diff --git a/.commitlintrc.json b/.commitlintrc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d3d7f0cd..00000000
--- a/.commitlintrc.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ "extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"] }
diff --git a/commitlint.config.ts b/commitlint.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f330cae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commitlint.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import type { UserConfig } from '@commitlint/types';
+
+const configuration: UserConfig = {
+  extends: ["@commitlint/config-conventional"],
+  // Ignore dependabot commits (ref: https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/2445)
+  ignores: [(commit) => /Signed-off-by: dependabot\[bot]/m.test(commit)]
+}
+
+export default configuration;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 360c327f..7cb95eee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "license": "MIT",
-  "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "husky install",
     "generate": "pnpm --filter @yd/api generate:openapi && pnpm --filter @yd/client generate",
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "^17.7.2",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^17.7.0",
+    "@commitlint/types": "^17.4.4",
     "husky": "^8.0.3"
   },
   "pnpm": {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a4fe8051..0af75553 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ importers:
       '@commitlint/config-conventional':
         specifier: ^17.7.0
         version: 17.7.0
+      '@commitlint/types':
+        specifier: ^17.4.4
+        version: 17.4.4
       husky:
         specifier: ^8.0.3
         version: 8.0.3