diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 7fcd99674c4..e39c4a48a5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Allow newer dependencies when built with latest GHC
         if: ${{ matrix.ghc }} == '9.8.1'
         run: |
-          echo "allow-newer: tree-diff:base, rere:base, rere:transformers" >> cabal.project.validate
+          echo "allow-newer: tree-diff:*, rere:base, rere:transformers" >> cabal.project.validate
 
       - name: Validate print-config
         run: sh validate.sh $FLAGS -s print-config