diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-schema-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/github-schema-validation.yml
index ba8650d4bc6a3b3..3dae7383fa83475 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-schema-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-schema-validation.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           file: '.github/dependabot.yml'
           schema: 'https://json.schemastore.org/dependabot-2.0.json'
+          mode: 'lax'
 
       - name: '.github/actions'
         if: ${{ hashFiles('.github/actions/*/action.yml') != '' }}