diff --git a/.drone.jsonnet b/.drone.jsonnet
index b56163b..fc76ad0 100644
--- a/.drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone.jsonnet
@@ -298,15 +298,10 @@ local PipelineDocs = {
     },
     {
       name: 'markdownlint',
-      image: 'node:lts-alpine',
+      image: 'thegeeklab/markdownlint-cli',
       commands: [
-        'npm install -g markdownlint-cli',
         "markdownlint 'docs/content/**/*.md' 'README.md' 'CONTRIBUTING.md'",
       ],
-      environment: {
-        FORCE_COLOR: true,
-        NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL: 'error',
-      },
     },
     {
       name: 'spellcheck',
diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index bb1eb27..26a961e 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -502,13 +502,9 @@ 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' 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
-  environment:
-    FORCE_COLOR: true
-    NPM_CONFIG_LOGLEVEL: error
 
 - name: spellcheck
   image: node:lts-alpine
@@ -674,6 +670,6 @@ depends_on:
 
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 63ae695973cbf7b43322468ffe5c50061ff6649cc3b2d8e64e2903bbca1468e9
+hmac: 63d5c7ff9459d99d13c1e051d9c78585cefd140e8dffe80155721df485f75d49
 
 ...