diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index ee154ba..67ae984 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -225,15 +225,10 @@ local PipelineDocs = {
     },
     {
       name: 'markdownlint',
-      image: 'node:lts-alpine',
+      image: 'thegeeklab/markdownlint-cli',
       commands: [
-        'npm install -g markdownlint-cli',
-        "markdownlint 'docs/content/**/*.md' 'README.md' -p .gitignore",
+        "markdownlint 'docs/content/**/*.md' 'README.md' 'CONTRIBUTING.md' -p .gitignore",
       ],
-      environment: {
-        FORCE_COLOR: true,
-        NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL: 'error',
-      },
     },
     {
       name: 'spellcheck',
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index a59dcf7..1d3787e 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -242,13 +242,9 @@ steps:
   - make doc
 
 - name: markdownlint
-  image: node:lts-alpine
+  image: thegeeklab/markdownlint-cli
   commands:
-  - npm install -g markdownlint-cli
-  - markdownlint 'docs/content/**/*.md' 'README.md' -p .gitignore
-  environment:
-    FORCE_COLOR: true
-    NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL: error
+  - markdownlint 'docs/content/**/*.md' 'README.md' 'CONTRIBUTING.md' -p .gitignore
 
 - name: spellcheck
   image: node:lts-alpine
@@ -358,6 +354,6 @@ depends_on:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 03108e79da796974a91f9af64a24f4129005357b41a1e280be964ee884f3a085
+hmac: 2a8711f166f19c03f78909ab06c72ad8fd8e4c4a5689208a494f84268ee26ebc
 
 ...