diff --git a/.builds/validate.yml b/.builds/validate.yml
index 523e262c..4364d4c8 100644
--- a/.builds/validate.yml
+++ b/.builds/validate.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ tasks:
       staticcheck ./...
       # gosec does not handle modules correctly.
       # See: https://github.com/securego/gosec/issues/622
-      gosec -exclude-dir=examples ./...
+      # It also does not handle deferred close statements correctly (G307).
+      # See: https://github.com/securego/gosec/issues/714
+      gosec -exclude=G307 -exclude-dir=examples ./...
 
       checkdoc -fileheader.pattern='-' ./... <<EOF
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