diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7cafc38e..185a357b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         path: ~/.tools
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('./internal/tools/**') }}
     - name: Run linters
-      run: make dependabot-check license-check lint
+      run: make multimod-verify dependabot-check license-check lint
     - name: Build
       run: make build
     - name: Check clean repository
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf43947f..4b1b4cf7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@ check-clean-work-tree:
 .PHONY: multimod-verify
 multimod-verify: $(MULTIMOD)
 	@echo "Validating versions.yaml"
-	multimod verify
+	$(MULTIMOD) verify
 
 .PHONY: multimod-prerelease
-multimod-prerelease: $(MULTIMOD)
-	multimod prerelease -s=true -v ./versions.yaml -m tools
+multimod-prerelease: multimod-verify $(MULTIMOD)
+	$(MULTIMOD) prerelease -s=true -v ./versions.yaml -m tools
 	$(MAKE) tidy
 
 COMMIT?=HEAD
diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index 0af95833..36797962 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ module-sets:
     modules:
       - go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools
       - go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkdoc
+      - go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/checkfile
       - go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/chloggen
       - go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/crosslink
       - go.opentelemetry.io/build-tools/dbotconf