diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index f2694760..11179617 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -39,5 +39,4 @@ ci:
   autoupdate_branch: ''
   autoupdate_commit_msg: '[pre-commit.ci] pre-commit autoupdate'
   autoupdate_schedule: weekly
-  skip: [markdownlint-cli2-rules-docker]
   submodules: false
diff --git a/lib/core/pmds/net/memif/pmd_memif_socket.c b/lib/core/pmds/net/memif/pmd_memif_socket.c
index 203b8700..4d932803 100644
--- a/lib/core/pmds/net/memif/pmd_memif_socket.c
+++ b/lib/core/pmds/net/memif/pmd_memif_socket.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 static int
 cne_memif_check_socket_filename(const char *filename)
 {
-    char *dir = NULL, *tmp;
+    char *dir = NULL;
+    const char *tmp;
     uint32_t idx;
     int ret = 0;
 
diff --git a/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport.c b/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport.c
index 7cc79a31..8643bc08 100644
--- a/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport.c
+++ b/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ _lport_obj(struct json_object *obj, int flags, struct json_object *parent __cne_
 
         lport = calloc(1, sizeof(jcfg_lport_t));
         if (lport) {
-            char *c = strchr(key, ':');
+            const char *c = strchr(key, ':');
 
             lport->cbtype = JCFG_LPORT_TYPE;
             lport->name   = strdup(key);
diff --git a/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport_group.c b/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport_group.c
index a182eb21..b60194ac 100644
--- a/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport_group.c
+++ b/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_lport_group.c
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ check_allowed_range_characters(const char *s)
 static int
 parse_range(const char *range, uint16_t *v1, uint16_t *v2)
 {
-    char *hyphen, *end = NULL;
+    const char *hyphen;
+    char *end = NULL;
 
     if (!range || !v1 || !v2)
         return -1;
diff --git a/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_thread.c b/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_thread.c
index cc4db011..e87dd382 100644
--- a/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_thread.c
+++ b/lib/usr/app/jcfg/jcfg_thread.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ _thd_obj(struct json_object *obj, int flags, struct json_object *parent __cne_un
 
         thd = calloc(1, sizeof(jcfg_thd_t));
         if (thd) {
-            char *p = strchr(key, ':');
+            const char *p = strchr(key, ':');
             int idx;
 
             thd->cbtype      = JCFG_THREAD_TYPE;