diff --git a/.github/linters/.yaml-lint.yml b/.github/linters/.yaml-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a5b737
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/linters/.yaml-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+---
+# https://yamllint.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
+extends: default
+
+rules:
+  colons: disable
+  document-start: disable
+  line-length: disable
+  truthy: false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pelican.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pelican.yml
index 0567c10..21bf153 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pelican.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pelican.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     # This prevents the workflow from running automatically on a new branch
     # When creating a new site branch, please ensure that the push and checkout branches agree
     # and that the action/pelican destination value is updated accordingly
-    branches: [ 'main' ]
+    branches: ['main']
     paths:
       - 'content/**'
       - 'pelicanconf.py'
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index ca7e532..b143d18 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -35,3 +35,12 @@ repos:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
         args: [--markdown-linebreak-ext=md]
         exclude: \.svg$
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
+    rev: v1.37.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+        name: run yamllint
+        description: check YAML files with yamllint
+        args: [--strict, -c=.github/linters/.yaml-lint.yml]
+        types: [yaml]
+        files: \.ya?ml$