diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/file_management/toolkit.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/file_management/toolkit.py
index 866bd59c0f5..bfcb77ba2c0 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/file_management/toolkit.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/file_management/toolkit.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class FileManagementToolkit(BaseToolkit):
     selected_tools: Optional[List[str]] = None
     """If provided, only provide the selected tools. Defaults to all."""
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_tools(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         selected_tools = values.get("selected_tools") or []
         for tool_name in selected_tools:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/playwright/toolkit.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/playwright/toolkit.py
index 40b4c411491..28ccf1aabb1 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/playwright/toolkit.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/agent_toolkits/playwright/toolkit.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class PlayWrightBrowserToolkit(BaseToolkit):
         extra = Extra.forbid
         arbitrary_types_allowed = True
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_imports_and_browser_provided(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         """Check that the arguments are valid."""
         lazy_import_playwright_browsers()
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/docugami.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/docugami.py
index fbbda405f90..7082b219652 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/docugami.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/docugami.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class DocugamiLoader(BaseLoader, BaseModel):
     include_project_metadata_in_doc_metadata: bool = True
     """Set to True if you want to include the project metadata in the doc metadata."""
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_local_or_remote(cls, values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Validate that either local file paths are given, or remote API docset ID.
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/dropbox.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/dropbox.py
index fb76043c138..f2a7b603cef 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/dropbox.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/dropbox.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DropboxLoader(BaseLoader, BaseModel):
     recursive: bool = False
     """Flag to indicate whether to load files recursively from subfolders."""
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_inputs(cls, values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Validate that either folder_path or file_paths is set, but not both."""
         if (
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/googledrive.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/googledrive.py
index 4e51b71cc63..b7a072059e6 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/googledrive.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/googledrive.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class GoogleDriveLoader(BaseLoader, BaseModel):
     file_loader_kwargs: Dict["str", Any] = {}
     """The file loader kwargs to use."""
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_inputs(cls, values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """Validate that either folder_id or document_ids is set, but not both."""
         if values.get("folder_id") and (
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/youtube.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/youtube.py
index 3c16a0706a4..ccab3f7227e 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/youtube.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/youtube.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class GoogleApiClient:
     def __post_init__(self) -> None:
         self.creds = self._load_credentials()
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_channel_or_videoIds_is_set(
         cls, values: Dict[str, Any]
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ class GoogleApiYoutubeLoader(BaseLoader):
 
         return build("youtube", "v3", credentials=creds)
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_channel_or_videoIds_is_set(
         cls, values: Dict[str, Any]
     ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/ascend.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/ascend.py
index 4e71635663f..7512599bc53 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/ascend.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/embeddings/ascend.py
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ class AscendEmbeddings(Embeddings, BaseModel):
             self.model.half()
         self.encode([f"warmup {i} times" for i in range(10)])
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
+        if "model_path" not in values:
+            raise ValueError("model_path is required")
         if not os.access(values["model_path"], os.F_OK):
             raise FileNotFoundError(
                 f"Unabled to find valid model path in [{values['model_path']}]"
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/edenai/audio_text_to_speech.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/edenai/audio_text_to_speech.py
index fad670e0f3f..421d06f5b00 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/edenai/audio_text_to_speech.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/edenai/audio_text_to_speech.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class EdenAiTextToSpeechTool(EdenaiTool):
             )
         return v
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def check_voice_models_key_is_provider_name(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         for key in values.get("voice_models", {}).keys():
             if key not in values.get("providers", []):
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/base.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/base.py
index 5fab5a29026..f06b964e4d2 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/base.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/base.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class BaseBrowserTool(BaseTool):
     sync_browser: Optional["SyncBrowser"] = None
     async_browser: Optional["AsyncBrowser"] = None
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_browser_provided(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         """Check that the arguments are valid."""
         lazy_import_playwright_browsers()
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_hyperlinks.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_hyperlinks.py
index 9c6f64911cc..3cac3c496b3 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_hyperlinks.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_hyperlinks.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ExtractHyperlinksTool(BaseBrowserTool):
     description: str = "Extract all hyperlinks on the current webpage"
     args_schema: Type[BaseModel] = ExtractHyperlinksToolInput
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def check_bs_import(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         """Check that the arguments are valid."""
         try:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_text.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_text.py
index 4f01ea925d0..0cf112b0fb2 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_text.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/playwright/extract_text.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class ExtractTextTool(BaseBrowserTool):
     description: str = "Extract all the text on the current webpage"
     args_schema: Type[BaseModel] = BaseModel
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def check_acheck_bs_importrgs(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         """Check that the arguments are valid."""
         try:
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/shell/tool.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/shell/tool.py
index cb3e941ec63..cbc77ea16ff 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/shell/tool.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/shell/tool.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class ShellInput(BaseModel):
     )
     """List of shell commands to run."""
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def _validate_commands(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         """Validate commands."""
         # TODO: Add real validators
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/zapier/tool.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/zapier/tool.py
index e5bb3c36599..7cc97132a7c 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/zapier/tool.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/tools/zapier/tool.py
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ from langchain_core.callbacks import (
     AsyncCallbackManagerForToolRun,
     CallbackManagerForToolRun,
 )
-from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field, root_validator
+from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import Field
 from langchain_core.tools import BaseTool
+from langchain_core.utils import pre_init
 
