diff --git a/.github/workflows/acceptance_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/acceptance_tests.yml
index a23f3c445..5486bb755 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/acceptance_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/acceptance_tests.yml
@@ -30,3 +30,15 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         run: make acceptance-test
+
+      - name: Slack notification on failure
+        uses: ravsamhq/notify-slack-action@v1
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          status: ${{ job.status }}
+          notification_title: 'Mizu {workflow} has {status_message}'
+          message_format: '{emoji} *{workflow}* {status_message} during <{run_url}|run>, after commit: <{commit_url}|{commit_sha}>'
+          footer: 'Linked Repo <{repo_url}|{repo}>'
+          notify_when: 'failure'
+        env:
+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security_validation.yml b/.github/workflows/security_validation.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2808638a8..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/security_validation.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: Security validation
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - 'develop'
-      - 'main'
-
-jobs:
-  security:
-    name: Check for vulnerabilities
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - uses: snyk/actions/setup@master
-      - name: Set up Go 1.16
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
-        with:
-          go-version: '1.16'
-
-      - name: Run snyl on all projects
-        run: snyk test --all-projects