diff --git a/.github/linters/.markdown-lint.yml b/.github/linters/.markdown-lint.yml
index 173a82dbb47..ba62e72e4cc 100644
--- a/.github/linters/.markdown-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/linters/.markdown-lint.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+# 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.
+
 # https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint
 
 # MD013/line-length Line length
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 839f88dc7fc..60718695efa 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ repos:
           - --license-filepath
           - .github/workflows/license-templates/LICENSE.txt
           - --fuzzy-match-generates-todo
+      - id: insert-license
+        name: add license for all YAML files
+        files: \.ya?ml$
+        args:
+          - --comment-style
+          - '|#|'
+          - --license-filepath
+          - .github/workflows/license-templates/LICENSE.txt
+          - --fuzzy-match-generates-todo
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v5.0.0
     hooks: