diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b02bca5a..86448e0e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/warnings.v0 v0.1.2 // indirect
 )
 
-replace github.com/nektos/act => code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.30.0
+replace github.com/nektos/act => code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 39e6e1ac..2d47c373 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.30.0 h1:ZUfWT+DQ/KpdpiHiNhmaJVJeD56kvg0Vs8M0MytEvMo=
-code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.30.0/go.mod h1:RPqtuaI2FkC1SVOaYCRODo5jIfoMTBVgEOOP3Sdiuh4=
+code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.31.0 h1:bZleCj3yIjiDzLOMQTQWoDl12hVhKfQIc0qt4U4WPYg=
+code.forgejo.org/forgejo/act v1.31.0/go.mod h1:WkmxVBteC4zoyQGYp8ZFZY7Xb+jat+b7ChvqW6TxqF8=
 code.forgejo.org/forgejo/actions-proto v0.5.1 h1:GCJHR/Y/Apk7Yl7CH9qOsKrdf/k0tRVFeVhz1EIZvb4=
 code.forgejo.org/forgejo/actions-proto v0.5.1/go.mod h1:nu8N1HQLsu3c4T/PpYWbqwNBxsZnEOVxqV0mQWtIQvE=
 connectrpc.com/connect v1.18.1 h1:PAg7CjSAGvscaf6YZKUefjoih5Z/qYkyaTrBW8xvYPw=
diff --git a/internal/app/cmd/exec.go b/internal/app/cmd/exec.go
index d5c22a1c..85b85a34 100644
--- a/internal/app/cmd/exec.go
+++ b/internal/app/cmd/exec.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func runExecList(ctx context.Context, planner model.WorkflowPlanner, execArgs *e
 
 func runExec(ctx context.Context, execArgs *executeArgs) func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	return func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		planner, err := model.NewWorkflowPlanner(execArgs.WorkflowsPath(), execArgs.noWorkflowRecurse)
+		planner, err := model.NewWorkflowPlanner(execArgs.WorkflowsPath(), execArgs.noWorkflowRecurse, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/app/run/workflow.go b/internal/app/run/workflow.go
index f742c20e..c0ef821c 100644
--- a/internal/app/run/workflow.go
+++ b/internal/app/run/workflow.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func generateWorkflow(task *runnerv1.Task) (*model.Workflow, string, error) {
-	workflow, err := model.ReadWorkflow(bytes.NewReader(task.WorkflowPayload))
+	workflow, err := model.ReadWorkflow(bytes.NewReader(task.WorkflowPayload), true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, "", err
 	}