diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 44e040a9be6f5fee92ad3875509da4d8d4140b8a..f08f675974240ac88b14acb0a3f114fc5e5fd393 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ 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 e84dd955efd66a322b1b7edb103972c587de9679..7f092d5be7989920853e8090192f891153049647 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "dbp/relay-server-template",
+    "description": "An example Symfony application using the Relay API gateway",
     "type": "project",
     "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
     "require": {