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/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml b/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml
index a623f9e..6f91aa0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update_software_list.yml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config user.name "${{ needs.setup.outputs.git_user }}"
           git config user.email "${{ needs.setup.outputs.git_email }}"
-      - uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.0.0
+      - uses: lewagon/wait-on-check-action@v1.1.1
         with:
           check-name: lint
           ref: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.testing_branch }}
diff --git a/.mdl_config.yaml b/.mdl_config.yaml
index b36f943..4a650c1 100644
--- a/.mdl_config.yaml
+++ b/.mdl_config.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,17 @@ MD035:
   # Enforce dashes for horizontal rules
   style: "---"
 
-# MD046/code-block-style Code block style
+# MD046/code-block-style - Code block style
 MD046:
   # Enforce the fenced style for code blocks
   style: "fenced"
+
+# MD049/emphasis-style - Emphasis style should be consistent
+MD049:
+  # Enforce asterisks as the style to use for emphasis
+  style: "asterisk"
+
+# MD050/strong-style - Strong style should be consistent
+MD050:
+  # Enforce asterisks as the style to use for strong
+  style: "asterisk"
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index d4ece83..df32b78 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