diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 80fa769..1c951c2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
   - deploy
 
 variables:
-  - KUBE_CONFIG_PATH: "${HOME}/.kube/config"
+  KUBE_CONFIG_PATH: "${HOME}/.kube/config"
 
 validate-authentik:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
   stage: validate
   before_script:
-    - 
-    - cd authentik/
+    - wget https://github.com/opentofu/opentofu/releases/download/v1.7.2/tofu_1.7.2_amd64.apk -O /tmp/tofu_1.7.2_amd64.apk
+    - apk add --allow-untrusted '/tmp/tofu_1.7.2_amd64.apk'
+    - echo "${KUBECONFIG_BASE64}" | base64 -d > ${KUBE_CONFIG_PATH}
   script:
+    - cd authentik/
     - tofu validate
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