diff --git a/.markdownlintignore b/.markdownlintignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b763b1bae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.markdownlintignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/Makefile.js b/Makefile.js
index e84d21abf2c..b93697857c6 100644
--- a/Makefile.js
+++ b/Makefile.js
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ const NODE = "node ", // intentional extra space
     // Files
     RULE_FILES = glob.sync("lib/rules/*.js").filter(filePath => path.basename(filePath) !== "index.js"),
     JSON_FILES = find("conf/").filter(fileType("json")),
-    MARKDOWN_FILES_ARRAY = find("docs/").concat(ls(".")).filter(fileType("md")),
+    MARKDOWNLINT_IGNORED_FILES = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, ".markdownlintignore"), "utf-8").split("\n"),
+    MARKDOWN_FILES_ARRAY = find("docs/").concat(ls(".")).filter(fileType("md")).filter(file => !MARKDOWNLINT_IGNORED_FILES.includes(file)),
     TEST_FILES = "\"tests/{bin,lib,tools}/**/*.js\"",
     PERF_ESLINTRC = path.join(PERF_TMP_DIR, "eslintrc.yml"),
     PERF_MULTIFILES_TARGET_DIR = path.join(PERF_TMP_DIR, "eslint"),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98b79a48fc6..e8ff2663f78 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
     "karma-webpack": "^5.0.0",
     "lint-staged": "^11.0.0",
     "load-perf": "^0.2.0",
-    "markdownlint": "^0.19.0",
-    "markdownlint-cli": "^0.22.0",
+    "markdownlint": "^0.23.1",
+    "markdownlint-cli": "^0.28.1",
     "memfs": "^3.0.1",
     "mocha": "^8.3.2",
     "mocha-junit-reporter": "^2.0.0",