diff --git a/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml b/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml
index 5a97d2be49..a3108c44a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/required-spec-validations.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ jobs:
           id: go-sdk-validation
           run: |
             cp -rf "openapi-foas.yaml" "atlas-sdk-go/openapi/atlas-sdk.yaml"
+            # Point the SDK generation pipeline at the freshly built FOAS.
+            # Without this, generate.sh falls back to its default and
+            # validates the stale atlas-api.yaml committed in the SDK repo.
+            export OPENAPI_FILE_NAME="atlas-sdk.yaml"
             pushd atlas-sdk-go
             make -e openapi-pipeline
             popd