diff --git a/.github/workflows/esql-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/esql-validation.yml
index 5aae215fc32..2f4ae2eb1e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/esql-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/esql-validation.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: ES|QL Validation
 on:
     pull_request:
       branches: [ "*" ]
-      paths:
-        - 'rules/**/*.toml'
 jobs:
   build-and-validate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ab6e492a644..c1636f4242b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "detection_rules"
-version = "1.5.2"
+version = "1.5.3"
 description = "Detection Rules is the home for rules used by Elastic Security. This repository is used for the development, maintenance, testing, validation, and release of rules for Elastic Security’s Detection Engine."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"