 from langchain_community.tools.zapier.prompt import BASE_ZAPIER_TOOL_PROMPT
 from langchain_community.utilities.zapier import ZapierNLAWrapper
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ class ZapierNLARunAction(BaseTool):
     name: str = ""
     description: str = ""
 
-    @root_validator
+    @pre_init
     def set_name_description(cls, values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         zapier_description = values["zapier_description"]
         params_schema = values["params_schema"]
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/steam.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/steam.py
index 778c3c6870e..1110382ae60 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/steam.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/steam.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class SteamWebAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
         """Return a list of operations."""
         return self.operations
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
     def validate_environment(cls, values: dict) -> dict:
         """Validate api key and python package has been configured."""
 
diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/you.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/you.py
index 98cca924727..1cd17bdc556 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/you.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/utilities/you.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class YouSearchAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
 
         return values
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=False, skip_on_failure=True)
     def warn_if_set_fields_have_no_effect(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         if values["endpoint_type"] != "news":
             news_api_fields = ("search_lang", "ui_lang", "spellcheck")
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class YouSearchAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
                 )
         return values
 
-    @root_validator
+    @root_validator(pre=False, skip_on_failure=True)
     def warn_if_deprecated_endpoints_are_used(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         if values["endpoint_type"] == "snippets":
             warnings.warn(
diff --git a/libs/community/scripts/check_pydantic.sh b/libs/community/scripts/check_pydantic.sh
index 06b5bb81ae2..518338d377d 100755
--- a/libs/community/scripts/check_pydantic.sh
+++ b/libs/community/scripts/check_pydantic.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fi
 repository_path="$1"
 
 # Search for lines matching the pattern within the specified repository
-result=$(git -C "$repository_path" grep -E '^import pydantic|^from pydantic')
+result=$(git -C "$repository_path" grep -En '^import pydantic|^from pydantic')
 
 # Check if any matching lines were found
 if [ -n "$result" ]; then
@@ -25,3 +25,20 @@ if [ -n "$result" ]; then
   echo "with 'from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import BaseModel'"
   exit 1
 fi
+
+# Forbid vanilla usage of @root_validator
+# This prevents the code from using either @root_validator or @root_validator()
+# Search for lines matching the pattern within the specified repository
+result=$(git -C "$repository_path" grep -En '(@root_validator\s*$)|(@root_validator\(\))' -- '*.py')
+
+# Check if any matching lines were found
+if [ -n "$result" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: The following lines need to be updated:"
+  echo
+  echo "$result"
+  echo
+  echo "Please replace @root_validator or @root_validator() with either:"
+  echo
+  echo "@root_validator(pre=True) or @root_validator(pre=False, skip_on_failure=True)"
+  exit 1
+fi