diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index 7349835330f..4a2d1b4d303 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -20,37 +20,38 @@ on:
         description: Current version (beta, like 0.95.1). Don't include `v`.
 jobs:
   #validate-version format
-  validate-versions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  # 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 $2 version format. For beta, it can be 0.1.0 or higher"
-            #   exit 1
-            # fi
-          }
+  #   steps:
+  #     - name: Validate version format
+  #       run: |
+  #         validate_beta_version() {
+  #           local regex_pattern_beta='^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'
+  #           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_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
 
-          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-versions
+    # needs:
+    #   - validate-versions
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7