diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 635bf6a..fab6321 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: goreleaser
           version: latest
+
           args: release --rm-dist
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ff64d4a..ca51877 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ COPY --from=deps /usr/bin/xargs  /usr/bin/xargs
 COPY --from=deps /lib /lib
 COPY --from=deps /usr/lib /usr/lib
 
-CMD ["/codeowners-validator"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/codeowners-validator"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccb1117..fa04f80 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,10 +132,11 @@ Use the following environment variables to configure the application:
 | <tt>CHECK_FAILURE_LEVEL</tt>                  | `warning`                     | Defines the level on which the application should treat check issues as failures. Defaults to `warning`, which treats both errors and warnings as failures, and exits with error code 3. Possible values are `error` and `warning`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | <tt>OWNER_CHECKER_REPOSITORY</tt>  <b>*</b>   |                               | The owner and repository name separated by slash. For example, gh-codeowners/codeowners-samples. Used to check if GitHub owner is in the given organization.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | <tt>OWNER_CHECKER_IGNORED_OWNERS</tt>         | `@ghost`                      | The comma-separated list of owners that should not be validated. Example: `"@owner1,@owner2,@org/team1,example@email.com"`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
-| <tt>OWNER_CHECKER_ALLOW_UNOWNED_PATTERNS</tt> | `true`                        | 	Specifies whether CODEOWNERS may have unowned files. For example: <br> <br>  `/infra/oncall-rotator/                    @sre-team` <br>  `/infra/oncall-rotator/oncall-config.yml` <br> <br>  The `/infra/oncall-rotator/oncall-config.yml` file is not owned by anyone.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
+| <tt>OWNER_CHECKER_ALLOW_UNOWNED_PATTERNS</tt> | `true`                        | Specifies whether CODEOWNERS may have unowned files. For example: <br> <br>  `/infra/oncall-rotator/                    @sre-team` <br>  `/infra/oncall-rotator/oncall-config.yml` <br> <br>  The `/infra/oncall-rotator/oncall-config.yml` file is not owned by anyone.                                                                                                                                                                                        |
 | <tt>OWNER_CHEKER_OWNERS_MUST_BE_TEAMS</tt>    | `false`                       | Specifies whether only teams are allowed as owners of files.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
 | <tt>NOT_OWNED_CHECKER_SKIP_PATTERNS</tt>      | -                             | The comma-separated list of patterns that should be ignored by `not-owned-checker`. For example, you can specify `*` and as a result, the `*` pattern from the **CODEOWNERS** file will be ignored and files owned by this pattern will be reported as unowned unless a later specific pattern will match that path. It's useful because often we have default owners entry at the begging of the CODOEWNERS file, e.g. `*       @global-owner1 @global-owner2` |
-| <tt>NOT_OWNED_CHECKER_SUBDIRECTORIES</tt>      | -                             | The comma-separated list of subdirectories to check in `not-owned-checker`. When specified, only files in the listed subdirectories will be checked if they do not have specified owners in CODEOWNERS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
+| <tt>NOT_OWNED_CHECKER_SUBDIRECTORIES</tt>     | -                             | The comma-separated list of subdirectories to check in `not-owned-checker`. When specified, only files in the listed subdirectories will be checked if they do not have specified owners in CODEOWNERS.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
+| <tt>NOT_OWNED_CHECKER_TRUST_WORKSPACE</tt>    | `false`                       | Specifies whether the repository path should be marked as safe. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
 
  <b>*</b> - Required
 
@@ -143,11 +144,11 @@ Use the following environment variables to configure the application:
 
 Application exits with different status codes which allow you to easily distinguish between error categories.
 
-| Code | Description |
-|:-----:|:------------|
-| **1** | The application startup failed due to the wrong configuration or internal error. |
+| Code  | Description                                                                               |
+|:-----:|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **1** | The application startup failed due to the wrong configuration or internal error.          |
 | **2** | The application was closed because the OS sends a termination signal (SIGINT or SIGTERM). |
-| **3** | The CODEOWNERS validation failed - executed checks found some issues. |
+| **3** | The CODEOWNERS validation failed - executed checks found some issues.                     |
 
 ## Contributing
 
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 199dbf1..b02de7c 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -44,23 +44,28 @@ inputs:
     default: "${{ github.repository }}"
 
   owner_checker_ignored_owners:
-    description:  "The comma-separated list of owners that should not be validated. Example: @owner1,@owner2,@org/team1,example@email.com."
+    description: "The comma-separated list of owners that should not be validated. Example: @owner1,@owner2,@org/team1,example@email.com."
     required: false
 
   owner_checker_allow_unowned_patterns:
-    description:  "Specifies whether CODEOWNERS may have unowned files. For example, `/infra/oncall-rotator/oncall-config.yml` doesn't have owner and this is not reported."
+    description: "Specifies whether CODEOWNERS may have unowned files. For example, `/infra/oncall-rotator/oncall-config.yml` doesn't have owner and this is not reported."
     default: "true"
     required: false
 
   owner_checker_owners_must_be_teams:
-    description:  "Specifies whether only teams are allowed as owners of files."
+    description: "Specifies whether only teams are allowed as owners of files."
     default: "false"
     required: false
 
   not_owned_checker_subdirectories:
-    description:  "Only check listed subdirectories for CODEOWNERS ownership that don't have owners."
+    description: "Only check listed subdirectories for CODEOWNERS ownership that don't have owners."
     required: false
 
+  not_owned_checker_trust_workspace:
+    description: "Specifies whether the repository path should be marked as safe. See: https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766"
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
+
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'docker://ghcr.io/mszostok/codeowners-validator:v0.7.3'
diff --git a/internal/check/not_owned_file.go b/internal/check/not_owned_file.go
index da73647..dbc2904 100644
--- a/internal/check/not_owned_file.go
+++ b/internal/check/not_owned_file.go
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type NotOwnedFileConfig struct {
+	// TrustWorkspace sets the global gif config
+	// to trust a given repository path
+	// see: https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+	TrustWorkspace bool     `envconfig:"default=false"`
 	SkipPatterns   []string `envconfig:"optional"`
 	Subdirectories []string `envconfig:"optional"`
 }
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ type NotOwnedFileConfig struct {
 type NotOwnedFile struct {
 	skipPatterns   map[string]struct{}
 	subDirectories []string
+	trustWorkspace bool
 }
 
 func NewNotOwnedFile(cfg NotOwnedFileConfig) *NotOwnedFile {
@@ -34,6 +39,7 @@ func NewNotOwnedFile(cfg NotOwnedFileConfig) *NotOwnedFile {
 	return &NotOwnedFile{
 		skipPatterns:   skip,
 		subDirectories: cfg.Subdirectories,
+		trustWorkspace: cfg.TrustWorkspace,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -51,6 +57,10 @@ func (c *NotOwnedFile) Check(ctx context.Context, in Input) (output Output, err
 
 	patterns := c.patternsToBeIgnored(in.CodeownersEntries)
 
+	if err := c.trustWorkspaceIfNeeded(in.RepoDir); err != nil {
+		return Output{}, err
+	}
+
 	statusOut, err := c.GitCheckStatus(in.RepoDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Output{}, err
@@ -187,6 +197,20 @@ func (c *NotOwnedFile) GitListFiles(repoDir string) (string, error) {
 	return string(stdout), nil
 }
 
+func (c *NotOwnedFile) trustWorkspaceIfNeeded(repo string) error {
+	if !c.trustWorkspace {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	gitadd := pipe.Exec("git", "config", "--global", "--add", "safe.directory", repo)
+	_, stderr, err := pipe.DividedOutput(gitadd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, string(stderr))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *NotOwnedFile) skipPatternsList() string {
 	list := make([]string, 0, len(c.skipPatterns))
 	for k := range c.skipPatterns {
@@ -206,7 +230,7 @@ func (c *NotOwnedFile) ListFormatFunc(es []string) string {
 	return strings.Join(points, "\n")
 }
 
-// Name returns human readable name of the validator
+// Name returns human-readable name of the validator
 func (NotOwnedFile) Name() string {
 	return "[Experimental] Not Owned File Checker"
 }
diff --git a/internal/check/valid_owner.go b/internal/check/valid_owner.go
index 6858ebd..e1d1241 100644
--- a/internal/check/valid_owner.go
+++ b/internal/check/valid_owner.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ var reqScopes = map[github.Scope]struct{}{
 }
 
 type ValidOwnerConfig struct {
+	// Repository represents the GitHub repository against which
+	// the external checks like teams and members validation should be executed.
+	// It is in form 'owner/repository'.
 	Repository string
 	// IgnoredOwners contains a list of owners that should not be validated.
 	// Defaults to @ghost.