diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 1825eb9c2b5..6b38d22a242 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ steps:
   name: lint-backend
 - commands:
   - go run scripts/modowners/modowners.go check go.mod
-  failure: ignore
   image: golang:1.20.6
   name: validate-modfile
 trigger:
@@ -1648,7 +1647,6 @@ steps:
   name: lint-backend
 - commands:
   - go run scripts/modowners/modowners.go check go.mod
-  failure: ignore
   image: golang:1.20.6
   name: validate-modfile
 - commands:
@@ -4558,6 +4556,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: delivery-bot-app-private-key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 4dab5540224fa874ec46cb062c8b89730b7b42bb9237ec3f4c02b469786966cf
+hmac: f2b25e9786bc5dd27ea27d7ed8b9b88e001014bbdf5376c38556bafe5043b717
 
 ...
diff --git a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
index 60d56cafc58..f4d14e35a2e 100644
--- a/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
+++ b/scripts/drone/steps/lib.star
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ def validate_modfile_step():
     return {
         "name": "validate-modfile",
         "image": images["go_image"],
-        "failure": "ignore",
         "commands": [
             "go run scripts/modowners/modowners.go check go.mod",
         ],