diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0383cad..439d026 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ include:
   # deployment
   - local: ".gitlab/build.yaml"
   - local: ".gitlab/deployment.yaml"
-  - local: ".gitlab/linting.yaml"
+
+  # linting
+  - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/markdownlint/markdownlint@1.0.0"
   - component: "$CI_SERVER_FQDN/components/yamllint/yamllint@1.0.2"
diff --git a/.gitlab/linting.yaml b/.gitlab/linting.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0439bdd..0000000
--- a/.gitlab/linting.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
----
-
-# markdownlint
-markdown-lint:
-  stage: "linting"
-  image:
-    name: "docker.io/davidanson/markdownlint-cli2:v0.18.1"
-    entrypoint: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
-  script:
-
-    # run markdownlint
-    - "markdownlint-cli2 --config .markdownlint-cli2.jsonc"