diff --git a/poem-openapi/src/validation/max_length.rs b/poem-openapi/src/validation/max_length.rs
index 57cf287e58..8bd0b9a10a 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/src/validation/max_length.rs
+++ b/poem-openapi/src/validation/max_length.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ impl MaxLength {
 impl<T: AsRef<str>> Validator<T> for MaxLength {
     #[inline]
     fn check(&self, value: &T) -> bool {
-        value.as_ref().len() <= self.len
+        value.as_ref().chars().nth(self.len).is_none()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/poem-openapi/src/validation/min_length.rs b/poem-openapi/src/validation/min_length.rs
index e51a8184de..2bc7fed9e8 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/src/validation/min_length.rs
+++ b/poem-openapi/src/validation/min_length.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ impl MinLength {
 impl<T: AsRef<str>> Validator<T> for MinLength {
     #[inline]
     fn check(&self, value: &T) -> bool {
-        value.as_ref().len() >= self.len
+        self.len == 0 || value.as_ref().chars().nth(self.len - 1).is_some()
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/poem-openapi/tests/validation.rs b/poem-openapi/tests/validation.rs
index 358bbad137..9ab1282ac5 100644
--- a/poem-openapi/tests/validation.rs
+++ b/poem-openapi/tests/validation.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ fn test_max_length() {
             value: "abcd".to_string()
         }
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        A::parse_from_json(Some(json!({ "value": "abcde" }))).unwrap(),
+        A {
+            value: "abcde".to_string()
+        }
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        A::parse_from_json(Some(json!({ "value": "שלום!" }))).unwrap(),
+        A {
+            value: "שלום!".to_string()
+        }
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         A::parse_from_json(Some(json!({ "value": "abcdef" })))
             .unwrap_err()
@@ -147,6 +159,12 @@ fn test_min_length() {
         value: String,
     }
 
+    assert_eq!(
+        A::parse_from_json(Some(json!({ "value": "abcde" }))).unwrap(),
+        A {
+            value: "abcde".to_string()
+        }
+    );
     assert_eq!(
         A::parse_from_json(Some(json!({ "value": "abcdef" }))).unwrap(),
         A {
@@ -159,6 +177,12 @@ fn test_min_length() {
             .into_message(),
         "failed to parse \"A\": field `value` verification failed. minLength(5)"
     );
+    assert_eq!(
+        A::parse_from_json(Some(json!({ "value": "שלום" })))
+            .unwrap_err()
+            .into_message(),
+        "failed to parse \"A\": field `value` verification failed. minLength(5)"
+    );
 
     let mut schema = MetaSchema::new("string");
     validation::MinLength::new(10).update_meta(&mut schema);