diff --git a/menuinst/_schema.py b/menuinst/_schema.py
index 522c6ef6..41e13799 100644
--- a/menuinst/_schema.py
+++ b/menuinst/_schema.py
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@
 from pprint import pprint
 from typing import Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
 
-from pydantic import BaseModel as _BaseModel
-from pydantic import Field, conlist, constr
+try:
+    from pydantic.v1 import BaseModel as _BaseModel
+    from pydantic.v1 import Field, conlist, constr
+except ImportError:
+    # pydantic v1
+    from pydantic import BaseModel as _BaseModel
+    from pydantic import Field, conlist, constr
+
 
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/news/169-pydantic b/news/169-pydantic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f55ae5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/169-pydantic
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Enhancements
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Deprecations
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Docs
+
+* <news item>
+
+### Other
+
+* Add support for `pydantic` v2 in `menuinst._schema`. (#166 via #169)
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index d36db425..e2c8b621 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test:
     - conda
     - pytest
     - pytest-cov
-    - pydantic <2.0a0
+    - pydantic
     - hypothesis
     - hypothesis-jsonschema
   source_files:
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 5b82fa09..069186a1 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 python
 pip
 conda
-pydantic<2.0a0
+pydantic
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 hypothesis
diff --git a/tests/test_schema.py b/tests/test_schema.py
index 6819c1b7..32e86e2c 100644
--- a/tests/test_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_schema.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 
 # from hypothesis import given, settings, HealthCheck
 # from hypothesis_jsonschema import from_schema
-from pydantic import ValidationError
+from pydantic import ValidationError as ValidationErrorV2
+from pydantic.v1 import ValidationError as ValidationErrorV1
 
 from menuinst._schema import BasePlatformSpecific, MenuItem, validate
 
@@ -14,10 +15,12 @@
 #     assert value
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("path", (DATA / "jsons").glob("*.json"))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path", [pytest.param(path, id=path.name) for path in sorted((DATA / "jsons").glob("*.json"))]
+)
 def test_examples(path):
     if "invalid" in path.name:
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        with pytest.raises((ValidationErrorV1, ValidationErrorV2)):
             assert validate(path)
     else:
         assert validate(path)