diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
index 0ed566aa65..e28f92a9a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_bids-examples.yml
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@ name: validate_datasets
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: ['**']
+    branches: ['master']
   pull_request:
     branches: ['**']
-  create:
-    branches: [master]
-    tags: ['**']
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 4 * * 1"
+#  create:
+#    branches: [master]
+#    tags: ['**']
+#  schedule:
+#    - cron: "0 4 * * 1"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.ref }}
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest] # , macos-latest, windows-latest]
         bids-validator: [master, stable]
+        python-version: ["3.11"]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
@@ -32,6 +33,20 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    # Setup Python with bst
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: "Install build dependencies"
+      run: pip install --upgrade build twine
+    - name: "Build source distribution and wheel"
+      run: python -m build tools/schemacode
+    - name: "Check distribution metadata"
+      run: twine check tools/schemacode/dist/*
+    - name: "Install bst tools from the build"
+      run: pip install $( ls tools/schemacode/dist/*.whl )[all]
+
+    # Setup validator
     - name: Set up Node.js
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
@@ -67,24 +82,28 @@ jobs:
         echo "npm"; npm --version
         echo "node"; node --version
         echo "bids-validator"; bids-validator --version
+        echo "python"; python --version
 
-    - name: Check that no large files are present
-      if: "matrix.bids-validator == 'stable'"
-      run: |
-        echo "Checking for big files ..."
-        found=`find . -not -path "./.git*" -type f -size +500k`
-        if [ "$found" == "" ]
-        then
-            echo "No big files present, great!"
-        else
-            echo "Found big files:"
-            echo "$found"
-            exit 1;
-        fi
-      shell: bash
+    # Checkout bids-examples
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        repository: bids-standard/bids-examples
+        path: bids-examples
 
-    - name: Validate all BIDS datasets using bids-validator
+    - name: Validate all BIDS datasets using bids-validator without migration
       run: |
         cat ./run_tests.sh
         bash ./run_tests.sh
+      working-directory: bids-examples
+
+    - name: Migrate all BIDS datasets
+      run: |
+        /bin/ls */dataset_description.json | sed -e 's,/.*,,g' | xargs bst migrate-datasets
+      shell: bash
+      working-directory: bids-examples
+
+    - name: Validate all BIDS datasets using bids-validator after migration
+      run: |
+        VALIDATOR_ARGS=" ...TODO point to schema" bash ./run_tests.sh
       shell: bash
+      working-directory: bids-examples