diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation.yml b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
index 742f98e9..448de3f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
     branches:
       - master
 jobs:
-  build:
+  lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -19,12 +19,33 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           yamllint --format github --strict \
             device-types/ module-types/
+  format:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
       - name: Format YAML files (hooks)
         run: |
           pre-commit run --config .pre-commit-hooks-config.yaml --all-files
       - name: Format YAML files (yamlfmt)
         run: |
           pre-commit run --config .pre-commit-yamlfmt-config.yaml --all-files
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [lint, format]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
       - name: Install pytest plugin to annotate failures in GitHub
         run: pip install pytest-github-actions-annotate-failures
       - name: Run Test Cases