diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-bids-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/test-bids-examples.yml
index c37d24c10..9fc6c0bf2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-bids-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-bids-examples.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         platform: [ubuntu-latest]
-        bids-examples-branch: [master]
+        bids-examples-branch: [ngff]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Get bids-examples data
         run: |
-          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-examples -b ${{ matrix.bids-examples-branch }}
+          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/TheChymera/bids-examples -b ${{ matrix.bids-examples-branch }}
 
       - name: Display versions and environment information
         run: |
diff --git a/bids-validator/bids_validator/rules/file_level_rules.json b/bids-validator/bids_validator/rules/file_level_rules.json
index d41e497b4..664446106 100644
--- a/bids-validator/bids_validator/rules/file_level_rules.json
+++ b/bids-validator/bids_validator/rules/file_level_rules.json
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@
       "@@@_microscopy_ext_@@@": [
         ".ome\\.tif",
         ".ome\\.btf",
+        ".ome\\.zarr",
         ".tif",
         ".png"
       ]