diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index a3bcd94..5792ed9 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
 
+# Any ignore directives should be uncommented in downstream projects to disable
+# Dependabot updates for the given dependency. Downstream projects will get
+# these updates when the pull request(s) in the appropriate skeleton are merged
+# and Lineage processes these changes.
+
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
diff --git a/.mdl_config.yaml b/.mdl_config.yaml
index b36f943..4a650c1 100644
--- a/.mdl_config.yaml
+++ b/.mdl_config.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,17 @@ MD035:
   # Enforce dashes for horizontal rules
   style: "---"
 
-# MD046/code-block-style Code block style
+# MD046/code-block-style - Code block style
 MD046:
   # Enforce the fenced style for code blocks
   style: "fenced"
+
+# MD049/emphasis-style - Emphasis style should be consistent
+MD049:
+  # Enforce asterisks as the style to use for emphasis
+  style: "asterisk"
+
+# MD050/strong-style - Strong style should be consistent
+MD050:
+  # Enforce asterisks as the style to use for strong
+  style: "asterisk"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 02a3551..bf28c97 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Text file hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
-    rev: v0.30.0
+    rev: v0.31.1
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
         args:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ repos:
 
   # pre-commit hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit
-    rev: v2.16.0
+    rev: v2.17.0
     hooks:
       - id: validate_manifest
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ repos:
   # Python hooks
   # Run bandit on "tests" tree with a configuration
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: 1.7.1
+    rev: 1.7.2
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
         name: bandit (tests tree)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ repos:
         name: bandit (everything else)
         exclude: tests
   - repo: https://github.com/psf/black
-    rev: 21.12b0
+    rev: 22.1.0
     hooks:
       - id: black
   - repo: https://gitlab.com/pycqa/flake8
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ repos:
 
   # Ansible hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/ansible-community/ansible-lint
-    rev: v5.3.2
+    rev: v5.4.0
     hooks:
       - id: ansible-lint
       # files: molecule/default/playbook.yml
 
   # Terraform hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/antonbabenko/pre-commit-terraform
-    rev: v1.62.3
+    rev: v1.64.0
     hooks:
       - id: terraform_fmt
       - id: terraform_validate
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
index 7ed00eb..76a1cce 100644
--- a/.yamllint
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 extends: default
 
 rules:
+  # yamllint does not like it when you comment out different parts of
+  # dictionaries in a list. You can see
+  # https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint/issues/384 for some examples of
+  # this behavior.
+  comments-indentation: disable
+
   # yamllint doesn't like when we use yes and no for true and false,
   # but that's pretty standard in Ansible.
   truthy: disable