it('should create a directory cooking task with an email address', function() {

    // Browse a directory
    cy.visit(this.directoryUrl);

    // Stub responses when checking vault task status
    cy.intercept('GET', this.vaultDirectoryUrl, {body: {'exception': 'NotFoundExc'}})
      .as('checkVaultCookingTask');

    // Stub responses when requesting the vault API to simulate
    // a task has been created
    cy.intercept('POST', this.vaultDirectoryUrl + '?email=foo%2Bbar%40example.org', {
      body: this.genVaultDirCookingResponse('new')
    }).as('createVaultCookingTask');

    // Open vault cook directory modal
    cy.contains('button', 'Download')
      .click();

    cy.wait('@checkVaultCookingTask');

    // Create a vault cooking task through the GUI and fill email input
    cy.get('#vault-cook-directory-modal input[type="email"]')
      .type('foo+bar@example.org', {force: true});

    cy.get('#vault-cook-directory-modal')
      .contains('button:visible', 'Ok')
      .click();

    cy.wait('@createVaultCookingTask');

  });

diff --git a/assets/src/bundles/vault/vault-create-tasks.js b/assets/src/bundles/vault/vault-create-tasks.js
index 5cc98a4e..38fbf1c3 100644
--- a/assets/src/bundles/vault/vault-create-tasks.js
+++ b/assets/src/bundles/vault/vault-create-tasks.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * See top-level LICENSE file for more information
  */
 
+import * as EmailValidator from 'email-validator';
+
 import {handleFetchError, csrfPost, htmlAlert} from 'utils/functions';
 
 const alertStyle = {
@@ -102,14 +104,9 @@ async function addVaultCookingTask(objectType, cookingTask) {
   }
 }
 
-function validateEmail(email) {
-  const re = /^(([^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+(\.[^<>()[\]\\.,;:\s@"]+)*)|(".+"))@((\[[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\])|(([a-zA-Z\-0-9]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}))$/;
-  return re.test(String(email).toLowerCase());
-}
-
 export function cookDirectoryArchive(swhid) {
   const email = $('#swh-vault-directory-email').val().trim();
-  if (!email || validateEmail(email)) {
+  if (!email || EmailValidator.validate(email)) {
     const cookingTask = {
       'bundle_type': 'flat',
       'swhid': swhid,
@@ -133,7 +130,7 @@ export async function fetchDirectoryArchive(directorySwhid) {
 
 export function cookRevisionArchive(revisionId) {
   const email = $('#swh-vault-revision-email').val().trim();
-  if (!email || validateEmail(email)) {
+  if (!email || EmailValidator.validate(email)) {
     const cookingTask = {
       'bundle_type': 'git_bare',
       'swhid': revisionId,