diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index be260aa..104f863 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ git_source(:github) { |repo_name| "https://github.com/#{repo_name}" }
 gem 'html2rss', github: 'html2rss/html2rss', branch: :master
 
 group :development do
-  # gem 'html2rss-generator', path: '../generator'
   gem 'html2rss-generator', github: 'html2rss/generator', branch: :main
 
   gem 'nokogiri'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7c32dfc..babf2a0 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ GIT
 
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/html2rss/html2rss
-  revision: 762a09c15e5def5897b2d08f0e3c11c023cc9b35
+  revision: e0dca5bf74b17c1e2a0618fc0a4af27c16da1883
   branch: master
   specs:
     html2rss (0.17.0)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ GEM
       rubocop-ast (>= 1.49.0, < 2.0)
       ruby-progressbar (~> 1.7)
       unicode-display_width (>= 2.4.0, < 4.0)
-    rubocop-ast (1.49.0)
+    rubocop-ast (1.49.1)
       parser (>= 3.3.7.2)
       prism (~> 1.7)
     rubocop-performance (1.26.1)
diff --git a/bin/setup b/bin/setup
index 935796b..243eb57 100755
--- a/bin/setup
+++ b/bin/setup
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ bundle install
 
 echo
 echo "==> Installing Node dependencies (required for make lint)..."
-npm install --ignore-scripts --no-fund --no-audit
+npm ci --ignore-scripts --no-fund --no-audit
 
 echo
 echo "==> Checking system tools..."
diff --git a/bin/validate_configs b/bin/validate_configs
index 4fef430..13442e9 100755
--- a/bin/validate_configs
+++ b/bin/validate_configs
@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@
 
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'html2rss'
-require 'yaml'
+
+unless Html2rss::Config.respond_to?(:validate_yaml)
+  warn 'Error: installed html2rss gem does not support Config.validate_yaml.'
+  warn 'Run: bundle update html2rss'
+  exit 1
+end
 
 files = Dir['lib/html2rss/configs/**/*.yml']
 failed = []
 
 files.each do |file|
-  config = YAML.safe_load_file(file, symbolize_names: true)
-  result = Html2rss::Config.validate(config)
+  result = Html2rss::Config.validate_yaml(file)
 
   if result.success?
     puts "ok   #{file}"
diff --git a/spec/bin/validate_configs_spec.rb b/spec/bin/validate_configs_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb8aa07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/bin/validate_configs_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'fileutils'
+require 'tmpdir'
+
+RSpec.describe 'bin/validate_configs' do # rubocop:disable RSpec/DescribeClass
+  let(:script_path) { File.expand_path('../../bin/validate_configs', __dir__) }
+  let(:config_path) { File.join('lib', 'html2rss', 'configs', 'example.com', 'search.yml') }
+  let(:success_output) do
+    a_string_including(
+      "ok   #{config_path}",
+      '1 configs validated successfully.'
+    )
+  end
+
+  it 'passes validation for parameterized configs when defaults are present' do
+    with_temp_config do |dir|
+      expect { run_script(dir) }.to output(success_output).to_stdout
+                                                          .and output('').to_stderr
+    end
+  end
+
+  def with_temp_config
+    Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
+      write_config(dir)
+      yield dir
+    end
+  end
+
+  def write_config(dir)
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p(File.join(dir, File.dirname(config_path)))
+    File.write(File.join(dir, config_path), valid_config)
+  end
+
+  def run_script(dir)
+    Dir.chdir(dir) { load script_path }
+  end
+
+  def valid_config
+    <<~YAML
+      parameters:
+        query:
+          type: string
+          default: ruby
+      headers:
+        X-Query: "%<query>s"
+      channel:
+        url: "https://example.com/search?q=%<query>s"
+      selectors:
+        items:
+          selector: ".item"
+        title:
+          selector: "h2"
+    YAML
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 0c977d5..98fb42e 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'tzinfo'
+
 require 'html2rss'
 require 'html2rss/configs'