try the conditionnal again

.gitea/workflows/varnish-exporter.yml

@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@ jobs:
           commit_message: gitea-actions auto commit - update version
           push_options: '--force'
 
-      - run: echo "${{ steps.new_version.outputs.build }}"
+      - name: degug output
+        run: echo "${{ steps.new_version.outputs.build }}"
 
   build:
-    #needs: validate
-    #if: jobs.validate.outputs.build == "true"
+    needs: validate
+    if: jobs.validate.outputs.build == 'true'
     #if: needs.validate.outputs.build == 'true'
     timeout-minutes: 2
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

.version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.1
+1.5.6