diff --git a/.github/workflows/esql-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/esql-validation.yml
index 5aae215fc..2f4ae2eb1 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 ab6e492a6..c1636f424 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"