diff --git a/scripts/go.mod b/scripts/go.mod
index df1717427..d1617d05e 100644
--- a/scripts/go.mod
+++ b/scripts/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ toolchain go1.24.1
 require (
 	github.com/Kunde21/markdownfmt/v3 v3.1.0
 	github.com/cloudflare/pint v0.73.7
-	github.com/errata-ai/vale/v3 v3.11.2
+	github.com/errata-ai/vale/v3 v3.12.0
 	github.com/google/go-jsonnet v0.21.0
 	github.com/grafana/dashboard-linter v0.0.0-20231114210226-c458893a5731
 	github.com/jsonnet-bundler/jsonnet-bundler v0.6.0
diff --git a/scripts/go.sum b/scripts/go.sum
index 3ad827e9b..48919a784 100644
--- a/scripts/go.sum
+++ b/scripts/go.sum
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ github.com/errata-ai/ini v1.63.0 h1:XRFKXTn7FvF8mnC9RPOlYaL4Ud7dP0i35LnLcbIhWYU=
 github.com/errata-ai/ini v1.63.0/go.mod h1:PhjYff6ijif0unCnaJtXxnVsmlY95CSiNJDLXQYXdX8=
 github.com/errata-ai/regexp2 v1.7.0 h1:N+weOlhwTd5iyDTcTCAMljXnfzkftcOZrdXno6G+QPM=
 github.com/errata-ai/regexp2 v1.7.0/go.mod h1:59rO+jaxayJPF1WKI5m9R5F3Y3zR2Wn0DHnQbxtPm4A=
-github.com/errata-ai/vale/v3 v3.11.2 h1:W8X+XEKcgTCPzHt3VaryKsOLjWz3fuadMGTwtH6H7Kw=
-github.com/errata-ai/vale/v3 v3.11.2/go.mod h1:SMj8S2J6g5R42cDaYtWMXYujYq3x1jsPNT6V2/hh90g=
+github.com/errata-ai/vale/v3 v3.12.0 h1:2yRMQl8f9dujNE26Y9g9+LU5OXidngLg5HftfIFi/4U=
+github.com/errata-ai/vale/v3 v3.12.0/go.mod h1:BPNw4yScYrtxqvrca0T4UaiUGt2c05DUokXD91Sof3M=
 github.com/expr-lang/expr v1.17.0 h1:+vpszOyzKLQXC9VF+wA8cVA0tlA984/Wabc/1hF9Whg=
 github.com/expr-lang/expr v1.17.0/go.mod h1:8/vRC7+7HBzESEqt5kKpYXxrxkr31SaO8r40VO/1IT4=
 github.com/facette/natsort v0.0.0-20181210072756-2cd4dd1e2dcb h1:IT4JYU7k4ikYg1SCxNI1/Tieq/NFvh6dzLdgi7eu0tM=