diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
index 2a19f75bdf..3d685fbe76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
@@ -57,8 +57,13 @@ jobs:
       if: "matrix.bids-validator == 'master-deno'"
       run: |
         pushd ..
+        # Let's use specific commit for now
+        # TODO: progress it once in a while
+        commit=a7b291b882a8c6184219ccb84faae255ba96203a
         git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-validator
-        echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n'"$PWD/bids-validator/bids-validator/bids-validator-deno \"\$@\"" >| /usr/local/bin/bids-validator
+        cd bids-validator
+        git fetch --depth 1 origin $commit;
+        echo -e '#!/bin/sh\n'"$PWD/bids-validator/bids-validator-deno \"\$@\"" >| /usr/local/bin/bids-validator
         chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/bids-validator
         which -a bids-validator
         bids-validator --help
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
         path: bids-examples
 
     - name: Mark known not yet to be deno-legit BIDS datasets
-      run: touch {ds000117,ds000248,eeg_ds003645s_hed_demo,ieeg_epilepsy,ieeg_epilepsy_ecog,ieeg_epilepsyNWB,ieeg_visual_multimodal}/.SKIP_VALIDATION
+      run: touch {ds000117,ds000246,ds000247,ds000248,eeg_ds003645s_hed_demo,ieeg_motorMiller2007,ieeg_visual}/.SKIP_VALIDATION
       shell: bash
       working-directory: bids-examples
 
@@ -102,5 +107,5 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: bids-examples
 
     - name: Validate all BIDS datasets using bids-validator after migration
-      run: VALIDATOR_ARGS="-s local" bash ./run_tests.sh
+      run: VALIDATOR_ARGS="--schema file://$PWD/../src/schema.json" bash ./run_tests.sh
       working-directory: bids-examples