diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e658657..f87ac849 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,13 +33,15 @@
     "declaration": "npm run build-declaration && npm run test-declaration",
     "example": "cd example && node standalone.js && grunt markdownlint --force && gulp markdownlint",
     "docker-npm-install": "docker run --rm --tty --name npm-install --volume $PWD:/home/workdir --workdir /home/workdir --user node node:16 npm install",
+    "docker-npm-run-upgrade": "docker run --rm --tty --name npm-run-upgrade --volume $PWD:/home/workdir --workdir /home/workdir --user node node:16 npm run upgrade",
     "lint": "eslint --max-warnings 0 .",
     "lint-test-repos": "ava --timeout=5m test/markdownlint-test-repos.js",
     "serial-declaration-demo": "npm run build-declaration && npm-run-all --continue-on-error --parallel build-demo test-declaration",
     "test": "ava test/markdownlint-test.js test/markdownlint-test-config.js test/markdownlint-test-custom-rules.js test/markdownlint-test-helpers.js test/markdownlint-test-result-object.js test/markdownlint-test-scenarios.js",
     "test-cover": "c8 --check-coverage --branches 100 --functions 100 --lines 100 --statements 100 npm test",
     "test-declaration": "cd example/typescript && tsc && node type-check.js",
-    "test-extra": "ava --timeout=5m test/markdownlint-test-extra-parse.js test/markdownlint-test-extra-type.js"
+    "test-extra": "ava --timeout=5m test/markdownlint-test-extra-parse.js test/markdownlint-test-extra-type.js",
+    "upgrade": "npx npm-check-updates --upgrade"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12"