diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationController.php
index 619bd8aaa..f1ab24bcd 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationController.php
@@ -211,13 +211,8 @@ public function store(StoreVideoAnnotation $request)
             }
         }
 
-        // from a JSON request, the array may already be decoded
         $points = $request->input('points', []);
 
-        if (is_string($points)) {
-            $points = json_decode($points);
-        }
-
         $annotation = new VideoAnnotation([
             'video_id' => $request->video->id,
             'shape_id' => $request->input('shape_id'),
diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/StoreVideoAnnotation.php b/app/Http/Requests/StoreVideoAnnotation.php
index 1a9d18ff1..b42d2dd33 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/StoreVideoAnnotation.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/StoreVideoAnnotation.php
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ public function rules()
                 'required_unless:shape_id,'.Shape::wholeFrameId(),
                 'array',
             ],
+            'points.*' => 'array',
+            'points.*.*' => 'numeric',
             'frames' => 'required|array',
             'frames.*' => 'required|numeric|min:0|max:'.$this->video->duration,
             'track' => 'filled|boolean',
@@ -67,18 +69,13 @@ public function withValidator($validator)
                 $validator->errors()->add('frames', 'A new whole frame annotation must not have more than two frames.');
             }
 
-            $points = $this->input('points', []);
-            $allArrays = array_reduce($points, fn ($c, $i) => $c && is_array($i), true);
-
-            if (!$allArrays) {
-                $validator->errors()->add('points', 'The points must be an array of arrays.');
-            }
 
             if ($this->shouldTrack()) {
                 if ($frameCount !== 1) {
                     $validator->errors()->add('id', 'Only single frame annotations can be tracked.');
                 }
 
+                $points = $this->input('points', []);
                 if (count($points) !== 1) {
                     $validator->errors()->add('id', 'Only single frame annotations can be tracked.');
                 }
diff --git a/tests/php/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationControllerTest.php b/tests/php/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationControllerTest.php
index c23d1e1be..43e67851c 100644
--- a/tests/php/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationControllerTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/Http/Controllers/Api/VideoAnnotationControllerTest.php
@@ -356,6 +356,19 @@ public function testStoreValidatePointsArray()
             ->assertStatus(422);
     }
 
+    public function testStoreValidatePointsArray2()
+    {
+        $this->beEditor();
+        $this
+            ->postJson("/api/v1/videos/{$this->video->id}/annotations", [
+                'shape_id' => Shape::pointId(),
+                'label_id' => $this->labelRoot()->id,
+                'points' => [[[10, 11]]],
+                'frames' => [0.0],
+            ])
+            ->assertStatus(422);
+    }
+
     public function testStoreValidateFrames()
     {
         $this->beEditor();