diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b02a91..00ffc6b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION
 # Only required to install a specifiy version
-MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION?=v0.43.0 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
+MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION?=v0.44.0 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
 
 # CONTAINER_RUNTIME
 # The CONTAINER_RUNTIME variable will be used to specified the path to a