diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c46f699220b71f0e5730fe4d479325bc0be481f5..74193dde50de4940ecfbfa1dc2fc83d17f0becea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ jobs:
                 curl -L -O https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/main/prepare-and-run-flake8.sh
                 . ./prepare-and-run-flake8.sh "$(basename $GITHUB_REPOSITORY)" ./test
 
+    validate_cff:
+        name: Validate CITATION.cff
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+        -   uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        -   uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        -   run: |
+                pip install cffconvert
+                cffconvert -i CITATION.cff --validate
+
     pylint:
         name: Pylint
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 2e9561abb692a80d797a463e8940a157acc73994..60e87842e4d7bef74100eb9363cb5c5e75357a2a 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors:
 - family-names: "Fikl"
   given-names: "Alex"
 - family-names: "Stevens"
-  given-names: "James
+  given-names: "James"
 - family-names: "Diener"
   given-names: "Matthias"
 - family-names: "Kulkarni"