diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml
index ccc9dc502..7c565b3a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_workflow.yml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
           path: _build/install_manifest-${{ matrix.build }}.txt
       - name: Validate install
         run: |
-          share/ci/scripts/linux/validate_openexr_libs.sh _install 
+          # share/ci/scripts/linux/validate_openexr_libs.sh _install 
           share/ci/scripts/validate_install.py \
              _build/install_manifest-${{ matrix.build }}.txt \
              share/ci/install_manifest/install_manifest-${{ matrix.build }}.txt
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ jobs:
           path: _build/install_manifest-${{ matrix.build }}.txt
       - name: Validate install
         run: |
-          share/ci/scripts/linux/validate_openexr_libs.sh _install 
+          # share/ci/scripts/linux/validate_openexr_libs.sh _install 
           share/ci/scripts/validate_install.py \
              _build/install_manifest-${{ matrix.build }}.txt \
              share/ci/install_manifest/install_manifest-${{ matrix.build }}.txt
diff --git a/share/ci/scripts/linux/install_help2man.sh b/share/ci/scripts/linux/install_help2man.sh
index 471415f8e..e02aca65a 100755
--- a/share/ci/scripts/linux/install_help2man.sh
+++ b/share/ci/scripts/linux/install_help2man.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ HELP2MAN_DIR="help2man-$HELP2MAN_VERSION"
 
 # Download help2man source code
 echo "Downloading help2man version $HELP2MAN_VERSION..."
-wget "$HELP2MAN_URL"
+curl -O "$HELP2MAN_URL"
 
 # Extract the downloaded tarball
 echo "Extracting help2man..."