diff --git a/.github/workflows/krel-release-notes-validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/krel-release-notes-validate.yaml
index 717761292ec..28adfcee2a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/krel-release-notes-validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/krel-release-notes-validate.yaml
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@
 
 name: Yaml Lint Release Notes
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-    paths:
-      - releases/**/release-notes/**.yaml
-      - releases/**/release-notes/**.yml
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - releases/**/release-notes/**.yaml
@@ -27,9 +21,12 @@ on:
   # Allow manual triggering
   workflow_dispatch: { }
 
+permissions: { }
+
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   krel_release_notes_validate_action:
     name: Validate release notes with krel
@@ -39,8 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
         with:
-          # we need to fetch the full history in order to check changes across all commits on the branch
-          fetch-depth: '0'
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@41dfa10bad2bb2ae585af6ee5bb4d7d973ad74ed # v5.1.0
         with:
           go-version: '1.23'
@@ -95,46 +91,36 @@ jobs:
           CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} ${{ github.sha }} -- releases/ | grep -E '\.ya?ml$' || true)
 
           if [ -n "$CHANGED_FILES" ]; then
-            echo "validating base sha ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
+            echo "### YAML Validation Results :mag:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "Validating files against base SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 
-            # Initialize an array for invalid files
             INVALID_FILES=""
 
             while IFS= read -r file; do
+              echo "#### Validating: ${file##*/}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
               set +e
-              "${KREL_PATH}" release-notes validate --path-to-release-notes "$file"
+              VALIDATION_OUTPUT=$("${KREL_PATH}" release-notes validate --path-to-release-notes "$file" 2>&1)
               exit_code=$?
               set -e
-              
+          
               if [ $exit_code -ne 0 ]; then
                   INVALID_FILES="${INVALID_FILES}- ${file##*/}\n"
+                  echo "❌ Validation failed with the following errors:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+                  echo "\`\`\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+                  echo "$VALIDATION_OUTPUT" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+                  echo "\`\`\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+              else
+                  echo "✅ File is valid" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
               fi
             done <<< "$CHANGED_FILES"
           
-            # If there are any invalid files, set the output and fail
             if [ -n "$INVALID_FILES" ]; then
-              echo "invalid_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-              echo -e "$INVALID_FILES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-              echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo -e "\n### ❌ Validation Failed" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+              echo "The following files contain invalid YAML:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+              echo -e "$INVALID_FILES" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
               exit 1
-            else
-              echo "All YAML files are valid."
             fi
           else
-            echo "No YAML files changed under /releases/*"
+            echo "### No YAML Changes Detected" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+            echo "No YAML files were changed under /releases/*" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           fi
-      - name: Comment on PR if invalid yaml detected
-        if: failure() && github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          script: |
-            const invalidFiles = `${{ steps.validate_releases_yaml.outputs.invalid_files }}`;
-            if (invalidFiles) {
-              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
-                owner: context.repo.owner,
-                repo: context.repo.repo,
-                issue_number: context.issue.number,
-                body: `❌ YAML validation failed for the following files:\n\n${invalidFiles}`
-              });
-            }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-112104-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-112104-map.yaml
index 3c9e0c5b1a0..97495ff0dee 100644
--- a/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-112104-map.yaml
+++ b/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-112104-map.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pr: 112104
 releasenote:
   text: Fixed EDITOR/KUBE_EDITOR with double-quoted paths with spaces when on Windows
-    cmd.exe.
+cmd.exe.
 pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-118148-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-118148-map.yaml
index 9f1f4da183e..7efd8dd176b 100644
--- a/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-118148-map.yaml
+++ b/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-118148-map.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pr: 118148
 releasenote:
   text: Exposed the kube-scheduler "/livez" and "/readz" endpoints for health checks
-    that are in compliance with https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/health-checks/#api-endpoints-for-health.
+    that are in compliance with https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/health
+  -checks/#api-endpoints-for-health.
 pr_body: ""
diff --git a/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-124017-map.yaml b/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-124017-map.yaml
index 5cd4d3d78d0..8e87046c65f 100644
--- a/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-124017-map.yaml
+++ b/releases/release-1.31/release-notes/maps/pr-124017-map.yaml
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ pr: 124017
 releasenote:
   text: |
     Removed deprecated command flags --volume-host-cidr-denylist
-    and --volume-host-allow-local-loopback from kube-controller-manager.
+    and --volume-host-allow-local-loopback   from kube-controller-manager.