diff --git a/.github/opentofu-validate.sh b/.github/opentofu-validate.sh
index 2564517..e945618 100644
--- a/.github/opentofu-validate.sh
+++ b/.github/opentofu-validate.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ export IAC_BIN=tofu
 
 $IAC_BIN version
 
-for WORKSPACE in $(find . \( -name '*.tf' -o -name '*.otf' \) -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} dirname {} | sort -u); do
+for WORKSPACE in $(find . \( -name '*.tf' -o -name '*.otf' \) -not -path '*/docs/*/example/*' -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} dirname {} | sort -u); do
   bash -e .github/tf.sh "$WORKSPACE" validate
 done
diff --git a/.github/terraform-validate.sh b/.github/terraform-validate.sh
index 7fdcac6..5aac710 100644
--- a/.github/terraform-validate.sh
+++ b/.github/terraform-validate.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ export IAC_BIN=terraform
 
 $IAC_BIN version
 
-for WORKSPACE in $(find . -name '*.tf' -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} dirname {} | sort -u); do
+for WORKSPACE in $(find . -name '*.tf' -not -path '*/docs/*/example/*' -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} dirname {} | sort -u); do
   bash -e .github/tf.sh "$WORKSPACE" validate
 done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/terraform-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/terraform-checks.yml
index cd46e23..c42e4e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terraform-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terraform-checks.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@b9cd54a3c349d3f38e8881555d616ced269862dd # v3.1.2
         with:
-          terraform_version: 1.13.5 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=hashicorp/terraform packageName=hashicorp/terraform
+          terraform_version: 1.13.4 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=hashicorp/terraform packageName=hashicorp/terraform
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
         with:
           show-progress: false