diff --git a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/serializedEvent/Deserializer.ts b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/serializedEvent/Deserializer.ts
index c0f791a..9c0c080 100644
--- a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/serializedEvent/Deserializer.ts
+++ b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/serializedEvent/Deserializer.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { ProductActivated } from "../../creditCard/product/event/ProductActivate
 import { ProductDeactivated } from "../../creditCard/product/event/ProductDeactivated";
 import { ProductDefined } from "../../creditCard/product/event/ProductDefined";
 import { injectable } from "tsyringe";
-import { typeSafeCoercion } from "../util/TypeSafeCoercion";
 
 @injectable()
 export class Deserializer {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ export class Deserializer {
 
         switch (serializedEvent.event_name) {
             case 'CreditCard_Enrollment_EnrollmentRequested':
-                return typeSafeCoercion<EnrollmentRequested>(new EnrollmentRequested(
+                return new EnrollmentRequested(
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.event_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.aggregate_id),
                     this.parseNumber(serializedEvent.aggregate_version),
@@ -27,10 +26,10 @@ export class Deserializer {
                     this.parseString(payload.userId),
                     this.parseString(payload.productId),
                     this.parseNumber(payload.annualIncomeInCents)
-                ));
+                );
 
             case 'CreditCard_Enrollment_EnrollmentAccepted':
-                return typeSafeCoercion<EnrollmentAccepted>(new EnrollmentAccepted(
+                return new EnrollmentAccepted(
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.event_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.aggregate_id),
                     this.parseNumber(serializedEvent.aggregate_version),
@@ -39,10 +38,10 @@ export class Deserializer {
                     recordedOn,
                     this.parseString(payload.reasonCode),
                     this.parseString(payload.reasonDescription)
-                ));
+                );
 
             case 'CreditCard_Enrollment_EnrollmentDeclined':
-                return typeSafeCoercion<EnrollmentDeclined>(new EnrollmentDeclined(
+                return new EnrollmentDeclined(
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.event_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.aggregate_id),
                     this.parseNumber(serializedEvent.aggregate_version),
@@ -51,30 +50,30 @@ export class Deserializer {
                     recordedOn,
                     this.parseString(payload.reasonCode),
                     this.parseString(payload.reasonDescription)
-                ));
+                );
 
             case 'CreditCard_Product_ProductActivated':
-                return typeSafeCoercion<ProductActivated>(new ProductActivated(
+                return new ProductActivated(
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.event_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.aggregate_id),
                     this.parseNumber(serializedEvent.aggregate_version),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.correlation_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.causation_id),
                     recordedOn
-                ));
+                );
 
             case 'CreditCard_Product_ProductDeactivated':
-                return typeSafeCoercion<ProductDeactivated>(new ProductDeactivated(
+                return new ProductDeactivated(
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.event_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.aggregate_id),
                     this.parseNumber(serializedEvent.aggregate_version),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.correlation_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.causation_id),
                     recordedOn
-                ));
+                );
 
             case 'CreditCard_Product_ProductDefined':
-                return typeSafeCoercion<ProductDefined>(new ProductDefined(
+                return new ProductDefined(
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.event_id),
                     this.parseString(serializedEvent.aggregate_id),
                     this.parseNumber(serializedEvent.aggregate_version),
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@ export class Deserializer {
                     this.parseNumber(payload.maxBalanceTransferAllowedInCents),
                     this.parseString(payload.reward),
                     this.parseString(payload.cardBackgroundHex)
-                ));
+                );
 
             default:
                 throw new Error(`Unknown event type: ${serializedEvent.event_name}`);
diff --git a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/util/ParseWithValidation.ts b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/util/ParseWithValidation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef8074d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/util/ParseWithValidation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import {z} from 'zod';
+
+export class ValidationError extends Error {
+    constructor(
+        public readonly errors: z.ZodError
+    ) {
+        super('Validation failed');
+        this.name = 'ValidationError';
+    }
+}
+
+export function parseWithValidation<T>(data: unknown, schema?: z.ZodType<T>): T {
+    if (!schema) {
+        throw new Error('Schema must be provided');
+    }
+
+    try {
+        return schema.parse(data);
+    } catch (error) {
+        if (error instanceof z.ZodError) {
+            throw new ValidationError(error);
+        }
+        throw error;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/util/TypeSafeCoercion.ts b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/util/TypeSafeCoercion.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 670acda..0000000
--- a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/common/util/TypeSafeCoercion.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { z } from 'zod';
-
-export function typeSafeCoercion<T>(data: unknown): T {
-    const schema = z.custom<T>().transform((val) => val as T);
-    return schema.parse(data);
-}
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diff --git a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/EnrollmentCommandController.ts b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/EnrollmentCommandController.ts
index 9efb260..8f2b3f8 100644
--- a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/EnrollmentCommandController.ts
+++ b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/EnrollmentCommandController.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ import { PostgresTransactionalEventStore } from '../../../common/eventStore/Post
 import { MongoTransactionalProjectionOperator } from '../../../common/projection/MongoTransactionalProjectionOperator';
 import { RequestEnrollmentCommandHandler } from './RequestEnrollmentCommandHandler';
 import { RequestEnrollmentCommand } from './RequestEnrollmentCommand';
-import { RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest } from './RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest';
+import {requestEnrollmentHttpRequestSchema} from './RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest';
 import {inject, injectable} from "tsyringe";
-import {typeSafeCoercion} from "../../../common/util/TypeSafeCoercion";
+import {parseWithValidation} from "../../../common/util/ParseWithValidation";
 
 @injectable()
 export class EnrollmentCommandController extends CommandController {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class EnrollmentCommandController extends CommandController {
             return;
         }
 
-        const requestBody = typeSafeCoercion<RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest>(req.body);
+        const requestBody = parseWithValidation(req.body, requestEnrollmentHttpRequestSchema);
         const command = new RequestEnrollmentCommand(
             sessionToken,
             requestBody.productId,
diff --git a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest.ts b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest.ts
index b40693c..7a811f0 100644
--- a/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest.ts
+++ b/application/backend-credit-card-enrollment/backend-typescript/src/creditCard/enrollment/command/RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-export interface RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest {
-    productId: string;
-    annualIncomeInCents: number;
-}
+import { z } from 'zod';
+
+export const requestEnrollmentHttpRequestSchema = z.object({
+    productId: z.string(),
+    annualIncomeInCents: z.number().min(0, "Annual income cannot be negative").max(1_000_000_000, "Annual income is too high")
+});
+
+export type RequestEnrollmentHttpRequest = z.infer<typeof requestEnrollmentHttpRequestSchema>;
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