diff --git a/.asf.yaml b/.asf.yaml
index 0603bf8e487f..7bdfdd442e75 100644
--- a/.asf.yaml
+++ b/.asf.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ github:
   protected_branches: ~
 
 notifications:
-  commits:      commits@cloudstack.apache.org
-  issues:       commits@cloudstack.apache.org
+  commits: commits@cloudstack.apache.org
+  issues: commits@cloudstack.apache.org
   pullrequests: commits@cloudstack.apache.org
-  discussions:  users@cloudstack.apache.org
+  discussions: users@cloudstack.apache.org
diff --git a/.github/linters/.yamllint.yml b/.github/linters/.yamllint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a72aee0adbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/linters/.yamllint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# 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.
+---
+extends: relaxed
+
+rules:
+  line-length:
+    max: 400  # Very forgiving for GitHub Actions and infrastructure files
+  indentation: disable  # Disable indentation checking for existing files
+  comments: disable  # Disable comment formatting checks
+  brackets: disable  # Disable bracket spacing checks
+  colons:
+    max-spaces-after: -1  # Allow any number of spaces after colon
+    max-spaces-before: 0
+  document-start: disable  # Many files don't have ---
+  truthy:
+    allowed-values: ['true', 'false', 'on', 'off', 'yes', 'no']
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a9bc87454f1c..46fecba69c6e 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -95,3 +95,12 @@ repos:
         args: [--config=.github/linters/.markdown-lint.yml]
         types: [markdown]
         files: \.(md|mdown|markdown)$
+  - repo: https://github.com/adrienverge/yamllint
+    rev: v1.37.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: yamllint
+        name: run yamllint
+        description: check YAML files with yamllint
+        args: [--config-file=.github/linters/.yamllint.yml]
+        files: \.ya?ml$
+        exclude: ^.*k8s-.*\.ya?ml$