diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
index c3a570850..fbd02b440 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
@@ -132,10 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           dapr --version
       - name: Install Dapr - Kubernetes
         run: |
-          helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
-          helm repo update
-          helm install redis bitnami/redis --version 17.14.5
-          dapr init -k --dev --runtime-version=${{ env.DAPR_RUNTIME_VERSION }} --wait || kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
+          dapr init -k --dev --runtime-version=${{ env.DAPR_RUNTIME_VERSION }} --image-registry ghcr.io --wait || kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
           kubectl get nodes -o wide
           for pod in `dapr status -k | awk '/dapr/ {print $1}'`; do kubectl describe pod -l app=$pod -n dapr-system ; kubectl logs -l app=$pod -n dapr-system; done
       - name: Install utilities dependencies
@@ -148,48 +145,48 @@ jobs:
           pushd tutorials/hello-world
           make validate
           popd
-      - name: Validate hello-kubernetes multi app run
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: |
-          pushd tutorials/hello-kubernetes
-          make validate_multi_app_run
-          popd
+      # - name: Validate hello-kubernetes multi app run
+      #   if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      #   run: |
+      #     pushd tutorials/hello-kubernetes
+      #     make validate_multi_app_run
+      #     popd
       - name: Validate hello-kubernetes normal run
         if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
         run: |
           pushd tutorials/hello-kubernetes
           make validate_normal_run
           popd
-      - name: Validate distributed-calculator
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: |
-          pushd tutorials/distributed-calculator
-          make validate
-          popd
-      - name: Validate pub-sub
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: |
-          pushd tutorials/pub-sub
-          make validate
-          popd
-      - name: Validate bindings
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: |
-          pushd tutorials/bindings
-          make validate
-          popd
-      - name: Validate secretstore
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: |
-          pushd tutorials/secretstore
-          make validate
-          popd
-      - name: Validate observability
-        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-        run: |
-          pushd tutorials/observability
-          make validate
-          popd
+      # - name: Validate distributed-calculator
+      #   if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      #   run: |
+      #     pushd tutorials/distributed-calculator
+      #     make validate
+      #     popd
+      # - name: Validate pub-sub
+      #   if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      #   run: |
+      #     pushd tutorials/pub-sub
+      #     make validate
+      #     popd
+      # - name: Validate bindings
+      #   if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      #   run: |
+      #     pushd tutorials/bindings
+      #     make validate
+      #     popd
+      # - name: Validate secretstore
+      #   if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      #   run: |
+      #     pushd tutorials/secretstore
+      #     make validate
+      #     popd
+      # - name: Validate observability
+      #   if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      #   run: |
+      #     pushd tutorials/observability
+      #     make validate
+      #     popd
       - name: Linkcheck README.md
         run: |
           make validate