diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 71a7d2156..84f3d026b 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ downloads
 env
 
 ## Node
+package.json
 package-lock.json
 node_modules
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 5f275fc73..1823f24ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -112,11 +112,14 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.test-case != 'test-docker' }}
         # install package and dependencies directly,
         # skip sys/conda setup to use active python
-        run: make install-sys install-pkg install-pip install-raw install-dev version
+        run: make install-sys install-pkg install-pip install-raw install-dev install-dev-npm
       - name: Display Packages
         # skip python setup if running with docker
         if: ${{ matrix.test-case != 'test-docker' }}
-        run: pip freeze
+        run: |
+          pip freeze
+          npm list
+          make version
       #- name: Setup Environment Variables
       #  uses: c-py/action-dotenv-to-setenv@v2
       #  with:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26ab4333f..b92754eec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ venv
 environment.yml
 
 ## Node
-package.json
 package-lock.json
 node_modules
 
diff --git a/.remarkrc b/.remarkrc
deleted file mode 100644
index c58b1117c..000000000
--- a/.remarkrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "settings": {
-    "bullet": "-",
-    "fence": "`",
-    "fences": "true",
-    "listItemIndent": "mixed",
-    "incrementListMarker": "true",
-    "resourceLink": "true",
-    "rule": "-"
-  },
-  "plugins": [
-    "remark-gfm",
-    "remark-preset-lint-markdown-style-guide",
-    "remark-preset-lint-recommended",
-    "remark-lint-list-item-content-indent",
-    "remark-lint-checkbox-content-indent",
-    ["lint-fenced-code-marker", "`"],
-    ["lint-list-item-indent", "mixed"],
-    ["lint-maximum-line-length", 120],
-    ["lint-ordered-list-marker-style", "."],
-    ["lint-ordered-list-marker-value", "ordered"],
-    ["lint-unordered-list-marker-style", "consistent"]
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/.stylelintrc.json b/.stylelintrc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 70646326a..000000000
--- a/.stylelintrc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "stylelint-config-standard",
-  "ignoreFiles": ["docs/_build/**", "docs/build/**"],
-  "rules": {
-    "block-no-empty": null,
-    "color-no-invalid-hex": true,
-    "color-hex-case": "upper",
-    "color-hex-length": "long",
-    "indentation": [4],
-    "no-descending-specificity": null
-  }
-}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c838ed45e..cb2f63e6d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -271,33 +271,29 @@ install-raw:	## install without any requirements or dependencies (suppose everyt
 
 # install locally to ensure they can be found by config extending them
 .PHONY: install-npm
-install-npm:    ## install npm package manager and dependencies if they cannot be found
+install-npm:	## install npm package manager and dependencies if they cannot be found
 	@[ -f "$(shell which npm)" ] || ( \
 		echo "Binary package manager npm not found. Attempting to install it."; \
 		apt-get install npm \
 	)
 
 .PHONY: install-npm-stylelint
-install-npm-stylelint: install-npm   	## install stylelint dependency for 'check-css' target using npm
-	@[ `npm ls 2>/dev/null | grep stylelint-config-standard | wc -l` = 1 ] || ( \
+install-npm-stylelint: install-npm	## install stylelint dependency for 'check-css' target using npm
+	@[ `npm ls 2>/dev/null | grep stylelint-config-standard | grep -v UNMET | wc -l` = 1 ] || ( \
 		echo "Install required dependencies for CSS checks." && \
-		npm install "stylelint@<16" "stylelint-config-standard@<35" --save-dev \
+		npm install --save-dev \
 	)
 
 .PHONY: install-npm-remarklint
-install-npm-remarklint: install-npm    ## install remark-lint dependency for 'check-md' target using npm
-	@[ `npm ls 2>/dev/null | grep remark-lint | wc -l` = 1 ] || ( \
+install-npm-remarklint: install-npm		## install remark-lint dependency for 'check-md' target using npm
+	@[ `npm ls 2>/dev/null | grep remark-lint | grep -v UNMET | wc -l` = 1 ] || ( \
 		echo "Install required dependencies for Markdown checks." && \
 		npm install --save-dev \
-		 	remark-lint \
-		 	remark-gfm \
-		 	remark-cli \
-		 	remark-lint-maximum-line-length \
-		 	remark-lint-checkbox-content-indent \
-		 	remark-preset-lint-recommended \
-		 	remark-preset-lint-markdown-style-guide \
 	)
 
+.PHONY: install-dev-npm
+install-dev-npm: install-npm install-npm-remarklint install-npm-remarklint  ## install all npm development dependencies
+
 ## -- Cleanup targets ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ##
 
