diff --git a/.github/scripts/validateActionsAndWorkflows.sh b/.github/scripts/validateActionsAndWorkflows.sh
index a91b76c9fdd3..2d93cc97695d 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/validateActionsAndWorkflows.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/validateActionsAndWorkflows.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,63 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo 'Validates the Github Actions and workflows using the json schemas provided by (https://www.schemastore.org/json/)'
+source ./scripts/shellUtils.sh
 
-# Track exit codes separately so we can run a full validation, report errors, and exit with the correct code
-declare EXIT_CODE=0
+title 'Validating the Github Actions and workflows using the json schemas provided by (https://www.schemastore.org/json/)'
+
+function downloadSchema {
+  [[ $1 = 'github-action.json' ]] && SCHEMA_NAME='GitHub Action' || SCHEMA_NAME='GitHub Workflow'
+  info "Downloading $SCHEMA_NAME schema..."
+  if curl "https://json.schemastore.org/$1" --output "./tempSchemas/$1" --silent; then
+    success "Successfully downloaded $SCHEMA_NAME schema!"
+  else
+    error "Failed downloading $SCHEMA_NAME schema"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
 
 # Download the up-to-date json schemas for github actions and workflows
 cd ./.github && mkdir ./tempSchemas || exit 1
-curl https://json.schemastore.org/github-action.json --output ./tempSchemas/github-action.json --silent || exit 1
-curl https://json.schemastore.org/github-workflow.json --output ./tempSchemas/github-workflow.json --silent || exit 1
+downloadSchema 'github-action.json' || exit 1
+downloadSchema 'github-workflow.json' || exit 1
+
+# Track exit codes separately so we can run a full validation, report errors, and exit with the correct code
+declare EXIT_CODE=0
+
+# This stores all the process IDs of the ajv commands so they can run in parallel
+declare ASYNC_PROCESSES
+
+# Arrays of actions and workflows
+declare -r ACTIONS=(./actions/*/*/action.yml)
+declare -r WORKFLOWS=(./workflows/*.yml)
+
+info 'Validating actions and workflows against their JSON schemas...'
 
 # Validate the actions and workflows using the JSON schemas and ajv https://github.com/ajv-validator/ajv-cli
-find ./actions -type f -name "*.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I file ajv -s ./tempSchemas/github-action.json -d file --strict=false || EXIT_CODE=1
-find ./workflows -type f -name "*.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 -I file ajv -s ./tempSchemas/github-workflow.json -d file --strict=false || EXIT_CODE=1
+for ((i=0; i < ${#ACTIONS[@]}; i++)); do
+  ACTION=${ACTIONS[$i]}
+  ajv -s ./tempSchemas/github-action.json -d "$ACTION" --strict=false &
+  ASYNC_PROCESSES[$i]=$!
+done
 
-if (( "$EXIT_CODE" != 0 )); then
-  exit $EXIT_CODE
-fi
+for ((i=0; i < ${#WORKFLOWS[@]}; i++)); do
+  WORKFLOW=${WORKFLOWS[$i]}
+  ajv -s ./tempSchemas/github-workflow.json -d "$WORKFLOW" --strict=false &
+  ASYNC_PROCESSES[${#ACTIONS[@]} + $i]=$!
+done
+
+# Wait for the background builds to finish
+for PID in ${ASYNC_PROCESSES[*]}; do
+  wait $PID
+  RESULT=$?
+  if [[ $RESULT != 0 ]]; then
+    EXIT_CODE=$RESULT
+  fi
+done
 
 # Cleanup after ourselves and delete the schemas
 rm -rf ./tempSchemas
 
-echo
-echo 'Lint Github Actions via actionlint (https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint)'
+title 'Lint Github Actions via actionlint (https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint)'
 
 # If we are running this on a non-CI machine (e.g. locally), install shellcheck
 if [[ -z "${CI}" && -z "$(command -v shellcheck)" ]]; then
@@ -34,7 +69,15 @@ if [[ -z "${CI}" && -z "$(command -v shellcheck)" ]]; then
   brew install shellcheck
 fi
 
-curl -s curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rhysd/actionlint/main/scripts/download-actionlint.bash | bash -s -- 1.6.13
+info 'Downloading actionlint...'
+if bash <(curl --silent https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rhysd/actionlint/main/scripts/download-actionlint.bash); then
+  success 'Successfully downloaded actionlint!'
+else
+  error 'Error downloading actionlint'
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+info 'Linting workflows...'
 ./actionlint -color || EXIT_CODE=1
 
 # Cleanup after ourselves and delete actionlint