diff --git a/.github/workflows/content.yml b/.github/workflows/content.yml
index 2fa28d8b..4f959bc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/content.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/content.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ on:
   push:
     paths:
       - 'docs/src/content/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/content.yml'
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - 'docs/src/content/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/content.yml'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -59,9 +61,9 @@ jobs:
           CHANNEL=preview
           if test "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = main; then CHANNEL=production; fi
           if test "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = staging; then CHANNEL=staging; fi
-          VALIDATE=()
-          if test "${{ github.event_name }}" = pull_request; then VALIDATE+=(--validate-only); fi
-          if test "${{ github.event_name }}" != pull_request; then
+          VALIDATE=(--validate-only)
+          if test "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" = main && test "${{ github.event_name }}" != pull_request; then
+            VALIDATE=()
             node ./.treeseed/content-publisher/dist/scripts/content/publish-content.js --acceptance --team-id "${TREESEED_TEAM_ID}" > r2-acceptance-receipt.json
           fi
           node ./.treeseed/content-publisher/dist/scripts/content/publish-content.js \