diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 6219747..37a7fc6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -116,13 +116,13 @@ jobs:
           md5sum ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }} > ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive-checksum }}
           echo "::set-output name=checksum::$(cat ./${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive-checksum }} | cut -d' ' -f1)"
 
-      - name: Lint plugin
-        run: |
-          git clone https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator
-          pushd ./plugin-validator/pkg/cmd/plugincheck
-          go install
-          popd
-          plugincheck ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }}
+#       - name: Lint plugin
+#         run: |
+#           git clone https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator
+#           pushd ./plugin-validator/pkg/cmd/plugincheck
+#           go install
+#           popd
+#           plugincheck ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }}
 
       - name: Create release
         id: create_release
@@ -156,7 +156,13 @@ jobs:
           asset_path: ./${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive-checksum }}
           asset_name: ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive-checksum }}
           asset_content_type: text/plain
-
+      - name: Lint plugin
+        run: |
+          git clone https://github.com/grafana/plugin-validator
+          pushd ./plugin-validator/pkg/cmd/plugincheck
+          go install
+          popd
+          plugincheck ${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }}
       - name: Publish to Grafana.com
         run: |
           echo A draft release has been created for your plugin. Please review and publish it. Then submit your plugin to grafana.com/plugins by opening a PR to https://github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-repository with the following entry: