diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22dc797..3bac2d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 # Version 1.1.4
 
+## Improvements
+
+- No longer does false validation on Azure and GCP cloud storage paths ([#171](https://github.com/nextflow-io/nf-validation/pull/171))
+
 ## Vulnerability fix
 
 - Updated the org.json package to version `20240303` ([#172](https://github.com/nextflow-io/nf-validation/pull/172))
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/DirectoryPathValidator.groovy b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/DirectoryPathValidator.groovy
index 0d935b5..1c64a7c 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/DirectoryPathValidator.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/DirectoryPathValidator.groovy
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ public class DirectoryPathValidator implements FormatValidator {
 
     @Override
     public Optional<String> validate(final String subject) {
-        if (subject.startsWith('s3://')) {
-            log.debug("S3 paths are not supported by 'DirectoryPathValidator': '${subject}'")
+        if (subject.matches("(s3://|az://|gs://).*")) {
+            log.debug("Cloud storage paths are not supported by 'DirectoryPathValidator': '${subject}'")
             return Optional.empty()
         }
         Path file = Nextflow.file(subject) as Path
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathPatternValidator.groovy b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathPatternValidator.groovy
index 4ddaaea..84dbf7f 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathPatternValidator.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathPatternValidator.groovy
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ public class FilePathPatternValidator implements FormatValidator {
 
     @Override
     public Optional<String> validate(final String subject) {
-        if (subject.startsWith('s3://')) {
-            log.debug("S3 paths are not supported by 'FilePathPatternValidator': '${subject}'")
+        if (subject.matches("(s3://|az://|gs://).*")) {
+            log.debug("Cloud storage paths are not supported by 'FilePathPatternValidator': '${subject}'")
             return Optional.empty()
         }
         ArrayList files = Nextflow.files(subject)
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathValidator.groovy b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathValidator.groovy
index a49ec6c..089e342 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathValidator.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/FilePathValidator.groovy
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ public class FilePathValidator implements FormatValidator {
 
     @Override
     public Optional<String> validate(final String subject) {
-        if (subject.startsWith('s3://')) {
-            log.debug("S3 paths are not supported by 'FilePathValidator': '${subject}'")
+        if (subject.matches("(s3://|az://|gs://).*")) {
+            log.debug("Cloud storage paths are not supported by 'FilePathValidator': '${subject}'")
             return Optional.empty()
         }
         Path file = Nextflow.file(subject) as Path  
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/PathValidator.groovy b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/PathValidator.groovy
index afe82e0..800f05b 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/PathValidator.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/FormatValidators/PathValidator.groovy
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ public class PathValidator implements FormatValidator {
 
     @Override
     public Optional<String> validate(final String subject) {
-        if (subject.startsWith('s3://')) {
-            log.debug("S3 paths are not supported by 'PathValidator': '${subject}'")
+        if (subject.matches("(s3://|az://|gs://).*")) {
+            log.debug("Cloud storage paths are not supported by 'PathValidator': '${subject}'")
             return Optional.empty()
         }
         Path file = Nextflow.file(subject) as Path  
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/SchemaValidator.groovy b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/SchemaValidator.groovy
index 9d70112..9a4c3ec 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/SchemaValidator.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/main/nextflow/validation/SchemaValidator.groovy
@@ -615,8 +615,8 @@ class SchemaValidator extends PluginExtensionPoint {
     // Function to check if a file or directory exists
     //
     List pathExists(String path, String paramName, Boolean s3PathCheck) {
-        if (path.startsWith('s3://') && !s3PathCheck) {
-            log.debug "Ignoring validation of S3 URL path '${path}'".toString()
+        if (path.matches("(s3://|az://|gs://).*") && !s3PathCheck) {
+            log.debug "Ignoring validation of cloud storage path '${path}'".toString()
         } else {
             def Path file = Nextflow.file(path) as Path
             if (!file.exists()) {
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/plugins/nf-validation/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 16d6abc..b2fc81c 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-validation/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Plugin-Id: nf-validation
-Plugin-Version: 1.1.3
+Plugin-Version: 1.1.4
 Plugin-Class: nextflow.validation.ValidationPlugin
 Plugin-Provider: nextflow
 Plugin-Requires: >=22.10.0
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/test/nextflow/validation/PluginExtensionMethodsTest.groovy b/plugins/nf-validation/src/test/nextflow/validation/PluginExtensionMethodsTest.groovy
index 6b66c2a..b5cd882 100644
--- a/plugins/nf-validation/src/test/nextflow/validation/PluginExtensionMethodsTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/test/nextflow/validation/PluginExtensionMethodsTest.groovy
@@ -445,6 +445,72 @@ class PluginExtensionMethodsTest extends Dsl2Spec{
         !stdout
     }
 
