diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/lint.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/lint.yaml
index 91ff7a5..32ba33e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 name: Check with kubeconform
-
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
-
 jobs:
   lint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -16,22 +14,53 @@ jobs:
       - name: Kubeconform validation
         id: kubeconform
         run: |
+          # Create exclusion list - add files that should be skipped from validation
+          EXCLUSIONS=(
+            "./k8s/core/system-upgrade/crd.yaml"
+            # Add more files here as needed
+            # "./path/to/another/file.yaml"
+          )
+          
           # Create a temporary file for storing validation output
           VALIDATION_OUTPUT=$(mktemp)
           
-          # Run kubeconform and capture output
-          find . -name '*.yaml' \
+          # Function to check if file is in exclusions
+          is_excluded() {
+            local file="$1"
+            for exclusion in "${EXCLUSIONS[@]}"; do
+              if [[ "$file" == "$exclusion" ]]; then
+                return 0
+              fi
+            done
+            return 1
+          }
+          
+          # Find all yaml files and filter out exclusions
+          YAML_FILES=()
+          while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+            if ! is_excluded "$file"; then
+              YAML_FILES+=("$file")
+            else
+              echo "⚠️  Skipping excluded file: $file"
+            fi
+          done < <(find . -name '*.yaml' \
             ! -name '*values.yaml' \
             ! -path './.gitea/*' \
-            -print0 \
-          | xargs -0 kubeconform \
-            -summary \
-            -verbose \
-            -output pretty \
-            -ignore-missing-schemas \
-            -schema-location default \
-            -schema-location 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datreeio/CRDs-catalog/main/{{.Group}}/{{.ResourceKind}}_{{.ResourceAPIVersion}}.json' \
-            -schema-location 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SchemaStore/schemastore/refs/heads/master/src/schemas/json/kustomization.json' > $VALIDATION_OUTPUT 2>&1 || true
+            -print0)
+          
+          # Run kubeconform only if there are files to validate
+          if [ ${#YAML_FILES[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+            printf '%s\0' "${YAML_FILES[@]}" | xargs -0 kubeconform \
+              -summary \
+              -verbose \
+              -output pretty \
+              -ignore-missing-schemas \
+              -schema-location default \
+              -schema-location 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/datreeio/CRDs-catalog/main/{{.Group}}/{{.ResourceKind}}_{{.ResourceAPIVersion}}.json' \
+              -schema-location 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SchemaStore/schemastore/refs/heads/master/src/schemas/json/kustomization.json' > $VALIDATION_OUTPUT 2>&1 || true
+          else
+            echo "No files to validate after applying exclusions" > $VALIDATION_OUTPUT
+          fi
           
           # Display output in logs
           cat $VALIDATION_OUTPUT
@@ -44,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
             cat invalid_files.txt
             exit 1
           else
-            echo "All manifests are valid!"
+            echo "✅ All manifests are valid!"
           fi
         continue-on-error: true