diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 9c5225e..5fc8e1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: ci
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [main, master]
   pull_request:
@@ -37,10 +38,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup kubectl
-        uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v3
-        with:
-          version: "v1.28"
+      - name: Install kubeconform
+        run: |
+          curl -sSL -o /tmp/kubeconform.tar.gz https://github.com/yannh/kubeconform/releases/download/v0.6.7/kubeconform-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          tar -xzf /tmp/kubeconform.tar.gz -C /tmp kubeconform
+          sudo mv /tmp/kubeconform /usr/local/bin/kubeconform
 
-      - name: Validate K8s manifests (dry-run)
-        run: kubectl apply --dry-run=client -f k8s/
+      - name: Validate K8s manifests (kubeconform)
+        run: kubeconform -strict -summary k8s/*.yaml