diff --git a/packages/core/src/config.ts b/packages/core/src/config.ts
index 59f87da8..a43a8179 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/config.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
+import { PartialDeep } from 'type-fest';
 import { shallowRef } from 'vue';
 import { getSiteLocale } from './i18n/getSiteLocale';
+import { merge } from '../../shared/src';
 
 interface Config {
   locale: string;
+  validation: {
+    disableHtmlValidation: boolean;
+  };
 }
 
 const currentConfig = shallowRef<Config>({
   locale: getSiteLocale(),
+  validation: {
+    disableHtmlValidation: false,
+  },
 });
 
-export function configure(config: Partial<Config>) {
-  currentConfig.value = {
-    ...currentConfig.value,
-    ...config,
-  };
+export function configure(config: PartialDeep<Config>) {
+  currentConfig.value = merge({ ...currentConfig.value }, config);
 }
 
 export function getConfig() {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useCheckbox/useCheckbox.ts b/packages/core/src/useCheckbox/useCheckbox.ts
index 54c18dfe..5cee752a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useCheckbox/useCheckbox.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useCheckbox/useCheckbox.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ export interface CheckboxProps<TValue = string> {
   indeterminate?: boolean;
 
   schema?: TypedSchema<TValue>;
+
+  disableHtmlValidation?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface CheckboxDomInputProps extends AriaLabelableProps, InputBaseAttributes {
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ export function useCheckbox<TValue = string>(
   const group: CheckboxGroupContext<TValue> | null = inject(CheckboxGroupKey, null);
   const inputRef = elementRef || ref<HTMLElement>();
   const field = useCheckboxField(props);
-  useInputValidity({ inputRef, field });
+  useInputValidity({ inputRef, field, disableHtmlValidation: props.disableHtmlValidation });
   const { fieldValue, isTouched, setTouched, setValue, errorMessage, setErrors } = field;
 
   const checked = computed({
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useForm/useForm.ts b/packages/core/src/useForm/useForm.ts
index 1bcbdc46..f336ba27 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useForm/useForm.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useForm/useForm.ts
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ import { FormTransactionManager, useFormTransactions } from './useFormTransactio
 import { useFormActions } from './useFormActions';
 import { useFormSnapshots } from './formSnapshot';
 import { findLeaf } from '../utils/path';
+import { getConfig } from '../config';
 
 export interface FormOptions<TForm extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput extends FormObject = TForm> {
   id: string;
   initialValues: MaybeGetter<MaybeAsync<TForm>>;
   initialTouched: TouchedSchema<TForm>;
   schema: TypedSchema<TForm, TOutput>;
+  disableHtmlValidation: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface FormContext<TForm extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput extends FormObject = TForm>
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export interface FormContext<TForm extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput exte
     FormTransactionManager<TForm> {
   requestValidation(): Promise<FormValidationResult<TOutput>>;
   onSubmitAttempt(cb: () => void): void;
+  isHtmlValidationDisabled(): boolean;
   onValidationDispatch(
     cb: (enqueue: (promise: Promise<ValidationResult | GroupValidationResult>) => void) => void,
   ): void;
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ export function useForm<TForm extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput extends F
     schema: opts?.schema,
   });
 
+  const isHtmlValidationDisabled = () => opts?.disableHtmlValidation ?? getConfig().validation.disableHtmlValidation;
   const values = reactive(cloneDeep(valuesSnapshot.originals.value)) as TForm;
   const touched = reactive(cloneDeep(touchedSnapshot.originals.value)) as TouchedSchema<TForm>;
   const disabled = {} as DisabledSchema<TForm>;
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@ export function useForm<TForm extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput extends F
     ...ctx,
     ...transactionsManager,
     ...privateActions,
+    isHtmlValidationDisabled,
   } as FormContext<TForm, TOutput>);
 
   if (ctx.getValidationMode() === 'schema') {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.spec.ts b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.spec.ts
index 34e23929..4acb1f70 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useTextField } from '../useTextField';
 import { useForm } from '../useForm';
 import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/vue';
 import { flush } from '@test-utils/flush';
+import { configure } from '../config';
 
