diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
index d736a85ff..da3cbcbff 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ body:
         Describe in detail the exact steps that someone else can take to
         reproduce this bug using the current stable release of the Ansible NetBox collection.
         Include any sanatized playbooks, variables, & tasks specifically showing just the issue.
-      #placeholder: |
+      # placeholder: |
 
     validations:
       required: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e2c018bc0..b108c5b93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run black
         uses: psf/black@stable
 
+      - name: Run yamllint
+        uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3
+        with:
+          file_or_dir: .
+          config_file: .yamllint.yml
+          strict: true
+
   unit_testing:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     needs: linting
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        include:                              
+        include:
           - VERSION: "v4.1"
             NETBOX_DOCKER_VERSION: 3.0.1
           - VERSION: "v4.2"
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ jobs:
           docker container ls
           docker logs netbox-docker-netbox-1
           timeout 300 bash -c 'while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w ''%{http_code}'' localhost:32768/login/)" != "200" ]]; do echo "waiting for NetBox"; sleep 5; done' || false
-        working-directory: /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox        
+        working-directory: /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox
 
       - name: Pre-populate NetBox
         run: ./tests/integration/netbox-deploy.py
@@ -126,13 +133,13 @@ jobs:
           ansible-test integration -v --color --coverage --python ${{ env.python-version }} inventory-${{ matrix.VERSION }}
         working-directory: /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox
 
-      - name: Run regression tests        
+      - name: Run regression tests
         continue-on-error: true
-        run: |          
-          ansible-test integration -v --color --coverage --python ${{ env.python-version }} regression-${{ matrix.VERSION }}          
+        run: |
+          ansible-test integration -v --color --coverage --python ${{ env.python-version }} regression-${{ matrix.VERSION }}
         working-directory: /home/runner/.ansible/collections/ansible_collections/netbox/netbox
 
