diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 16c4cdb9..9252790f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     "globals": "^15.0.0",
     "husky": "^9.0.11",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
-    "markdownlint-cli": "^0.39.0",
+    "markdownlint-cli": "^0.40.0",
     "mocha": "^10.4.0",
     "npm-package-json-lint": "^7.1.0",
     "npm-run-all2": "^6.1.2",