diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-metadata.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-metadata.yml
index 8cefebbc..8874cbe2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-metadata.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-metadata.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+  
 jobs:
   validate:
     # required to run on Linux because this is a docker container action