params = { pauseCycles: 3 }
+      this.req.params = { pauseCycles: '3' }
       this.next = sinon.stub()
       await this.SubscriptionController.pauseSubscription(
         this.req,