diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 24b71e2..b8c1979 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION
 # Only required to install a specify version
-MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION?=v0.49.1 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
+MARKDOWNLINT_VERSION?=v0.50.0 # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli
 
 # CONTAINER_RUNTIME
 # The CONTAINER_RUNTIME variable will be used to specified the path to a
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f2d5edd..1c45ba8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The workflow or how `markdownlint-ci` can be used is pretty good
 [documented](https://github.com/igorshubovych/markdownlint-cli#usage).
 
 ```bash
-IMAGE_VERSION=0.49.1
+IMAGE_VERSION=0.50.0
 docker run \
   --rm \
   --volume "$(pwd):$(pwd)" \