diff --git a/.husky/pre-commit b/.husky/pre-commit
deleted file mode 100755
index 39aa13031e..0000000000
--- a/.husky/pre-commit
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-. "$(dirname -- "$0")/_/husky.sh"
-
-npx lint-staged --cwd ./frontend
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1cfd243d91..36e3e7cdc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -221,4 +221,7 @@ logs-db:
 
 # ALIASES
 
+.PHONY: dev lint-back
+
 dev: dev-run-back-with-infra
+lint-back: dev-lint-backend
diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index 1ef86532e8..e2c3f149d4 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
 					<dependency>
 						<groupId>com.pinterest</groupId>
 						<artifactId>ktlint</artifactId>
-						<version>0.48.2</version>
+						<version>0.50.0</version>
 					</dependency>
 					<!-- additional 3rd party ruleset(s) can be specified here -->
 				</dependencies>
diff --git a/frontend/.husky/pre-commit b/frontend/.husky/pre-commit
index f22ecd59da..7f08961566 100755
--- a/frontend/.husky/pre-commit
+++ b/frontend/.husky/pre-commit
@@ -3,4 +3,12 @@
 
 [ -n "$CI" ] && exit 0
 
+case "$PWD" in
+  *"/frontend"*)
+    echo "Error: You must stage & commit from the workspace root directory."
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+make lint-back
 npx lint-staged --cwd ./frontend