diff --git a/pay-api/requirements/prod.txt b/pay-api/requirements/prod.txt
index 29d8c5558..cf33fa840 100644
--- a/pay-api/requirements/prod.txt
+++ b/pay-api/requirements/prod.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ flask-jwt-oidc
 python-dotenv
 psycopg2-binary
 marshmallow-sqlalchemy==0.25.0
-jsonschema
+jsonschema==4.17.3
 requests
 asyncio-nats-client
 asyncio-nats-streaming
diff --git a/pay-api/src/pay_api/config.py b/pay-api/src/pay_api/config.py
index 56952f8a2..ee1c13773 100755
--- a/pay-api/src/pay_api/config.py
+++ b/pay-api/src/pay_api/config.py
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ class _Config():  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
     SENTRY_ENABLE = _get_config('SENTRY_ENABLE', default=False)
     SENTRY_DSN = _get_config('SENTRY_DSN', default=None)
 
+    # Disable valid redirect URLs - for DEV only
+    DISABLE_VALID_REDIRECT_URLS = _get_config('DISABLE_VALID_REDIRECT_URLS', default='False').lower() == 'true'
+
     # Valid Payment redirect URLs
     VALID_REDIRECT_URLS = [(val.strip() if val != '' else None)
                            for val in _get_config('VALID_REDIRECT_URLS', default='').split(',')]
diff --git a/pay-api/src/pay_api/utils/util.py b/pay-api/src/pay_api/utils/util.py
index 669b63220..f570dcb47 100755
--- a/pay-api/src/pay_api/utils/util.py
+++ b/pay-api/src/pay_api/utils/util.py
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ def options(self, *args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 
 def is_valid_redirect_url(url: str) -> bool:
     """Validate if the url is valid based on the VALID Redirect Url."""
+    disable_redirect_validation: bool = current_app.config.get('DISABLE_VALID_REDIRECT_URLS')
+    if disable_redirect_validation:
+        return True
     valid_urls: list = current_app.config.get('VALID_REDIRECT_URLS')
     is_valid = False
     for valid_url in valid_urls: