diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
index 4cdb8e5..0092576 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     -   name: Install dependencies
         run: |
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-            pip install reproschema
-            npm install -g jsonlint
+            pip install reproschema pre-commit
+            pre-commit install
     -   name: validate
         run: make validate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4388196..1713a5f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,14 +16,9 @@ convert: download
 clean_artemis:
 	rm -rf $(ARTEMIS_TSV)
 
-validate: validate_syntax validate_schema
-
-# Validate jsonld
-validate_syntax:
-	grep -r  "@context" schemas | cut -d: -f1 | xargs -I {} jsonlint -q {}
-
 # you will need to install reproschema-py to run this one ( pip install reproschema )
-validate_schema:
+validate:
+	pre-commit run -a  check-json
 	reproschema -l DEBUG validate schemas/artemis/activities
 	reproschema -l DEBUG validate schemas/artemis/protocols
 	reproschema -l DEBUG validate schemas/artemis/artemis_schema.jsonld
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 24f3153..8033145 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ rich
 black
 flake8
 pre-commit
+reproschema-py