diff --git a/src/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandler.php b/src/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandler.php
index 9ca7c37..694e613 100644
--- a/src/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandler.php
+++ b/src/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandler.php
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ public function __construct(mixed ...$args)
     #[\Override]
     public function handle(Request $request): StructuredResponse
     {
-        $this->appendMessageForJsonMode($request);
+        if (! $request->providerOptions('validated_schema')) {
+            $this->appendMessageForJsonMode($request);
+        }
 
         $this->sendRequest($request);
 
@@ -82,6 +84,21 @@ public static function buildPayload(Request $request): array
             'promptVariables' => $request->providerOptions('promptVariables'),
             'requestMetadata' => $request->providerOptions('requestMetadata'),
             'system' => MessageMap::mapSystemMessages($request->systemPrompts()),
+            ...($request->providerOptions('validated_schema')
+                ? [
+                    'outputConfig' => [
+                        'textFormat' => [
+                            'type' => 'json_schema',
+                            'structure' => [
+                                'jsonSchema' => [
+                                    'schema' => json_encode($request->schema()->toArray()),
+                                    'name' => $request->schema()->name(),
+                                    'description' => 'The output schema',
+                                ],
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ] : []),
         ]);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/converse/structured-validated-schema-1.json b/tests/Fixtures/converse/structured-validated-schema-1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f9f8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/converse/structured-validated-schema-1.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"metrics":{"latencyMs":2548},"output":{"message":{"content":[{"text":"{\"weather\":\"70º\",\"game_time\":\"3pm\",\"coat_required\":false}"}],"role":"assistant"}},"stopReason":"end_turn","usage":{"cacheReadInputTokenCount":0,"cacheReadInputTokens":0,"cacheWriteInputTokenCount":0,"cacheWriteInputTokens":0,"inputTokens":273,"outputTokens":22,"serverToolUsage":{},"totalTokens":295}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandlerTest.php b/tests/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandlerTest.php
index ae3e9d5..5f5b5c5 100644
--- a/tests/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Schemas/Converse/ConverseStructuredHandlerTest.php
@@ -200,3 +200,48 @@
         ],
     ])->not()->toHaveKey('guardRailConfig'));
 });
+
+it('uses validated results when flag is set in provider options', function () {
+    FixtureResponse::fakeResponseSequence('converse', 'converse/structured-validated-schema');
+
+    $schema = new ObjectSchema(
+        'output',
+        'the output object',
+        [
+            new StringSchema('weather', 'The weather forecast'),
+            new StringSchema('game_time', 'The tigers game time'),
+            new BooleanSchema('coat_required', 'whether a coat is required'),
+        ],
+        ['weather', 'game_time', 'coat_required']
+    );
+
+    $response = Prism::structured()
+        ->withSchema($schema)
+        ->using('bedrock', 'us.anthropic.claude-haiku-4-5-20251001-v1:0')
+        ->withProviderOptions(['apiSchema' => BedrockSchema::Converse, 'validated_schema' => true])
+        ->withSystemPrompt('The tigers game is at 3pm and the temperature will be 70º')
+        ->withPrompt('What time is the tigers game today and should I wear a coat?')
+        ->asStructured();
+
+    expect($response->structured)->toBeArray();
+    expect($response->structured)->toHaveKeys([
+        'weather',
+        'game_time',
+        'coat_required',
+    ]);
+
+    Http::assertSent(fn (Request $request): \Pest\Mixins\Expectation|\Pest\Expectation => expect($request->data())->toMatchArray([
+        'outputConfig' => [
+            'textFormat' => [
+                'type' => 'json_schema',
+                'structure' => [
+                    'jsonSchema' => [
+                        'schema' => json_encode($schema->toArray()),
+                        'name' => $schema->name(),
+                        'description' => 'The output schema',
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ],
+    ]));
+});