diff --git a/.mdl_config.json b/.mdl_config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..492955a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mdl_config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "MD013": {
+    "code_blocks": false,
+    "tables": false
+  },
+  "default": true
+}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index dd98ddc..a4b6299 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -23,15 +23,13 @@ repos:
       - id: requirements-txt-fixer
       - id: trailing-whitespace
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
-    rev: v0.16.0
+    rev: v0.17.0
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
-        # The LICENSE.md must match the license text exactly for
-        # GitHub's autorecognition fu to work, so we should leave it
-        # alone.
-        exclude: LICENSE.md
+        args:
+          - --config=.mdl_config.json
   - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
-    rev: v1.15.0
+    rev: v1.16.0
     hooks:
       - id: yamllint
   - repo: https://github.com/detailyang/pre-commit-shell
@@ -45,11 +43,11 @@ repos:
         additional_dependencies:
           - flake8-docstrings
   - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v1.18.0
+    rev: v1.19.0
     hooks:
       - id: pyupgrade
   - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/bandit
-    rev: 1.6.0
+    rev: 1.6.1
     hooks:
       - id: bandit
         args:
@@ -73,6 +71,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: docker-compose-check
   - repo: https://github.com/prettier/prettier
-    rev: 1.17.1
+    rev: 1.18.2
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 117baba..93addc2 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ of contribution, and don't want a wall of rules to get in the way of
 that.
 
 Before contributing, we encourage you to read our CONTRIBUTING policy
-(you are here), our [LICENSE](LICENSE.md), and our
-[README](README.md), all of which should be in this repository.
+(you are here), our [LICENSE](LICENSE), and our [README](README.md),
+all of which should be in this repository.
 
 ## Issues ##
 
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from LICENSE.md
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2337970..b880f4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 This is a generic skeleton project that can be used to quickly get a
 new [cisagov](https://github.com/cisagov) GitHub project started.
-This skeleton project contains [licensing information](LICENSE.md), as
+This skeleton project contains [licensing information](LICENSE), as
 well as [pre-commit hooks](https://pre-commit.com) and a [Travis
 CI](https://travis-ci.com) configuration appropriate for the major
 languages that we use.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ details.
 
 ## License ##
 
-This project is in the worldwide [public domain](LICENSE.md).
+This project is in the worldwide [public domain](LICENSE).
 
 This project is in the public domain within the United States, and
 copyright and related rights in the work worldwide are waived through