diff --git a/.drone/drone.jsonnet b/.drone/drone.jsonnet
index 6dcea160a78c4..49f67f06861a3 100644
--- a/.drone/drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone/drone.jsonnet
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ local build_image_tag = '0.33.0';
         'GIT_TARGET_BRANCH="$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH"',
       ]) { depends_on: ['loki'], when: onPRs },
       make('validate-example-configs', container=false) { depends_on: ['loki'] },
-      make('validate-dev-cluster-config', container=false) { depends_on: ['loki'] },
+      make('validate-dev-cluster-config', container=false) { depends_on: ['validate-example-configs'] },
       make('check-example-config-doc', container=false) { depends_on: ['clone'] },
       {
         name: 'build-docs-website',
diff --git a/.drone/drone.yml b/.drone/drone.yml
index d45f7898a0851..7a62b621262a8 100644
--- a/.drone/drone.yml
+++ b/.drone/drone.yml
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ steps:
 - commands:
   - make BUILD_IN_CONTAINER=false validate-dev-cluster-config
   depends_on:
-  - loki
+  - validate-example-configs
   environment: {}
   image: grafana/loki-build-image:0.33.0
   name: validate-dev-cluster-config
@@ -2113,6 +2113,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gpg_private_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: fe7669a21410ae5f2d1ad6b6205fdc582af874f65f7bd6a679731a88174e3a1c
+hmac: 457592d17208477ceb480f81dbdb88f7b95a5ad015c88d9d6fed06c2422a52f9
 
 ...