diff --git a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts
index 9643ece2..c1a8415d 100644
--- a/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts
+++ b/src/process/validation/rules/__tests__/validateAvailableItems.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { expect } from 'chai';
 
 import { FieldError } from 'error';
-import { RadioComponent, SelectComponent } from 'types';
+import { RadioComponent, SelectBoxesComponent, SelectComponent } from 'types';
 import {
   simpleRadioField,
   simpleSelectBoxes,
@@ -577,4 +577,106 @@ describe('validateAvailableItems', function () {
     expect(result).to.be.instanceOf(FieldError);
     expect(result?.errorKeyOrMessage).to.equal('invalidOption');
   });
+
+  it('Validating a simple static values select boxes component with the available items validation parameter will return null if the selected item is valid', async function () {
+    const component: SelectBoxesComponent = {
+      ...simpleSelectBoxes,
+      validate: { onlyAvailableItems: true },
+    };
+    const data = {
+      component: {
+        foo: true,
+        bar: false,
+        baz: true,
+        biz: false,
+      },
+    };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+    const result = await validateAvailableItems(context);
+    expect(result).to.equal(null);
+  });
+
+  it('Validating a simple static values select boxes component with the available items validation parameter will return FieldError if the selected item is invalid', async function () {
+    const component: SelectBoxesComponent = {
+      ...simpleSelectBoxes,
+      validate: { onlyAvailableItems: true },
+    };
+    const data = {
+      component: {
+        foo: true,
+        bar: false,
+        baz: true,
+        biz: false,
+        new: true,
+        test: false
+      },
+    };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+    const result = await validateAvailableItems(context);
+    expect(result).to.be.instanceOf(FieldError);
+    expect(result?.errorKeyOrMessage).to.equal('invalidOption');
+  });
+
+  it('Validating a select boxes component with url data source with the available items validation parameter will return FieldError if the selected item is invalid', async function () {
+    const component: SelectBoxesComponent = {
+      ...simpleSelectBoxes,
+      dataSrc: 'url',
+      data: {
+        url: 'http://localhost:8080/numbers',
+        headers: [],
+      },
+      validate: { onlyAvailableItems: true },
+    };
+    const data = {
+      component: {
+        one: true,
+        two: false,
+        three: true
+      },
+    };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+
+    context.fetch = () => {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        ok: true,
+        json: () =>
+          Promise.resolve(['one', 'two', 'three']),
+      });
+    };
+    const result = await validateAvailableItems(context);
+    expect(result).to.equal(null);
+  });
+
+  it('Validating a select boxes component with url data source with the available items validation parameter will return FieldError if the selected item is invalid', async function () {
+    const component: SelectBoxesComponent = {
+      ...simpleSelectBoxes,
+      dataSrc: 'url',
+      data: {
+        url: 'http://localhost:8080/numbers',
+        headers: [],
+      },
+      validate: { onlyAvailableItems: true },
+    };
+    const data = {
+      component: {
+        one: true,
+        two: false,
+        three: true,
+        four: true,
+        five: false
+      },
+    };
+    const context = generateProcessorContext(component, data);
+
+    context.fetch = () => {
+      return Promise.resolve({
+        ok: true,
+        json: () =>
+          Promise.resolve(['one', 'two', 'three']),
+      });
+    };
+    const result = await validateAvailableItems(context);
+    expect(result).to.be.instanceOf(FieldError);
+    expect(result?.errorKeyOrMessage).to.equal('invalidOption');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts b/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts
index 07abe967..f3e953b0 100644
--- a/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts
+++ b/src/process/validation/rules/validateAvailableItems.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { isEmpty, isUndefined } from 'lodash';
+import { isEmpty, isUndefined, difference } from 'lodash';
 import { FieldError, ProcessorError } from 'error';
 import { Evaluator } from 'utils';
 import {
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ function isValidateableSelectBoxesComponent(component: any): component is Select
   return (
     component &&
     !!component.validate?.onlyAvailableItems &&
-    component.type === 'selectboxes' &&
-    component.dataSrc === 'url'
+    component.type === 'selectboxes'
   );
 }
 
@@ -273,19 +272,18 @@ export const validateAvailableItems: RuleFn = async (context: ValidationContext)
         return values.find((optionValue) => optionValue === value) !== undefined ? null : error;
       }
     } else if (isValidateableSelectBoxesComponent(component)) {
-      if (value == null || isEmpty(value)) {
+      if (value == null || isEmpty(value) || !isObject(value)) {
         return null;
       }
-      const values = await getAvailableDynamicValues(component, context);
-      if (values) {
-        if (isObject(value)) {
-          return values.find((optionValue) => compareComplexValues(optionValue, value, context)) !==
-            undefined
-            ? null
-            : error;
-        }
 
-        return values.find((optionValue) => optionValue === value) !== undefined ? null : error;
+      const values =
+        component.dataSrc === 'url'
+          ? await getAvailableDynamicValues(component, context)
+          : component.values.map(val => val.value);
+      if (values) {
+        return difference(Object.keys(value), values).length
+          ? error
+          : null;
       }
     }
   } catch (err: any) {