diff --git a/templates/argo-tasks/README.md b/templates/argo-tasks/README.md
index cc44fd635..063f16dd2 100644
--- a/templates/argo-tasks/README.md
+++ b/templates/argo-tasks/README.md
@@ -211,8 +211,10 @@ See (https://github.com/linz/argo-tasks#stac-validate)
     parameters:
       - name: uri
         value: 's3://my-bucket/path/collection.json'
-      - name: checksum
-        value: '{{workflow.parameters.checksum}}'
+      - name: checksum_assets
+        value: '{{workflow.parameters.checksum_assets}}'
+      - name: checksum_links
+        value: '{{workflow.parameters.checksum_links}}'
       - name: recursive
         value: '{{workflow.parameters.recursive}}'
       - name: concurrency
diff --git a/templates/argo-tasks/stac-validate.yml b/templates/argo-tasks/stac-validate.yml
index 77b8d6ba4..a28112c3c 100644
--- a/templates/argo-tasks/stac-validate.yml
+++ b/templates/argo-tasks/stac-validate.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ spec:
             description: Number of requests to run concurrently
             default: '50'
 
-          - name: checksum
-            description: Validate the file:checksum if it exists
+          - name: checksum_assets
+            description: Validate the file:checksum of each asset if it exists
+            default: 'false'
+
+          - name: checksum_links
+            description: Validate the file:checksum of each link if it exists
             default: 'false'
 
           - name: version
@@ -51,5 +55,6 @@ spec:
             - 'validate'
             - '--concurrency={{inputs.parameters.concurrency}}'
             - '--recursive={{inputs.parameters.recursive}}'
-            - '--checksum={{inputs.parameters.checksum}}'
+            - '--checksum-assets={{inputs.parameters.checksum_assets}}'
+            - '--checksum-links={{inputs.parameters.checksum_links}}'
             - '{{inputs.parameters.uri}}'
diff --git a/workflows/stac/stac-validate-parallel.yaml b/workflows/stac/stac-validate-parallel.yaml
index 7895d390b..f8de21666 100644
--- a/workflows/stac/stac-validate-parallel.yaml
+++ b/workflows/stac/stac-validate-parallel.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ spec:
         value: 's3://linz-imagery-staging/test/stac-validate/'
       - name: include
         value: 'collection.json$'
-      - name: checksum
-        description: 'Validate asset checksums.'
+      - name: checksum_assets
+        description: 'Validate the file:checksum of each asset if it exists'
         value: 'false'
+        enum:
+          - 'true'
+          - 'false'
+      - name: checksum_links
+        description: 'Validate the file:checksum of each link if it exists'
+        value: 'true'
         enum:
           - 'false'
           - 'true'