diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8392679c8a47..ce71aaf602a3 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ repos:
         args: ["--tmpl=LICENSE", "--ext=py", "-f"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/ambv/black
-    rev: stable
+    rev: 20.8b1
     hooks:
       - id: black
         args: ["--line-length=140"]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/timothycrosley/isort
-    rev: 4.3.21
+    rev: 5.6.4
     hooks:
       - id: isort
         args: ["--settings-path=tools/python/.isort.cfg"]
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ repos:
         types_or: [yaml, json]
         exclude: ^.github/
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v1.2.3
+  - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
+    rev: 3.8.4
     hooks:
       - id: flake8
         args: ["--config=tools/python/.flake8"]
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/CHANGELOG.md b/airbyte-cdk/python/CHANGELOG.md
index e8a1e8e92088..fec3fe46cc10 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.14
+If the input config file does not comply with spec schema, raise an exception instead of `system.exit`.
+
 ## 0.1.13
 Fix defect with user defined backoff time retry attempts, number of retries logic fixed
 
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/utils/schema_helpers.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/utils/schema_helpers.py
index 8c3b96105d4d..5e4a6d91cf84 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/utils/schema_helpers.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/airbyte_cdk/sources/utils/schema_helpers.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 import json
 import os
 import pkgutil
-import sys
 from typing import Any, Dict, Mapping
 
 import pkg_resources
@@ -133,8 +132,7 @@ def get_schema(self, name: str) -> dict:
 def check_config_against_spec_or_exit(config: Mapping[str, Any], spec: ConnectorSpecification, logger: AirbyteLogger):
     """
     Check config object against spec. In case of spec is invalid, throws
-    SystemExit exception causing application to make system exit call with
-    errorcode 1
+    an exception with validation error description.
     :param config - config loaded from file specified over command line
     :param spec - spec object generated by connector
     :param logger - Airbyte logger for reporting validation error
@@ -143,5 +141,4 @@ def check_config_against_spec_or_exit(config: Mapping[str, Any], spec: Connector
     try:
         validate(instance=config, schema=spec_schema)
     except ValidationError as validation_error:
-        logger.error("Config validation error: " + validation_error.message)
-        sys.exit(1)
+        raise Exception("Config validation error: " + validation_error.message)
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/setup.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/setup.py
index 38a119df0e50..5a32d2fc21d3 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/setup.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="airbyte-cdk",
-    version="0.1.13",
+    version="0.1.14",
     description="A framework for writing Airbyte Connectors.",
     long_description=README,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
diff --git a/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/test_entrypoint.py b/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/test_entrypoint.py
index efe1fef51628..82c219cd71f8 100644
--- a/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/test_entrypoint.py
+++ b/airbyte-cdk/python/unit_tests/test_entrypoint.py
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ def test_config_validate(entrypoint: AirbyteEntrypoint, mocker, config_mock, sch
         messages = list(entrypoint.run(parsed_args))
         assert [_wrap_message(check_value)] == messages
     else:
-        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as ex_info:
+        with pytest.raises(Exception) as ex_info:
             list(entrypoint.run(parsed_args))
-        assert ex_info.value.code == 1
+        assert "Config validation error:" in str(ex_info.value)
 
 
 def test_run_check(entrypoint: AirbyteEntrypoint, mocker, spec_mock, config_mock):
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/bases/source-acceptance-test/source_acceptance_test/tests/test_core.py b/airbyte-integrations/bases/source-acceptance-test/source_acceptance_test/tests/test_core.py
index 8316ba6a5e22..b16066b2905e 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/bases/source-acceptance-test/source_acceptance_test/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/bases/source-acceptance-test/source_acceptance_test/tests/test_core.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_check(self, connector_config, inputs: ConnectionTestConfig, docker_runn
                 docker_runner.call_check(config=connector_config)
 
             assert err.value.exit_status != 0, "Connector should exit with error code"
-            assert "Traceback" in err.value.stderr.decode("utf-8"), "Connector should print exception"
+            assert "Traceback" in err.value.stderr, "Connector should print exception"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.default_timeout(30)
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/acceptance-test-config.yml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/acceptance-test-config.yml
index 70eed799e56d..2e84915bed60 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/acceptance-test-config.yml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/source-facebook-marketing/acceptance-test-config.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tests:
     - config_path: "secrets/config.json"
       status: "succeed"
     - config_path: "integration_tests/invalid_config.json"
-      status: "failed"
+      status: "exception"
   discovery:
     - config_path: "secrets/config.json"
   basic_read: