diff --git a/BTCPayServer.Tests/GreenfieldAPITests.cs b/BTCPayServer.Tests/GreenfieldAPITests.cs
index 31f9a7855..be441952e 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer.Tests/GreenfieldAPITests.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer.Tests/GreenfieldAPITests.cs
@@ -1675,6 +1675,9 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Tests
             Assert.NotNull(info.InactiveChannelsCount);
             Assert.NotNull(info.PendingChannelsCount);
 
+            var gex = await AssertAPIError("lightning-node-unavailable", () => chargeClient.ConnectToLightningNode("BTC", new ConnectToNodeRequest(NodeInfo.Parse($"{new Key().PubKey.ToHex()}@localhost:3827"))));
+            Assert.Contains("NotSupported", gex.Message);
+
             await AssertAPIError("lightning-node-unavailable", () => chargeClient.GetLightningNodeChannels("BTC"));
             // Not permission for the store!
             await AssertAPIError("missing-permission", () => chargeClient.GetLightningNodeChannels(user.StoreId, "BTC"));
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj b/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj
index afead83ea..4d36db9b7 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj
+++ b/BTCPayServer/BTCPayServer.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
- <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
+ <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
   <Import Project="../Build/Version.csproj" Condition="Exists('../Build/Version.csproj')" />
   <Import Project="../Build/Common.csproj" />
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="BIP78.Sender" Version="0.2.2" />
     <PackageReference Include="BTCPayServer.Hwi" Version="2.0.2" />
-    <PackageReference Include="BTCPayServer.Lightning.All" Version="1.4.6" />
+    <PackageReference Include="BTCPayServer.Lightning.All" Version="1.4.7" />
     <PackageReference Include="CsvHelper" Version="15.0.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Dapper" Version="2.0.123" />
     <PackageReference Include="Fido2" Version="2.0.2" />
diff --git a/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs b/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs
index e7ec70c02..b3d776540 100644
--- a/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs
+++ b/BTCPayServer/Hosting/BTCPayServerServices.cs
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ namespace BTCPayServer.Hosting
 
             services.AddSingleton<IObjectModelValidator, SkippableObjectValidatorProvider>();
             services.SkipModelValidation<RootedKeyPath>();
+            services.SkipModelValidation<NodeInfo>();
 
             if (configuration.GetOrDefault<bool>("cheatmode", false))
             {