 function createInputComponent(): Component {
   return {
@@ -13,7 +14,12 @@ function createInputComponent(): Component {
     setup: (_, { attrs }) => {
       const name = (attrs.name || 'test') as string;
       const schema = attrs.schema as TypedSchema<any>;
-      const { errorMessage, inputProps } = useTextField({ name, label: name, schema });
+      const { errorMessage, inputProps } = useTextField({
+        name,
+        label: name,
+        schema,
+        disableHtmlValidation: attrs.disableHtmlValidation as any,
+      });
 
       return { errorMessage: errorMessage, inputProps, name, attrs };
     },
@@ -30,7 +36,7 @@ function createGroupComponent(fn?: (fg: ReturnType<typeof useFormGroup>) => void
     setup: (_, { attrs }) => {
       const name = (attrs.name || 'test') as string;
       const schema = attrs.schema as TypedSchema<any>;
-      const fg = useFormGroup({ name, label: name, schema });
+      const fg = useFormGroup({ name, label: name, schema, disableHtmlValidation: attrs.disableHtmlValidation as any });
       fn?.(fg);
 
       return {};
@@ -384,3 +390,136 @@ test('submission combines group data with form data', async () => {
     third: 'third',
   });
 });
+
+describe('disabling HTML validation', () => {
+  test('can be disabled on the group level', async () => {
+    await render({
+      components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent() },
+      setup() {
+        useForm();
+
+        return {};
+      },
+      template: `
+        <TGroup :disableHtmlValidation="true">
+          <TInput name="field1" :required="true" />
+        </TGroup>
+
+        <TInput name="field2" :required="true" />
+      `,
+    });
+
+    await flush();
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field1'));
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field2'));
+
+    const errors = screen.getAllByTestId('err');
+    expect(errors[0]).toHaveTextContent('');
+    expect(errors[1]).toHaveTextContent('Constraints not satisfied');
+  });
+
+  test('can be disabled on the form level', async () => {
+    await render({
+      components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent() },
+      setup() {
+        useForm({ disableHtmlValidation: true });
+
+        return {};
+      },
+      template: `
+        <TGroup>
+          <TInput name="field1" :required="true" />
+        </TGroup>
+
+        <TInput name="field2" :required="true" />
+
+        <TGroup :disableHtmlValidation="false">
+          <TInput name="field3" :required="true" />
+        </TGroup>
+      `,
+    });
+
+    await flush();
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field1'));
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field2'));
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field3'));
+
+    const errors = screen.getAllByTestId('err');
+    expect(errors[0]).toHaveTextContent('');
+    expect(errors[1]).toHaveTextContent('');
+    expect(errors[2]).toHaveTextContent('Constraints not satisfied');
+  });
+
+  test('can be disabled on the field level', async () => {
+    await render({
+      components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent() },
+      setup() {
+        useForm();
+
+        return {};
+      },
+      template: `
+        <TGroup>
+          <TInput name="field1" :required="true" />
+          <TInput name="field2" :required="true" :disableHtmlValidation="true" />
+        </TGroup>
+
+        <TInput name="field3" :required="true" :disableHtmlValidation="true" />
+      `,
+    });
+
+    await flush();
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field1'));
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field2'));
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field3'));
+
+    const errors = screen.getAllByTestId('err');
+    expect(errors[0]).toHaveTextContent('Constraints not satisfied');
+    expect(errors[1]).toHaveTextContent('');
+    expect(errors[2]).toHaveTextContent('');
+  });
+
+  test('can be disabled globally and overridden', async () => {
+    configure({
+      validation: {
+        disableHtmlValidation: true,
+      },
+    });
+
+    await render({
+      components: { TInput: createInputComponent(), TGroup: createGroupComponent() },
+      setup() {
+        useForm({ disableHtmlValidation: true });
+
+        return {};
+      },
+      template: `
+        <TGroup>
+          <TInput name="field1" :required="true" />
+        </TGroup>
+
+        <TInput name="field2" :required="true" />
+
+        <TGroup :disableHtmlValidation="false">
+          <TInput name="field3" :required="true" />
+        </TGroup>
+      `,
+    });
+
+    await flush();
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field1'));
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field2'));
+    await fireEvent.touch(screen.getByTestId('field3'));
+
+    const errors = screen.getAllByTestId('err');
+    expect(errors[0]).toHaveTextContent('');
+    expect(errors[1]).toHaveTextContent('');
+    expect(errors[2]).toHaveTextContent('Constraints not satisfied');
+
+    configure({
+      validation: {
+        disableHtmlValidation: false,
+      },
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts
index c39c7f08..ca8e406b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useFormGroup/useFormGroup.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ import { FormKey } from '../useForm';
 import { useValidationProvider } from '../validation/useValidationProvider';
 import { FormValidationMode } from '../useForm/formContext';
 import { prefixPath as _prefixPath } from '../utils/path';
+import { getConfig } from '@core/config';
 