-      - name: Run integration tests        
+      - name: Run integration tests
         run: |
           ansible-test integration -v --color --coverage --python ${{ env.python-version }} ${{ matrix.VERSION }}
           ansible-test coverage report --all --omit "tests/*,hacking/*,docs/*" --show-missing
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index b077abb14..e3c4ebd84 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ jobs:
           '${{ needs.unit-galaxy.result }}',
           '${{ needs.unit-source.result }}',
           '${{ needs.ansible-lint.result }}'
-          ])"
\ No newline at end of file
+          ])"
diff --git a/.yamllint.yml b/.yamllint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..264a92f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yamllint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---
+extends: default
+
+# see rules at https://yamllint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/rules.html
+ignore: |
+  - .cache/
+  - .venv/
+  - .github/
+
+rules:
+  braces:
+    max-spaces-inside: 20
+    level: error
+  brackets:
+    max-spaces-inside: 20
+    level: error
+  colons:
+    max-spaces-before: 1
+    max-spaces-after: 20
+    level: error
+  commas:
+    max-spaces-before: 50
+    min-spaces-after: 1
+    max-spaces-after: 20
+    level: error
+  comments:
+    min-spaces-from-content: 1
+  comments-indentation: disable
+  document-start:
+    present: true
+  empty-lines:
+    max: 3
+    level: error
+  hyphens:
+    level: error
+  indentation:
+    spaces: 2
+    indent-sequences: whatever
+    check-multi-line-strings: false
+  key-duplicates: enable
+  line-length:
+    max: 230
+    level: warning
+    allow-non-breakable-words: true
+    allow-non-breakable-inline-mappings: true
+  new-line-at-end-of-file: enable
+  new-lines:
+    type: unix
+  trailing-spaces: enable
+  truthy: disable
+  octal-values:
+    forbid-explicit-octal: true
diff --git a/changelogs/changelog.yaml b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
index 049c52a1b..d2737b844 100644
--- a/changelogs/changelog.yaml
+++ b/changelogs/changelog.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 ancestor: null
 releases:
   0.1.0:
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1182-fix-contact-groups.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1182-fix-contact-groups.yml
index f82b69e31..f9acabdbd 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1182-fix-contact-groups.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1182-fix-contact-groups.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - Change `netbox_contact.contact_group` to `contact_groups`
   - Add integration tests for contact groups
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1433-add-custom-headers.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1433-add-custom-headers.yml
index 25b67d974..5d939cd48 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1433-add-custom-headers.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1433-add-custom-headers.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - Add support for custom headers for all modules
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1435-fix-duplicate-task-name.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1435-fix-duplicate-task-name.yml
index b70c1ac5f..6239f595f 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1435-fix-duplicate-task-name.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1435-fix-duplicate-task-name.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 bugfixes:
   - Fix task duplicate task name in documentation that cause ansible-lint error
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1438-fix-inventory-service-collection.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1438-fix-inventory-service-collection.yml
index a908e39bc..729468783 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1438-fix-inventory-service-collection.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1438-fix-inventory-service-collection.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 bugfixes:
   - nb_inventory - Fix service collection for version greater than 4.3
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1439-fix-sevral-bug-discovered-by-integration-tests.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1439-fix-sevral-bug-discovered-by-integration-tests.yml
index 4c3db8f88..d8942f984 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1439-fix-sevral-bug-discovered-by-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1439-fix-sevral-bug-discovered-by-integration-tests.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 bugfixes:
   - Add netbox version check to support service creation for netbox version prior of 4.3
   - Use dedicated function to check netbox version istead of self.full_version for rack.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1459-add-netbox-data-sources.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1459-add-netbox-data-sources.yml
index 17edb4042..9eb08f364 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1459-add-netbox-data-sources.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1459-add-netbox-data-sources.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - netbox_data_source - New module `#1459 <https://github.com/netbox-community/ansible_modules/pull/1459>`
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1462-fix-pylint-errors.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1462-fix-pylint-errors.yml
index e5fb7cbbe..0d873939f 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1462-fix-pylint-errors.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1462-fix-pylint-errors.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - Fix ansible-bad-import-from pylint errors
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1464-fix-mac-lookup-by-id.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1464-fix-mac-lookup-by-id.yml
index eef22518d..8380e3a0b 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1464-fix-mac-lookup-by-id.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1464-fix-mac-lookup-by-id.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 bugfixes:
   - "nb_device_interface: Fix specifying primary_mac_address objects by id for disambiguation"
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/1469-fix-old-apis.yml b/changelogs/fragments/1469-fix-old-apis.yml
index cf4095018..8ed687cfa 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/1469-fix-old-apis.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/1469-fix-old-apis.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - Fix broken code path when using old api path on old netbox systems
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/contacts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/contacts.yml
index 5ca638a62..e32d03a5a 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/contacts.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/contacts.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - netbox_contact_assignment - New module `#1480 <https://github.com/netbox-community/ansible_modules/pull/1480>`
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/nb_inventory.yml b/changelogs/fragments/nb_inventory.yml
index 8e5e470c9..f66b6078e 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/nb_inventory.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/nb_inventory.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 bugfixes:
   - nb_inventory - Fixed empty inventory results when netbox server URL is a non-root path
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_circuit_termination.yml b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_circuit_termination.yml
index 9e08c4cc5..c95a290de 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_circuit_termination.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_circuit_termination.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - netbox_circuit_termination - Add parameters termination_id and termination_type for NetBox 4.2+
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_custom_field.yml b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_custom_field.yml
index c05bd8138..cb90bde0f 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_custom_field.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_custom_field.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - Support for related_object_filter when related_object_type is "object"
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_service.yml b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_service.yml
index 18045b1c3..0b7aa498c 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_service.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_service.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 bugfixes:
   - netbox_service - Fix issue 1426 - broken netbox_service module
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_tag.yml b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_tag.yml
index f54b55e94..33ea2003c 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/netbox_tag.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/netbox_tag.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - netbox_tag - Add support for object_types on tags
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/users-ordering.yml b/changelogs/fragments/users-ordering.yml
index 34294fa00..7446dcd3f 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/users-ordering.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/users-ordering.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 minor_changes:
   - user.groups, user.permissions, user_group.permissions, permission.actions, and permission.object_types are now treated as unordered sets for update comparison purposes.
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/yamllint.yml b/changelogs/fragments/yamllint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4ffc93ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/yamllint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+minor_changes:
+  - add yamllint to project pipeline.
diff --git a/requirements.yml b/requirements.yml
index 46c178c76..fbb60e9a5 100644
--- a/requirements.yml
+++ b/requirements.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+---
 collections:
   - name: .