diff --git a/src/client/hooks/usePayloadAPI.js b/src/client/hooks/usePayloadAPI.js
index 7a458eadc2..29d20d2753 100644
--- a/src/client/hooks/usePayloadAPI.js
+++ b/src/client/hooks/usePayloadAPI.js
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ const usePayloadAPI = (url, options = {}) => {
   const [isError, setIsError] = useState(false);
   const locale = useLocale();
 
+  const search = queryString.stringify({
+    locale,
+    ...params,
+  }, { depth: 10 });
+
   useEffect(() => {
     const fetchData = async () => {
       setIsError(false);
       setIsLoading(true);
 
       try {
-        const search = queryString.stringify({
-          locale,
-          ...params,
-        }, { depth: 10 });
-
         const response = await requests.get(`${url}?${search}`);
         const json = await response.json();
         setData(json);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const usePayloadAPI = (url, options = {}) => {
     };
 
     if (url) fetchData();
-  }, [url, locale, params, onLoad]);
+  }, [url, locale, search, onLoad]);
 
   return [{ data, isLoading, isError }, { setParams }];
 };
diff --git a/src/fields/validations.js b/src/fields/validations.js
index 3b91d6c32f..59977ebe28 100644
--- a/src/fields/validations.js
+++ b/src/fields/validations.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ const optionsToValidatorMap = {
     return true;
   },
   select: (value) => {
-    if (value) return true;
+    if (value && value.length > 0) return true;
     return 'This field is required.';
   },
   flexible: async (value, options) => {