 export interface FormGroupProps<TInput extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput extends FormObject = TInput> {
   name: string;
   label?: string;
   schema?: TypedSchema<TInput, TOutput>;
+  disableHtmlValidation?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface GroupProps extends AriaLabelableProps {
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ interface FormGroupContext<TOutput extends FormObject = FormObject> {
   onValidationDispatch(cb: (enqueue: (promise: Promise<ValidationResult>) => void) => void): void;
   requestValidation(): Promise<GroupValidationResult<TOutput>>;
   getValidationMode(): FormValidationMode;
+  isHtmlValidationDisabled(): boolean;
 }
 
 export const FormGroupKey: InjectionKey<FormGroupContext> = Symbol('FormGroup');
@@ -58,6 +61,10 @@ export function useFormGroup<TInput extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput ext
   const getPath = () => toValue(props.name);
   const groupRef = elementRef || shallowRef<HTMLInputElement>();
   const form = inject(FormKey, null);
+  const isHtmlValidationDisabled = () =>
+    toValue(props.disableHtmlValidation) ??
+    form?.isHtmlValidationDisabled() ??
+    getConfig().validation.disableHtmlValidation;
   const { validate, onValidationDispatch, defineValidationRequest } = useValidationProvider({
     getValues,
     getPath,
@@ -138,6 +145,7 @@ export function useFormGroup<TInput extends FormObject = FormObject, TOutput ext
     onValidationDispatch,
     requestValidation,
     getValidationMode: () => (props.schema ? 'schema' : 'aggregate'),
+    isHtmlValidationDisabled,
   };
 
   // Whenever the form is validated, it is deferred to the form group to do that.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useNumberField/useNumberField.ts b/packages/core/src/useNumberField/useNumberField.ts
index a6cdcf91..717a7d3f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useNumberField/useNumberField.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useNumberField/useNumberField.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export interface NumberFieldProps {
   formatOptions?: Intl.NumberFormatOptions;
 
   schema?: TypedSchema<number>;
+
+  disableHtmlValidation?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function useNumberField(
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ export function useNumberField(
     schema: props.schema,
   });
 
-  const { validityDetails } = useInputValidity({ inputRef, field });
+  const { validityDetails } = useInputValidity({ inputRef, field, disableHtmlValidation: props.disableHtmlValidation });
   const { displayError } = useErrorDisplay(field);
   const { fieldValue, setValue, setTouched, isTouched, errorMessage } = field;
   const formattedText = computed<string>(() => {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useRadio/useRadioGroup.ts b/packages/core/src/useRadio/useRadioGroup.ts
index 4d4ee8bf..0c6d1693 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useRadio/useRadioGroup.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useRadio/useRadioGroup.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface RadioGroupContext<TValue> {
   required: boolean;
 
   readonly modelValue: TValue | undefined;
+
   setErrors(message: Arrayable<string>): void;
   setValue(value: TValue): void;
   setTouched(touched: boolean): void;
@@ -59,6 +60,8 @@ export interface RadioGroupProps<TValue = string> {
   required?: boolean;
 
   schema?: TypedSchema<TValue>;
+
+  disableHtmlValidation?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface RadioGroupDomProps extends AriaLabelableProps, AriaDescribableProps, AriaValidatableProps {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useSearchField/useSearchField.ts b/packages/core/src/useSearchField/useSearchField.ts
index 57a70110..af055acd 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useSearchField/useSearchField.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useSearchField/useSearchField.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export interface SearchFieldProps {
   schema?: TypedSchema<string>;
 
   onSubmit?: (value: string) => void;
+
+  disableHtmlValidation?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function useSearchField(
@@ -71,7 +73,11 @@ export function useSearchField(
     schema: props.schema,
   });
 
-  const { validityDetails, updateValidity } = useInputValidity({ inputRef, field });
+  const { validityDetails, updateValidity } = useInputValidity({
+    inputRef,
+    field,
+    disableHtmlValidation: props.disableHtmlValidation,
+  });
   const { displayError } = useErrorDisplay(field);
   const { fieldValue, setValue, isTouched, setTouched, errorMessage, isValid, errors } = field;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useSwitch/useSwitch.ts b/packages/core/src/useSwitch/useSwitch.ts
index 9607a54f..da65e48c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useSwitch/useSwitch.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useSwitch/useSwitch.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ export type SwitchProps = {
   falseValue?: unknown;
 
   schema?: TypedSchema<unknown>;
+
+  disableHtmlValidation?: boolean;
 };
 
 export function useSwitch(_props: Reactivify<SwitchProps, 'schema'>, elementRef?: Ref<HTMLInputElement>) {
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ export function useSwitch(_props: Reactivify<SwitchProps, 'schema'>, elementRef?
     schema: props.schema,
   });
 
-  useInputValidity({ field, inputRef });
+  useInputValidity({ field, inputRef, disableHtmlValidation: props.disableHtmlValidation });
   const { fieldValue, setValue, isTouched, setTouched, errorMessage } = field;
   const { errorMessageProps, accessibleErrorProps } = createAccessibleErrorMessageProps({
     inputId,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/useTextField/useTextField.ts b/packages/core/src/useTextField/useTextField.ts
index 31de4397..2f7cf900 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/useTextField/useTextField.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/useTextField/useTextField.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ export interface TextFieldProps {
   disabled?: boolean;
 
   schema?: TypedSchema<string>;
+
+  disableHtmlValidation?: boolean;
 }
 
 export function useTextField(
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ export function useTextField(
     schema: props.schema,
   });
 
-  const { validityDetails } = useInputValidity({ inputRef, field });
+  const { validityDetails } = useInputValidity({ inputRef, field, disableHtmlValidation: props.disableHtmlValidation });
   const { displayError } = useErrorDisplay(field);
   const { fieldValue, setValue, isTouched, setTouched, errorMessage, isValid, errors, setErrors } = field;
   const { labelProps, labelledByProps } = useLabel({
diff --git a/packages/core/src/validation/useInputValidity.ts b/packages/core/src/validation/useInputValidity.ts
index 1f553eeb..cf2fd353 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/validation/useInputValidity.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/validation/useInputValidity.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-import { Ref, inject, nextTick, onMounted, shallowRef, watch } from 'vue';
+import { Ref, inject, nextTick, onMounted, shallowRef, watch, MaybeRefOrGetter, toValue } from 'vue';
 import { useEventListener } from '../helpers/useEventListener';
 import { FormKey } from '../useForm';
 import { Maybe, ValidationResult } from '../types';
 import { FormField } from '../useFormField';
 import { isInputElement, normalizeArrayable } from '../utils/common';
 import { FormGroupKey } from '../useFormGroup';
+import { getConfig } from '../config';
 
 interface InputValidityOptions {
   inputRef?: Ref<Maybe<HTMLElement>>;
+  disableHtmlValidation?: MaybeRefOrGetter<boolean | undefined>;
   field: FormField<any>;
   events?: string[];
 }
@@ -18,6 +20,10 @@ export function useInputValidity(opts: InputValidityOptions) {
   const { setErrors, errorMessage, schema, validate: validateField, getPath } = opts.field;
   const validityDetails = shallowRef<ValidityState>();
   useMessageCustomValiditySync(errorMessage, opts.inputRef);
+  const isHtmlValidationDisabled = () =>
+    toValue(opts.disableHtmlValidation) ??
+    (formGroup || form)?.isHtmlValidationDisabled() ??
+    getConfig().validation.disableHtmlValidation;
 
   function validateNative(mutate?: boolean): ValidationResult {
     const baseReturns: Omit<ValidationResult, 'errors' | 'isValid'> = {
@@ -26,7 +32,7 @@ export function useInputValidity(opts: InputValidityOptions) {
     };
 
     const inputEl = opts.inputRef?.value;
-    if (!isInputElement(inputEl)) {
+    if (!isInputElement(inputEl) || isHtmlValidationDisabled()) {
       return {
         ...baseReturns,
         isValid: true,