diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-documentation-inverse.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-documentation-inverse.yml
index b61df0ee9..6463c658f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-documentation-inverse.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-documentation-inverse.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Validate documentation
+name: Documentation CI
 on:
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore: ["docs/sources/**", "vale/**"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-documentation.yml
index 089577ca2..77ec221d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-documentation.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
   vale:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
-      image: grafana/vale:latest@sha256:e14889d8d0e31bc32bbc09f3aa2c5d98c2c988c53ec5a3f5753dc46a8889bf3a
+      image: grafana/vale:latest@sha256:22bdb04abfb9f1c568846f47aca4a37996d743917e5ba89f0557ccf6fb2f7521
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
diff --git a/vale-action/action.yml b/vale-action/action.yml
index 8457e16c7..d37027a4d 100644
--- a/vale-action/action.yml
+++ b/vale-action/action.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ runs:
         REVIEWDOG_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
       run: |
           (cd /etc/vale && vale sync)
-          vale ${FILTER} --output=/etc/vale/rdjsonl.tmpl ${DIRECTORY} | \
+          vale "${FILTER}" --output=/etc/vale/rdjsonl.tmpl "${DIRECTORY}" | \
             inhibit-rules | \
             /bin/reviewdog \
             --conf=/etc/vale/.reviewdog.yml \