diff --git a/.markdownlint.json b/.markdownlint.json
index 840bd891b..608796821 100644
--- a/.markdownlint.json
+++ b/.markdownlint.json
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
         "tables": false
     },
     "MD024": {
-        "allow_different_nesting": true
+        "siblings_only": true
     }
 }
diff --git a/doc/manual/merging.md b/doc/manual/merging.md
index ec13356c5..f880aa6d9 100644
--- a/doc/manual/merging.md
+++ b/doc/manual/merging.md
@@ -611,7 +611,6 @@ argument), we do get a contract violation error:
     { foo | FooContract }
     & { foo.required_field1 = "here" }
   in
- 
   intermediate
   & { foo.required_field2 = "here" }
   |> std.deep_seq intermediate
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2312f53cf..50d0fb8f5 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -368,9 +368,6 @@
     "pre-commit-hooks_2": {
       "inputs": {
         "flake-compat": "flake-compat_2",
-        "flake-utils": [
-          "flake-utils"
-        ],
         "gitignore": "gitignore",
         "nixpkgs": [
           "nixpkgs"
@@ -378,11 +375,11 @@
         "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1714478972,
-        "narHash": "sha256-q//cgb52vv81uOuwz1LaXElp3XAe1TqrABXODAEF6Sk=",
+        "lastModified": 1715870890,
+        "narHash": "sha256-nacSOeXtUEM77Gn0G4bTdEOeFIrkCBXiyyFZtdGwuH0=",
         "owner": "cachix",
         "repo": "pre-commit-hooks.nix",
-        "rev": "2849da033884f54822af194400f8dff435ada242",
+        "rev": "fa606cccd7b0ccebe2880051208e4a0f61bfc8c1",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index af9e37b8e..c67cd2a9e 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
     pre-commit-hooks = {
       url = "github:cachix/pre-commit-hooks.nix";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
-      inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
     };
     rust-overlay = {
       url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
@@ -154,6 +153,7 @@
 
           markdownlint = {
             enable = true;
+            # settings.configuration = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./.markdownlint.json);
             excludes = [
               "notes/(.+)\\.md$"
               "^RELEASES\\.md$"