diff --git a/netbox/utilities/api.py b/netbox/utilities/api.py
index a474725e5..1b25f9ae9 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/api.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/api.py
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ class WritableNestedSerializer(ModelSerializer):
     """
     Returns a nested representation of an object on read, but accepts only a primary key on write.
     """
+    def run_validators(self, value):
+        # DRF v3.8.2: Skip running validators on the data, since we only accept an integer PK instead of a dict. For
+        # more context, see:
+        #  https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/pull/5922/commits/2227bc47f8b287b66775948ffb60b2d9378ac84f
+        #  https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/issues/6053
+        return
+
     def to_internal_value(self, data):
         if data is None:
             return None
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8fc83c4d7..4d1c3567e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ django-tables2==1.21.2
 django-taggit==0.22.2
 django-taggit-serializer==0.1.7
 django-timezone-field==2.1
-djangorestframework==3.8.1
+djangorestframework==3.8.2
 drf-yasg[validation]==1.9.2
 graphviz==0.8.4
 Markdown==2.6.11