diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a8effd94b4ad3992f2002f26bd5fc24d1e15eabf..cb03079f5508d3ffb99ff3f156d64db61404601b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ stages:
 .test_defaults: &test_defaults
   script:
     - sudo update-alternatives --set php "/usr/bin/${PHP}"
+    - composer validate
     - composer install
     - composer test
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d008ee2fe59b38fae2fc4e82635dd3d680b53b88..4198b91a5d8bfd05c473a6e9d0d8de5d454821f9 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "dbp/relay-template-bundle",
+    "description": "A template bundle for the Relay API gateway",
     "type": "symfony-bundle",
     "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
     "require": {