diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1b44aea86..49030f55b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -13451,7 +13451,7 @@
         },
         "packages/content": {
             "name": "@nmshd/content",
-            "version": "2.8.5",
+            "version": "2.8.6",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@js-soft/logging-abstractions": "^1.0.1",
@@ -13475,7 +13475,7 @@
         },
         "packages/runtime": {
             "name": "@nmshd/runtime",
-            "version": "4.1.2",
+            "version": "4.1.3",
             "license": "MIT",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@js-soft/docdb-querytranslator": "^1.1.2",
@@ -13483,7 +13483,7 @@
                 "@js-soft/ts-serval": "2.0.10",
                 "@js-soft/ts-utils": "^2.3.3",
                 "@nmshd/consumption": "3.9.3",
-                "@nmshd/content": "2.8.5",
+                "@nmshd/content": "2.8.6",
                 "@nmshd/crypto": "2.0.6",
                 "@nmshd/transport": "2.3.1",
                 "ajv": "^8.12.0",
diff --git a/packages/content/package.json b/packages/content/package.json
index 9a8eb499a..e6e36de5a 100644
--- a/packages/content/package.json
+++ b/packages/content/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@nmshd/content",
-    "version": "2.8.5",
+    "version": "2.8.6",
     "description": "The content library defines data structures that can be transmitted using the transport library.",
     "homepage": "https://enmeshed.eu",
     "repository": {
diff --git a/packages/content/src/ValidationErrorWithoutProperty.ts b/packages/content/src/ValidationErrorWithoutProperty.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af6f0a22f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/content/src/ValidationErrorWithoutProperty.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { ValidationError } from "@js-soft/ts-serval";
+
+export class ValidationErrorWithoutProperty extends ValidationError {
+    public constructor(type: string, reason: string, cause?: Error) {
+        super(type, "n/a", reason, cause);
+
+        this.message = `${type} :: ${reason}`;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/content/src/attributes/types/birth/BirthDate.ts b/packages/content/src/attributes/types/birth/BirthDate.ts
index 93504b24b..0b55ad693 100644
--- a/packages/content/src/attributes/types/birth/BirthDate.ts
+++ b/packages/content/src/attributes/types/birth/BirthDate.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { serialize, type, validate } from "@js-soft/ts-serval";
+import { Serializable, serialize, type, validate } from "@js-soft/ts-serval";
 import nameOf from "easy-tsnameof";
 import { DateTime } from "luxon";
+import { ValidationErrorWithoutProperty } from "../../../ValidationErrorWithoutProperty";
 import { AbstractAttributeValue } from "../../AbstractAttributeValue";
 import { AbstractComplexValue, AbstractComplexValueJSON, IAbstractComplexValue } from "../../AbstractComplexValue";
 import { RenderHints, ValueHints } from "../../hints";
@@ -37,6 +38,23 @@ export class BirthDate extends AbstractComplexValue implements IBirthDate {
     @validate()
     public year: BirthYear;
 
+    protected static override postFrom<T extends Serializable>(value: T): T {
+        if (!(value instanceof BirthDate)) throw new Error("this should never happen");
+
+        const dateTime = DateTime.fromObject({ day: value.day.value, month: value.month.value, year: value.year.value });
+        const isValid = dateTime.isValid;
+
+        if (!isValid) {
+            throw new ValidationErrorWithoutProperty(BirthDate.name, "The BirthDate is not a valid date.");
+        }
+
+        if (DateTime.utc() < dateTime) {
+            throw new ValidationErrorWithoutProperty(BirthDate.name, "You cannot enter a BirthDate that is in the future.");
+        }
+
+        return value;
+    }
+
     public static get valueHints(): ValueHints {
         return ValueHints.from({
             propertyHints: {
diff --git a/packages/content/test/attributes/BirthDate.test.ts b/packages/content/test/attributes/BirthDate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d29ee52b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/content/test/attributes/BirthDate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { UserfriendlyApplicationError } from "@nmshd/app-runtime/src/UserfriendlyApplicationError";
+import { BirthDate } from "@nmshd/content";
+import { ValidationErrorWithoutProperty } from "@nmshd/content/src/ValidationErrorWithoutProperty";
+import { DateTime } from "luxon";
+
+describe("creation of RepositoryAttributes of Attribute Value Type BirthDate", () => {
+    test("can create a RepositoryAttribute of Attribute Value Type BirthDate", function () {
+        const validBirthDate = BirthDate.from({ day: 1, month: 12, year: 1990 });
+        expect(validBirthDate.constructor.name).toBe("BirthDate");
+        expect(validBirthDate.day.value).toBe(1);
+        expect(validBirthDate.month.value).toBe(12);
+        expect(validBirthDate.year.value).toBe(1990);
+    });
+
+    test("returns an error when trying to create an invalid BirthDate with violated validation criteria of a single property", function () {
+        const invalidBirthDateCall = () => {
+            BirthDate.from({ day: 1, month: 13, year: 1990 });
+        };
+        expect(invalidBirthDateCall).toThrow(
+            new UserfriendlyApplicationError("error.runtime.requestDeserialization", "BirthMonth.value:Number :: must be an integer value between 1 and 12")
+        );
+    });
+
+    test("returns an error when trying to create an invalid BirthDate with cross-component violated validation criteria for June", function () {
+        const invalidBirthDateCall = () => {
+            BirthDate.from({ day: 31, month: 6, year: 1990 });
+        };
+        expect(invalidBirthDateCall).toThrow(new ValidationErrorWithoutProperty(BirthDate.name, "The BirthDate is not a valid date."));
+    });
+
+    test("returns an error when trying to create an invalid BirthDate with cross-component violated validation criteria for February", function () {
+        const invalidBirthDateCall = () => {
+            BirthDate.from({ day: 29, month: 2, year: 2010 });
+        };
+        expect(invalidBirthDateCall).toThrow(new ValidationErrorWithoutProperty(BirthDate.name, "The BirthDate is not a valid date."));
+    });
+
+    test("returns an error when trying to create an BirthDate that is in the future", function () {
+        const currentDateTime = DateTime.utc();
+        const yearInFuture = currentDateTime.year + 1;
+
+        const invalidBirthDateCall = () => {
+            BirthDate.from({ day: 10, month: 6, year: yearInFuture });
+        };
+        expect(invalidBirthDateCall).toThrow(new ValidationErrorWithoutProperty(BirthDate.name, "You cannot enter a BirthDate that is in the future."));
+    });
+});
diff --git a/packages/runtime/package.json b/packages/runtime/package.json
index 4628e8a07..6ff6fbaca 100644
--- a/packages/runtime/package.json
+++ b/packages/runtime/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@nmshd/runtime",
-    "version": "4.1.2",
+    "version": "4.1.3",
     "description": "The enmeshed client runtime.",
     "homepage": "https://enmeshed.eu",
     "repository": {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         "@js-soft/ts-serval": "2.0.10",
         "@js-soft/ts-utils": "^2.3.3",
         "@nmshd/consumption": "3.9.3",
-        "@nmshd/content": "2.8.5",
+        "@nmshd/content": "2.8.6",
         "@nmshd/crypto": "2.0.6",
         "@nmshd/transport": "2.3.1",
         "ajv": "^8.12.0",