diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
index e94ab03..a00e9f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
-      - name: Preparing Environment
-        id: prep_env
-        run: ./scripts/retrieve_tf_modules.sh ${{ env.fd-aws-tf-modules-version }}
+      # TODO: re-enable this when upgrading to >= 2.23.0 w/ fix for tflint    
+      # - name: Preparing Environment
+      #   id: prep_env
+      #   run: ./scripts/retrieve_tf_modules.sh ${{ env.fd-aws-tf-modules-version }}
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install pre-commit
       - name: Run pre-commit hooks