diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_markdown.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_markdown.yml
index 2bb5ee4..2fa4c6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_markdown.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_markdown.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
     #    globs: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}
     #    separator: ","
-        config: '.rules/markdownlint.yml'
+        config: '.rules/.markdownlint.jsonc'
         #fix: true
 
   markdown-links:
diff --git a/.rules/.markdownlint.jsonc b/.rules/.markdownlint.jsonc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2a6e5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.rules/.markdownlint.jsonc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "MD013": { "line_length": 200 }
+}
+ 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.rules/markdownlint.yml b/.rules/markdownlint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 77abf70..0000000
--- a/.rules/markdownlint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-MD013:
-  line_length: 200