 .PHONY: clean
@@ -602,7 +598,7 @@ check-imports-only: mkdir-reports 	## check imports ordering and styles
 check-css-only: mkdir-reports  	## check CSS linting
 	@echo "Running CSS style checks..."
 	@npx --no-install stylelint \
-		--config "$(APP_ROOT)/.stylelintrc.json" \
+		--config "$(APP_ROOT)/package.json" \
 		--output-file "$(REPORTS_DIR)/check-css.txt" \
 		"$(APP_ROOT)/**/*.css"
 
@@ -617,7 +613,7 @@ check-md-only: mkdir-reports 	## check Markdown linting
 		--inspect --frail \
 		--silently-ignore \
 		--stdout --color \
-		--rc-path "$(APP_ROOT)/.remarkrc" \
+		--rc-path "$(APP_ROOT)/package.json" \
 		--ignore-path "$(APP_ROOT)/.remarkignore" \
 		"$(APP_ROOT)" "$(APP_ROOT)/.*/" \
 		> "$(REPORTS_DIR)/check-md.txt"
@@ -692,9 +688,9 @@ fix-fstring-only: mkdir-reports
 .PHONY: fix-css-only
 fix-css-only: mkdir-reports 	## fix CSS linting problems automatically
 	@echo "Fixing CSS style problems..."
-	@npx stylelint \
+	@npx --no-install stylelint \
 		--fix \
-		--config "$(APP_ROOT)/.stylelintrc.json" \
+		--config "$(APP_ROOT)/package.json" \
 		--output-file "$(REPORTS_DIR)/fixed-css.txt" \
 		"$(APP_ROOT)/**/*.css"
 
@@ -708,7 +704,7 @@ fix-md-only: mkdir-reports 	## fix Markdown linting problems automatically
 	@npx --no-install remark \
 		--output --frail \
 		--silently-ignore \
-		--rc-path "$(APP_ROOT)/.remarkrc" \
+		--rc-path "$(APP_ROOT)/package.json" \
 		--ignore-path "$(APP_ROOT)/.remarkignore" \
 		"$(APP_ROOT)" "$(APP_ROOT)/.*/" \
 		2>&1 | tee "$(REPORTS_DIR)/fixed-md.txt"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f805786a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "remark-cli": "^12.0.0",
+    "remark-frontmatter": "^5.0.0",
+    "remark-gfm": "^4.0.0",
+    "remark-lint": "^9.1.2",
+    "remark-lint-checkbox-content-indent": "^4.1.2",
+    "remark-lint-maximum-line-length": "^3.1.3",
+    "remark-preset-lint-markdown-style-guide": "^5.1.3",
+    "remark-preset-lint-recommended": "^6.1.3",
+    "stylelint": "^15.11.0",
+    "stylelint-config-standard": "^34.0.0",
+    "stylelint-scss": "^5.3.2",
+    "stylelint-csstree-validator": "^3.0.0"
+  },
+  "remarkConfig": {
+    "settings": {
+      "bullet": "-",
+      "fence": "`",
+      "fences": "true",
+      "listItemIndent": "mixed",
+      "incrementListMarker": "true",
+      "resourceLink": "true",
+      "rule": "-"
+    },
+    "plugins": [
+      "remark-gfm",
+      "remark-frontmatter",
+      "remark-preset-lint-markdown-style-guide",
+      "remark-preset-lint-recommended",
+      "remark-lint-list-item-content-indent",
+      "remark-lint-checkbox-content-indent",
+      [
+        "lint-fenced-code-marker",
+        "`"
+      ],
+      [
+        "lint-list-item-indent",
+        "mixed"
+      ],
+      [
+        "lint-maximum-line-length",
+        120
+      ],
+      [
+        "lint-ordered-list-marker-style",
+        "."
+      ],
+      [
+        "lint-ordered-list-marker-value",
+        "ordered"
+      ],
+      [
+        "lint-unordered-list-marker-style",
+        "consistent"
+      ]
+    ]
+  },
+  "stylelint": {
+    "extends": "stylelint-config-standard",
+    "ignoreFiles": [
+      "docs/_build/**",
+      "docs/build/**"
+    ],
+    "rules": {
+      "block-no-empty": null,
+      "color-no-invalid-hex": true,
+      "color-hex-case": "upper",
+      "color-hex-length": "long",
+      "indentation": [
+        4
+      ],
+      "property-no-vendor-prefix": null,
+      "no-descending-specificity": null
+    }
+  }
+}