diff --git a/packages/core/src/index.ts b/packages/core/src/index.ts
index db26c39..a3864ca 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export { default as GroupMultiSelectPrompt } from './prompts/group-multiselect';
 export { default as MultiSelectPrompt } from './prompts/multi-select';
 export { default as PasswordPrompt } from './prompts/password';
 export { default as Prompt, isCancel } from './prompts/prompt';
-export type { State } from './prompts/prompt';
+export type { State, Validator } from './prompts/prompt';
 export { default as SelectPrompt } from './prompts/select';
 export { default as SelectKeyPrompt } from './prompts/select-key';
 export { default as TextPrompt } from './prompts/text';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/prompts/prompt.ts b/packages/core/src/prompts/prompt.ts
index 21ee007..b26de3a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/prompts/prompt.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/prompts/prompt.ts
@@ -38,11 +38,15 @@ const aliases = new Map([
 ]);
 const keys = new Set(['up', 'down', 'left', 'right', 'space', 'enter']);
 
+export interface Validator<Value = any> {
+	(value: Value): string | void | Promise<string | void>;
+}
+
 export interface PromptOptions<Self extends Prompt> {
 	render(this: Omit<Self, 'prompt'>): string | void;
 	placeholder?: string;
 	initialValue?: any;
-	validate?: ((value: any) => string | void) | undefined;
+	validate?: Validator;
 	input?: Readable;
 	output?: Writable;
 	debug?: boolean;
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ export default class Prompt {
 		this.subscribers.clear();
 	}
 
-	private onKeypress(char: string, key?: Key) {
+	private async onKeypress(char: string, key?: Key) {
 		if (this.state === 'error') {
 			this.state = 'active';
 		}
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ export default class Prompt {
 
 		if (key?.name === 'return') {
 			if (this.opts.validate) {
-				const problem = this.opts.validate(this.value);
+				const problem = await this.opts.validate(this.value);
 				if (problem) {
 					this.error = problem;
 					this.state = 'error';
diff --git a/packages/prompts/src/index.ts b/packages/prompts/src/index.ts
index d10f34c..7b6f8c2 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/src/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 	SelectPrompt,
 	State,
 	TextPrompt,
+	Validator,
 } from '@clack/core';
 import isUnicodeSupported from 'is-unicode-supported';
 import color from 'picocolors';
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ export interface TextOptions {
 	placeholder?: string;
 	defaultValue?: string;
 	initialValue?: string;
-	validate?: (value: string) => string | void;
+	validate?: Validator<string>;
 }
 export const text = (opts: TextOptions) => {
 	return new TextPrompt({
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ export const text = (opts: TextOptions) => {
 export interface PasswordOptions {
 	message: string;
 	mask?: string;
-	validate?: (value: string) => string | void;
+	validate?: Validator<string>;
 }
 export const password = (opts: PasswordOptions) => {
 	return new PasswordPrompt({