diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index 66c12914bd..09e330e766 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
   # If this was a workflow dispatch event, we need to generate and push a tag
   # for goreleaser to grab
   version_bump:
-    needs: [lint, markdown-linter, test]
+    needs: [lint, test]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions: "write-all"
     steps: