diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46645996..53c5b0ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "start": "node ./bin/probot run",
     "lint": "tslint --project .",
     "test": "tsc --noEmit -p . && jest --coverage && npm run lint && npm run doc-lint",
-    "doc-lint": "standard docs/**/*.md",
+    "doc-lint": "standard-markdown docs/",
     "doc": "typedoc --options .typedoc.json",
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release pre && npm publish && semantic-release post",
     "postsemantic-release": "script/publish-docs",
@@ -107,14 +107,15 @@
     "@types/supertest": "^2.0.4",
     "@types/uuid": "^3.4.3",
     "connect-sse": "^1.2.0",
-    "eslint": "^4.18.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-markdown": "^1.0.0-beta.7",
+    "eslint": "^5.0.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-markdown": "^1.0.0-beta.8",
     "jest": "^22.0.3",
     "minami": "^1.1.1",
     "nock": "^9.2.0",
     "semantic-release": "^15.0.0",
     "smee-client": "^1.0.1",
     "standard": "^11.0.0",
+    "standard-markdown": "^4.0.2",
     "supertest": "^3.0.0",
     "ts-jest": "^21.2.4",
     "tslint": "^5.9.1",