diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 1ca68832428..bd99edf5719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -12,25 +12,21 @@ on:
     branches:
       - 'dev'
       - 'releases/v*'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md'
 
 jobs:
   prepare:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      targets: ${{ steps.generate.outputs.targets }}
+      matrix: ${{ steps.generate.outputs.matrix }}
     steps:
       -
         name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
       -
-        name: List targets
+        name: Generate matrix
         id: generate
-        uses: docker/bake-action/subaction/list-targets@5be5f02ff8819ecd3092ea6b2e6261c31774f2b4 # v6.10.0
+        uses: docker/bake-action/subaction/matrix@a66e1c87e2eca0503c343edf1d208c716d54b8a8 # v7.1.0
         with:
           target: validate
 
@@ -41,10 +37,10 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        target: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare.outputs.targets) }}
+        include: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare.outputs.matrix) }}
     steps:
       -
         name: Validate
-        uses: docker/bake-action@5be5f02ff8819ecd3092ea6b2e6261c31774f2b4 # v6.10.0
+        uses: docker/bake-action@a66e1c87e2eca0503c343edf1d208c716d54b8a8 # v7.1.0
         with:
           targets: ${{ matrix.target }}