diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index df0dcad1bfe..9212465c798 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -19,38 +19,8 @@ on:
         required: true
         description: Current version (beta, like 0.69.1). Don't include `v`.
 jobs:
-  #validate-version format
-  validate-versions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-     - name: Validate version format
-      run: |
-        validate_beta_version() {
-          local regex_pattern_beta='^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
-          if [[ ! "$1" =~ $regex_pattern_beta ]]; then
-            echo "Invalid $2 version format. For beta, it can be 0.1.0 or higher"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        }
-
-        validate_stable_version() {
-          local regex_pattern_stable='^[1-9][0-9]*\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
-          if [[ ! "$1" =~ $regex_pattern_stable ]]; then
-            echo "Invalid stable version format for $2. Major version must be greater than 1."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        }
-
-        validate_beta_version "${{ inputs.candidate-beta }}" "candidate-beta"
-        validate_beta_version "${{ inputs.current-beta }}" "current-beta"
-        validate_stable_version "${{ inputs.candidate-stable }}" "candidate-stable"
-        validate_stable_version "${{ inputs.current-stable }}" "current-stable"
-      shell: bash
   # Releasing opentelemetry-collector
   prepare-release:
-    needs: 
-      - validate-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1