diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown.yml
index 30380c659..ad9399e0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdown.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c
-      - uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@d57f8bd57670b9c1deedf71219dd494614ff3335
+      - uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@5b7c9f74fec47e6b15667b2cc23c63dff11e449e
         with:
           globs: |
             **/*.md
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 889f16e1f..f6caca735 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ generally used by [controller implementations][cp-gh].
 
 [![Crates.io][rs-crate-badge]][rs-crate-url]
 [![Documentation][rs-docs-badge]][rs-docs-url]
-[![License][rs-lic-badge]](LICENSE)
+[![License][lic-badge]](LICENSE)
 
 This repository publishes the [**linkerd2-proxy-api** crate][rs-crate-url],
 which uses [`tonic`][tonic] to expose client and server implementations for each
@@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ Issues may be opened in the [**linkerd2** repository][new-issue].
 [rs-crate-url]: https://crates.io/crates/linkerd2-proxy-api
 [rs-docs-badge]: https://docs.rs/linkerd2-proxy-api/badge.svg
 [rs-docs-url]: https://docs.rs/linkerd2-proxy-api
+[lic-badge]: https://img.shields.io/github/license/linkerd/linkerd2-proxy-api.svg