diff --git a/.github/workflows/commitlint.config.js b/.github/workflows/commitlint.config.cjs
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/commitlint.config.js
rename to .github/workflows/commitlint.config.cjs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ocpl_cm_standards_check.yml b/.github/workflows/ocpl_cm_standards_check.yml
index 3782627..31a4175 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ocpl_cm_standards_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ocpl_cm_standards_check.yml
@@ -2,30 +2,45 @@ name: OCPL Configuration Management Standards Check (Shared)
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
-  
+    inputs:
+      config_ref:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+        description: 'The branch, tag, or commit hash to use when retrieving the commitlint configuration file from the NCIOCPL/.github repository.'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
-  # use commitlint to verify git commit messages
-  # settings are in commitlint.config.js        
+
   commitlint:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      # need to check out the repo to get the config file
-      # could alternatively download the single file via a script action
-      - name: Checkout commitlint config
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+          node-version: 'lts/jod'
+
+      - name: Install commitlint
+        run: npm install -g @commitlint/cli@20
+
+      - name: Copy config file
+        id: configFile
+        run: |
+          tempdir=$(mktemp -d)
+          configFile="$tempdir/commitlint.config.cjs"
+          curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NCIOCPL/.github/refs/heads/${{ inputs.config_ref }}/.github/workflows/commitlint.config.cjs" -o "$configFile"
+          echo "CONFIG_FILE=$configFile" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
         with:
-          repository: NCIOCPL/.github
-          # This URL will need to be updated when we want to bump to a new version
-          ref: workflow/v2
-          path: commitlint
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Commitlint
-        uses: wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v5
-        with:
-          configFile: ./commitlint/.github/workflows/commitlint.config.js
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: |
+          commitlint --config ${{ steps.configFile.outputs.CONFIG_FILE }} --from ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} --to ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} --verbose
 
 ## Holding off on PR checking until we can fully verify them
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_commitlint.yml b/.github/workflows/test_commitlint.yml
index b7a821e..17ce95a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_commitlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_commitlint.yml
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
-  
+
 jobs:
 
   #commitlint commitlint
   commitlint_remote:
-    uses: nciocpl/.github/.github/workflows/ocpl_cm_standards_check.yml@workflow/v2
+    # The github context isn't recognized in the ref for the called workflow,
+    # so we'll have  to leave that one hard-coded for now.
+    #uses: nciocpl/.github/.github/workflows/ocpl_cm_standards_check.yml@workflow/v4
+    uses: nciocpl/.github/.github/workflows/ocpl_cm_standards_check.yml@ticket/14-module-fix
+    with:
+      config_ref: '${{ github.head_ref }}'
 
   test:
     name: Test commitlint rules
@@ -20,12 +25,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
 
       - name: Checkout branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Setup node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
-          node-version: '18'
+          node-version: 'lts/jod'
 
       - name: Install commitlint
         run: npm install -g commitlint
diff --git a/foo b/foo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 4ebf9af..182956c 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ fi
 for f in ./tests/positive*.txt
 do
   echo "=========================================="
-  cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -q -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.js
+  cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -q -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.cjs
   if [ $? != 0 ]; then
     testStatus=1
     echo "Failed: Test $f produced a failing commitlint (unexpected)."
-    cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -V -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.js
+    cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -V -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.cjs
   else
     echo "Passed: Test $f"
   fi
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ done
 for f in ./tests/negative*.txt
 do
   echo "=========================================="
-  cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -q -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.js
+  cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -q -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.cjs
   if [ $? == 0 ]; then
     testStatus=1
     echo "Failed: Test $f produced a passing commitlint (unexpected)."
-    cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -V -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.js
+    cat "$f" | $commitlintcmd -V -g ./.github/workflows/commitlint.config.cjs
     echo "and after"
   else
     echo "Passed: Test $f"