diff --git a/Makefile.validation b/Makefile.validation
index a26e053c8..38fa32e56 100644
--- a/Makefile.validation
+++ b/Makefile.validation
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ coverage:
 	go tool cover -html=coverage.out -o coverage.html
 
 test:
-	${GO_ENV_VARS} go test --coverpkg=./pkg/...,./cmd/... ${LDFLAGS} `go list ./... | grep "pkg\|cmd"` -race -cover -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic
+	${GO_ENV_VARS} LANG="en_US.utf8" go test --coverpkg=./pkg/...,./cmd/... ${LDFLAGS} `go list ./... | grep "pkg\|cmd"` -race -cover -coverprofile=coverage.out -covermode=atomic
 
 # Run tests for pr-validation with writing output to log file
 # Test are different (ginkgo, go testing, etc.) so can't use native ginkgo methods to print junit output.
diff --git a/pkg/drivemgr/drivemgr-update-history.md b/pkg/drivemgr/drivemgr-update-history.md
index 2503b1058..3e5225812 100644
--- a/pkg/drivemgr/drivemgr-update-history.md
+++ b/pkg/drivemgr/drivemgr-update-history.md
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ git commit for proprietary code.
 
 2023/05/16  remove empty image csi-baremetal-scheduler.
 2023/05/23  upgrade halmgr to SP4.
-2024/01/22  remove upper case from disk serial number.
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+2024/01/22  remove upper case from disk serial number.
+2024/11/04  trigger halmgr build
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