diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/kubeconform.yml b/.gitea/workflows/kubeconform.yml
index 6b5db00..5fb1334 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/kubeconform.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/kubeconform.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           while IFS= read -r file; do
             [ -z "$file" ] && continue
             echo "=== Validating: $file ==="
-            MANIFESTS=$(yq r $file --tojson | jq '.[]' | jq -c 'select(.kind != null)')
+            MANIFESTS=$(yq e '.[]' "$file" | jq -c 'select(.kind != null)')
 
             for manifest in ${MANIFESTS}; do
               KIND=$(echo $manifest | yq -r '.kind // ""')
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
                     -schema-location "$SCHEMA_URL" \
                     -cache "$KUBECONFORM_CACHE_DIR" \
                     -output json \
-                    "<(echo '$manifest')"; then
+                    "$manifest"; then
                   EXIT_CODE=1
                 fi
               else
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
                     -schema-location default \
                     -cache "$KUBECONFORM_CACHE_DIR" \
                     -output json \
-                    "<(echo '$manifest')"; then
+                    "$manifest"; then
                   EXIT_CODE=1
                 fi
               fi