diff --git a/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
index 2748211..707a71c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cffconvert.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 name: cffconvert
 
-on: push
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - CITATION.cff
 
 jobs:
-  verify:
-    name: "cffconvert"
+  validate:
+    name: "validate"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        name: Check out a copy of the repository
+      - name: Check out a copy of the repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-      - uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@master
-        name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is equivalent to that in .zenodo.json
+      - name: Check whether the citation metadata from CITATION.cff is valid
+        uses: citation-file-format/cffconvert-github-action@2.0.0
+        with:
+          args: "--validate"