diff --git a/packages/configtest/src/index.ts b/packages/configtest/src/index.ts
index 6f93369d526..3390d7307f9 100644
--- a/packages/configtest/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/configtest/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import webpack from 'webpack';
+import { validate, version, ValidationError, WebpackOptionsValidationError } from 'webpack';
+
+const isWebpack5: boolean = version.startsWith('5');
 
 class ConfigTestCommand {
     async apply(cli): Promise<void> {
@@ -13,22 +15,29 @@ class ConfigTestCommand {
                 pkg: '@webpack-cli/configtest',
             },
             [],
-            async (configPath: string) => {
+            async (configPath: string): Promise<void> => {
                 const { options } = await cli.resolveConfig({ config: [configPath] });
 
-                const isValidationError = (error) => {
+                const isValidationError = (error): boolean => {
                     // https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/master/lib/index.js#L267
                     // https://github.com/webpack/webpack/blob/v4.44.2/lib/webpack.js#L90
-                    const ValidationError: any = webpack.ValidationError || webpack.WebpackOptionsValidationError;
+                    //eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+                    const webpackValidationError: any = ValidationError || WebpackOptionsValidationError;
 
-                    return error instanceof ValidationError;
+                    return error instanceof webpackValidationError;
                 };
 
                 //eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-                const error: any = webpack.validate(options);
-
-                if (error) {
-                    logger.error(isValidationError(error) ? error.message : error);
+                const error: any = validate(options);
+
+                if (error && error.length) {
+                    if (isValidationError(error)) {
+                        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-ignore
+                        // @ts-ignore
+                        logger.error(isWebpack5 ? error.message : new WebpackOptionsValidationError(error));
+                    } else {
+                        logger.error(error);
+                    }
                     process.exit(2);
                 }
 
diff --git a/test/configtest/configtest.test.js b/test/configtest/configtest.test.js
index 59c6f34bdfa..df1fced41e9 100644
--- a/test/configtest/configtest.test.js
+++ b/test/configtest/configtest.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('basic info usage', () => {
         const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['configtest', './error.config.js'], false);
 
         expect(exitCode).toBe(2);
-        expect(stderr).toContain('ValidationError: Invalid configuration object.');
+        expect(stderr).toContain('Invalid configuration object.');
         expect(stderr).toContain('configuration.mode should be one of these:');
         expect(stdout).toBeFalsy();
     });
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('basic info usage', () => {
         const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['t', './error.config.js'], false);
 
         expect(exitCode).toBe(2);
-        expect(stderr).toContain('ValidationError: Invalid configuration object.');
+        expect(stderr).toContain('Invalid configuration object.');
         expect(stderr).toContain('configuration.mode should be one of these:');
         expect(stdout).toBeFalsy();
     });