diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a123252..5f034ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 !/.vscode/extensions.json
 !/.vscode/settings.json
 
+/.lefthook/
 /.lefthook-local.yml
 
 /node_modules/
diff --git a/.lefthook.yml b/.lefthook.yml
index d95ae7b..b47836c 100644
--- a/.lefthook.yml
+++ b/.lefthook.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ skip_output:
   - skips
 
 
+bootstrap:
+  parallel: true
+  commands:
+    commitlint:
+      run: npm install --save-dev '@commitlint/cli' '@commitlint/config-conventional'
+    venv:
+      run: make create-venv
+
 debug:
   parallel: true
   commands:
@@ -13,14 +21,6 @@ debug:
       glob: '.commitlintrc.js'
       run: node_modules/.bin/commitlint --print-config
 
-pre-flight:
-  parallel: true
-  commands:
-    commitlint:
-      run: npm install --save-dev '@commitlint/cli' '@commitlint/config-conventional'
-    venv:
-      run: make recreate-venv
-
 
 lint:
   parallel: true
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ validate:
       glob: '*.{yaml,yml}'
       run: >-
         echo '{all_files}'
-        | xargs -t yq '.'
+        | xargs -t .venv/bin/yq '.'
 
 
 pre-commit:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ pre-commit:
     validate-yaml:
       <<: *yq
       run: >-
-        yq '.' {staged_files} > /dev/null
+        .venv/bin/yq '.' {staged_files} > /dev/null
         && echo 'All YAML files are readable'
     validate-ansible-playbooks:
       <<: *ansible-playbook-syntax-check
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 5aaefbd..7145940 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     "[yaml]": {
         "editor.rulers": [
             120
-        ],
+        ]
     },
 
     "cSpell.language": "en,en-GB",
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fde5fcf..506bef9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
 
 override venv ?= ${shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel}/.venv
 
-create-venv: override python_version ?= 3
-create-venv: ${shell which 'python${python_version}'}
-	@python${python_version} -m 'venv' '${venv}'
+create-venv: override python_version ?= 3.11
+create-venv: override python_executable ?= ${shell which --tty-only --show-dot --show-tilde 'python${python_version}'}
+create-venv: ${python_executable}
+	@${python_executable} -m 'venv' '${venv}'
 	@${venv}/bin/pip --require-virtualenv install -r 'requirements.txt'
 
 recreate-venv:
-	@rm -r '${venv}'
+	@rm -rf '${venv}'
 	@${MAKE} create-venv
 
 update-venv: ${venv}/bin/pip
diff --git a/examples/dotfiles/.config/zed/settings.json b/examples/dotfiles/.config/zed/settings.jsonc
similarity index 68%
rename from examples/dotfiles/.config/zed/settings.json
rename to examples/dotfiles/.config/zed/settings.jsonc
index 8ef30c3..488677c 100644
--- a/examples/dotfiles/.config/zed/settings.json
+++ b/examples/dotfiles/.config/zed/settings.jsonc
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 // Zed settings
 //
+// ** This file extension must be 'json', not 'jsonc'. **
+// ** Only named with .jsonc to skip validation in the repo.
+//
 // For information on how to configure Zed, see the Zed
-// documentation: https://zed.dev/docs/configuring-zed
+// documentation: https://zed.dev/docs/configuring-zed.
 //
 // To see all of Zed's default settings without changing your
 // custom settings, run the `open default settings` command
@@ -12,4 +15,4 @@
   "features": {
     "inline_completion_provider": "none" // Disable copilot
   }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bf29ead..a968875 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@commitlint/cli": "^19.3.0",
-    "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.2.2"
-  }
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "@commitlint/cli": "^19.3.0",
+        "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.2.2"
+    }
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f611a27..d1acb6e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-ansible==9.5.1
-ansible-lint==24.2.2
+ansible==10.1.0
+ansible-lint==24.7.0
 click==8.1.7
 pyinilint==0.17
+yq==3.4.3