diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_datasets.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_datasets.yml
index 80858b077..9d9b8c736 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_datasets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_datasets.yml
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ jobs:
         which /usr/bin/env
         git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-validator
         VALIDATOR=/usr/local/bin/bids-validator
-        echo "#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run --allow-read --allow-write --allow-env --allow-net --allow-run" > $VALIDATOR
-        echo "import $PWD/bids-validator/bids-validator/src/bids-validator.ts" >> $VALIDATOR
+        echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n'"$PWD/bids-validator/bids-validator/bids-validator-deno \"\$@\"" > $VALIDATOR
         cat $VALIDATOR
         chmod a+x $VALIDATOR
         which -a bids-validator