diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown-lint.yml
index 690c80cafb..f694e6d122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdown-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown-lint.yml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 18
       - run: |
           npm install -g markdownlint-cli@0.32.1
-          markdownlint --config .markdownlintrc **/*.md
+          markdownlint --config .markdownlint.yaml **/*.md
diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21909e1ab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.markdownlint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+"default": true # Default state for all rules
+"MD013": false # Disable rule for line length
+"MD033": false # Disable rule banning inline HTML
diff --git a/.markdownlintrc b/.markdownlintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index de67b568c6..0000000000
--- a/.markdownlintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "default": true,
-    "MD013": false,
-    "MD033": false
-}