diff --git a/.changeset/some-friends-tie.md b/.changeset/some-friends-tie.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2ee3996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/some-friends-tie.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@hono/zod-openapi': patch
+---
+
+Run validators before route middleware.
diff --git a/packages/zod-openapi/src/index.ts b/packages/zod-openapi/src/index.ts
index 6e477c34..065b01e6 100644
--- a/packages/zod-openapi/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/zod-openapi/src/index.ts
@@ -550,8 +550,8 @@ export class OpenAPIHono<
     this.on(
       [route.method],
       route.path.replaceAll(/\/{(.+?)}/g, '/:$1'),
-      ...middleware,
       ...validators,
+      ...middleware,
       handler
     )
     return this