diff --git a/.github/workflows/licenses.yaml b/.github/workflows/licenses.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 46b7e68851..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/licenses.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-name: licenses
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - "release-*"
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'proposals/**'
-      - '**.adoc'
-      - '**.md'
-      - 'KEYS'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'NOTICE'
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - "release-*"
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'proposals/**'
-      - '**.md'
-      - '**.adoc'
-      - 'KEYS'
-      - 'LICENSE'
-      - 'NOTICE'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  licenses:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-          check-latest: true
-      - name: licenses
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          make check-licenses
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 6a9a371e3e..8384947035 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -22,18 +22,24 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - "release-*"
-    paths:
-      - 'pkg/**'
-      - 'cmd/**'
-      - 'addons/**'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'proposals/**'
+      - '**.adoc'
+      - '**.md'
+      - 'KEYS'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+      - 'NOTICE'
   push:
     branches:
       - main
       - "release-*"
-    paths:
-      - 'pkg/**'
-      - 'cmd/**'
-      - 'addons/**'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'proposals/**'
+      - '**.md'
+      - '**.adoc'
+      - 'KEYS'
+      - 'LICENSE'
+      - 'NOTICE'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
@@ -54,3 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           make lint
+      - name: licenses
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          make check-licenses
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/advanced/files/camel-k-tekton.yaml b/e2e/advanced/files/camel-k-tekton.yaml
index 6cee0a139a..16c663b30f 100644
--- a/e2e/advanced/files/camel-k-tekton.yaml
+++ b/e2e/advanced/files/camel-k-tekton.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ServiceAccount
diff --git a/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route-edited.yaml b/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route-edited.yaml
index 448240a69e..6556fc0328 100644
--- a/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route-edited.yaml
+++ b/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route-edited.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # camel-k: language=yaml
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - from:
     uri: "timer:configmap"
diff --git a/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route.yaml b/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route.yaml
index cb915b6efa..290a2ac02f 100644
--- a/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route.yaml
+++ b/e2e/advanced/files/promote-route.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # camel-k: language=yaml
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - from:
     uri: "timer:configmap"
diff --git a/e2e/advanced/files/timer-kamelet-usage.yaml b/e2e/advanced/files/timer-kamelet-usage.yaml
index c04b36b556..206ba027b0 100644
--- a/e2e/advanced/files/timer-kamelet-usage.yaml
+++ b/e2e/advanced/files/timer-kamelet-usage.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - from:
     uri: "kamelet:my-own-timer-source?message=Hello+world"
diff --git a/e2e/advanced/files/timer-source.yaml b/e2e/advanced/files/timer-source.yaml
index e80528db13..36a97142cb 100644
--- a/e2e/advanced/files/timer-source.yaml
+++ b/e2e/advanced/files/timer-source.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # camel-k: language=yaml
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - from:
     uri: "kamelet:timer-source?message=Magicstring!&period=3000"
diff --git a/e2e/common/traits/files/PodTest.yaml b/e2e/common/traits/files/PodTest.yaml
index 08f71974b0..a8b6bcb80b 100644
--- a/e2e/common/traits/files/PodTest.yaml
+++ b/e2e/common/traits/files/PodTest.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # camel-k: language=yaml
 
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
 # contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
 # this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - from:
     uri: "file:///var/log"