diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02_new-hub_phase-1.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02_new-hub_phase-1.yaml
index 79fe8364e4..935351c7b9 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02_new-hub_phase-1.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02_new-hub_phase-1.yaml
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ body:
 
         Available runbooks:
         - https://infrastructure.2i2c.org/hub-deployment-guide/runbooks/phase1/#available-runbooks
+    validations:
       required: true