diff --git a/.cardano-dev.yaml b/.cardano-dev.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e39231c182..0000000000
--- a/.cardano-dev.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-main-branch: main
-release-branch:
-  prefix: release/
-  suffix: .x
-changelog:
-  # Determine which PR changelog options are available and which end up in the changelog
-  options:
-    type:
-      feature: add
-      breaking: add
-      compatible: add
-      optimisation: add
-      bugfix: add
-      refactoring: skip
-      test: skip
-      maintenance: skip
-      release: skip
-      documentation: skip
-
-      # deprecated, left here only for backwards compatible changelog generation
-      improvement: add
diff --git a/.changes/20260520_cardano_cli_enable_herald_pr_validation.yml b/.changes/20260520_cardano_cli_enable_herald_pr_validation.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..786f7283ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/20260520_cardano_cli_enable_herald_pr_validation.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+project: cardano-cli
+pr: 1382
+kind:
+  - maintenance
+description: |
+  Remove old .cardano-dev.yaml configuration and enable PR number validation in herald changelog checks.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-pr-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/check-pr-changelog.yml
index 6b1af31459..1c0895f485 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-pr-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-pr-changelog.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,4 @@ jobs:
           extra_nix_config: |
             accept-flake-config = true
 
-      # TODO: enable --pr check after backfilling existing PRs with fragments
       - uses: input-output-hk/cardano-dev/actions/herald-validate@herald-validate-0.0.1.0
-        with:
-          pr: false