diff --git a/.gitlab/config/markdownlint.yml b/.gitlab/config/markdownlint.yml
index d42858c98bbd07663a36d802ff79fed0426a013c..d08f93283466534d9d064be7022ad3c02a43da51 100644
--- a/.gitlab/config/markdownlint.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/config/markdownlint.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ MD024: false
 # MD034 - Bare URL used
 # see: https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/doc/Rules.md#md034---bare-url-used
 MD034: false
+
+# MD026 - Trailing punctuation in heading 
+# https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint/blob/main/doc/Rules.md#md026---trailing-punctuation-in-heading
+MD026:
+    punctuation: ".,;:"