diff --git a/packages/scripts/package.json b/packages/scripts/package.json
index 449b6d62b619d0..e6efa3ced27b0c 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/scripts/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 		"js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
 		"lodash": "^4.17.15",
 		"markdownlint": "^0.18.0",
-		"markdownlint-cli": "^0.21.0",
+		"markdownlint-cli": "^0.23.2",
 		"minimist": "^1.2.0",
 		"npm-package-json-lint": "^5.0.0",
 		"prettier": "npm:wp-prettier@1.19.1",