diff --git a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api
index c97d8c6ca3c..3f18274171f 100644
--- a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api
+++ b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/api/arrow-core.api
@@ -2398,6 +2398,7 @@ public final class arrow/core/ValidatedKt {
 	public static final fun invalid (Ljava/lang/Object;)Larrow/core/Validated;
 	public static final fun invalidNel (Ljava/lang/Object;)Larrow/core/Validated;
 	public static final fun leftWiden (Larrow/core/Validated;)Larrow/core/Validated;
+	public static final fun merge (Larrow/core/Validated;)Ljava/lang/Object;
 	public static final fun orElse (Larrow/core/Validated;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function0;)Larrow/core/Validated;
 	public static final fun orNone (Larrow/core/Validated;)Larrow/core/Option;
 	public static final fun orNull (Larrow/core/Validated;)Ljava/lang/Object;
diff --git a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/Validated.kt b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/Validated.kt
index 27922f7c4a8..cf668335f19 100644
--- a/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/Validated.kt
+++ b/arrow-libs/core/arrow-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/arrow/core/Validated.kt
@@ -812,6 +812,9 @@ public inline fun <E, A, B> Validated<E, A>.redeem(fe: (E) -> B, fa: (A) -> B):
 public fun <E, A> Validated<E, A>.attempt(): Validated<Nothing, Either<E, A>> =
   map { Right(it) }.handleError { Left(it) }
 
+public inline fun <A> Validated<A, A>.merge(): A =
+  fold(::identity, ::identity)
+
 public fun <E, A> Validated<E, A>.combine(
   SE: Semigroup<E>,
   SA: Semigroup<A>,