diff --git a/.github/config/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml b/.github/config/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b70078f11d4..000000000000
--- a/.github/config/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-# See https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/doc/Rules.md
-# and https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2
-
-config:
-  ul-style: false
-  line-length: false
-  no-duplicate-heading:
-    siblings_only: true
-  ol-prefix:
-    style: ordered
-  no-inline-html: false
-  fenced-code-language: false
-  no-trailing-punctuation:
-    punctuation: ".,;:" # allowing exclamation points and question marks at end of sentences
-
-ignores:
-  - "**/build/**"
-  - "CHANGELOG.md"
-  - "licenses/licenses.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-lint-check.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-lint-check.yml
index 7c60ede27731..2955fc11663c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-lint-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-markdown-lint-check.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
 
+      - uses: jdx/mise-action@9dc7d5dd454262207dea3ab5a06a3df6afc8ff26 # v3.4.1
+
       - name: Run markdownlint
         run: |
-          npx markdownlint-cli2@0.17.1 --config .github/config/.markdownlint-cli2.yaml "**/*.md"
+          if ! mise run lint:markdown; then
+            echo "markdownlint failed. To auto-fix many issues locally, run:"
+            echo "  mise run lint:markdown --fix"
+            exit 1
+          fi
diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fcc8d4d0a558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.markdownlint.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# See https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/doc/Rules.md
+# and https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2
+
+ul-style: false
+line-length: false
+no-duplicate-heading:
+  siblings_only: true
+ol-prefix:
+  style: ordered
+no-inline-html: false
+fenced-code-language: false
+no-trailing-punctuation:
+  punctuation: ".,;:" # allowing exclamation points and question marks at end of sentences
diff --git a/.mise/tasks/lint/markdown.sh b/.mise/tasks/lint/markdown.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..95b7686488fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mise/tasks/lint/markdown.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#MISE description="Lint markdown files"
+#MISE flag "--fix" help="Automatically fix issues"
+
+set -e
+
+if [ "${usage_fix}" = "true" ]; then
+  markdownlint-cli2 --fix "**/*.md" "#**/build" "#CHANGELOG.md" "#licenses/licenses.md"
+else
+  markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md" "#**/build" "#CHANGELOG.md" "#licenses/licenses.md"
+fi
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index dd36de16dbfe..d4d921cbba00 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [tools]
 lychee = "0.21.0"
+markdownlint-cli2 = "0.17.1"
 
 [settings]
 # Only install tools explicitly defined in the [tools] section above