diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index a3bcd94..5792ed9 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
 
+# Any ignore directives should be uncommented in downstream projects to disable
+# Dependabot updates for the given dependency. Downstream projects will get
+# these updates when the pull request(s) in the appropriate skeleton are merged
+# and Lineage processes these changes.
+
 version: 2
 updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 352bbd2..7a2ca6a 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ repos:
 
   # Text file hooks
   - repo: https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
-    rev: v0.30.0
+    rev: v0.31.1
     hooks:
       - id: markdownlint
         args:
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
index 67b64cd..aaadb25 100644
--- a/.yamllint
+++ b/.yamllint
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 extends: default
 
 rules:
+  # yamllint does not like it when you comment out different parts of
+  # dictionaries in a list. You can see
+  # https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint/issues/384 for some examples of
+  # this behavior.
+  comments-indentation: disable
+
   # yamllint doesn't like when we use yes and no for true and false,
   # but that's pretty standard in Ansible.
   truthy: disable