diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 41dcbc1..1c4ceb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 name: ci
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 10 * * *' # everyday at 10am
+    - cron: '0 10 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -11,9 +15,6 @@ on:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - 'master'
-      - 'releases/v*'
 
 jobs:
   ci:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4f1ff3d..f47a902 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: test
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -16,11 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      -
-        name: Validate
-        uses: docker/bake-action@v3
-        with:
-          targets: validate
       -
         name: Test
         uses: docker/bake-action@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc32ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: validate
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+      - 'releases/v*'
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  prepare:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      targets: ${{ steps.targets.outputs.matrix }}
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      -
+        name: Targets matrix
+        id: targets
+        run: |
+          echo "matrix=$(docker buildx bake validate --print | jq -cr '.group.validate.targets')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - prepare
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        target: ${{ fromJson(needs.prepare.outputs.targets) }}
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      -
+        name: Validate
+        uses: docker/bake-action@v3
+        with:
+          targets: ${{ matrix.target }}