+    def 'should ignore s3 path' () {
+        given:
+        def schema = Path.of('src/testResources/nextflow_schema_file_cloud_path.json').toAbsolutePath().toString()
+        def  SCRIPT_TEXT = """
+            params.input = 's3://fake/path'
+            include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
+            
+            validateParameters(parameters_schema: '$schema')
+        """
+
+        when:
+        dsl_eval(SCRIPT_TEXT)
+        def stdout = capture
+                .toString()
+                .readLines()
+                .findResults {it.contains('WARN nextflow.validation.SchemaValidator') || it.startsWith('* --') ? it : null }
+
+        then:
+        noExceptionThrown()
+        !stdout
+    }
+
+    def 'should ignore az path' () {
+        given:
+        def schema = Path.of('src/testResources/nextflow_schema_file_cloud_path.json').toAbsolutePath().toString()
+        def  SCRIPT_TEXT = """
+            params.input = 'az://fake/path'
+            include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
+            
+            validateParameters(parameters_schema: '$schema')
+        """
+
+        when:
+        dsl_eval(SCRIPT_TEXT)
+        def stdout = capture
+                .toString()
+                .readLines()
+                .findResults {it.contains('WARN nextflow.validation.SchemaValidator') || it.startsWith('* --') ? it : null }
+
+        then:
+        noExceptionThrown()
+        !stdout
+    }
+
+    def 'should ignore gs path' () {
+        given:
+        def schema = Path.of('src/testResources/nextflow_schema_file_cloud_path.json').toAbsolutePath().toString()
+        def  SCRIPT_TEXT = """
+            params.input = 'gs://fake/path'
+            include { validateParameters } from 'plugin/nf-validation'
+            
+            validateParameters(parameters_schema: '$schema')
+        """
+
+        when:
+        dsl_eval(SCRIPT_TEXT)
+        def stdout = capture
+                .toString()
+                .readLines()
+                .findResults {it.contains('WARN nextflow.validation.SchemaValidator') || it.startsWith('* --') ? it : null }
+
+        then:
+        noExceptionThrown()
+        !stdout
+    }
+
     def 'correct validation of numbers with lenient mode' () {
         given:
         def schema = Path.of('src/testResources/nextflow_schema.json').toAbsolutePath().toString()
diff --git a/plugins/nf-validation/src/testResources/nextflow_schema_file_cloud_path.json b/plugins/nf-validation/src/testResources/nextflow_schema_file_cloud_path.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69860f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/nf-validation/src/testResources/nextflow_schema_file_cloud_path.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema",
+    "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nf-core/testpipeline/master/nextflow_schema.json",
+    "title": "nf-core/testpipeline pipeline parameters",
+    "description": "this is a test",
+    "type": "object",
+    "definitions": {
+        "file_patterns": {
+            "title": "Input/output options",
+            "type": "object",
+            "fa_icon": "fas fa-terminal",
+            "properties": {
+                "input": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "format": "file-path",
+                    "exists": true
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "allOf": [
+        {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/file_patterns"
+        }
+    ]
+}
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