diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5073f2e11a0..58d035d9e9f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     "json-schema-to-ts": "^2.5.3",
     "JSONStream": "^1.3.5",
     "license-checker": "^25.0.1",
-    "markdownlint-cli2": "^0.4.0",
+    "markdownlint-cli2": "^0.5.1",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
     "pump": "^3.0.0",
     "self-cert": "^2.0.0",