diff --git a/ssf/defaults.yaml b/ssf/defaults.yaml
index 37808dd8..dcbe01b0 100644
--- a/ssf/defaults.yaml
+++ b/ssf/defaults.yaml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ ssf_node_anchors:
             #       An alternative method could be to use:
             #       `git describe --abbrev=0 --tags`
             # yamllint disable rule:line-length
-            title: 'chore(issues): update `Bug report` & `Feature request` templates [skip ci]'
-            body: '* Automated using https://github.com/myii/ssf-formula/pull/58'
+            title: 'chore(yamllint): update ignored paths and add `octal-values` [skip ci]'
+            body: '* Automated using https://github.com/myii/ssf-formula/pull/59'
             # yamllint enable rule:line-length
           github:
             owner: saltstack-formulas
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ ssf_node_anchors:
               - 'node_modules/'
             additional_ssf:
               - 'test/**/states/**/*.sls'
+              - '.kitchen/'
             additional: []
           yaml-files:
             default:
@@ -211,7 +212,9 @@ ssf_node_anchors:
               max: 88
             # new-line-at-end-of-file: {}
             # new-lines: {}
-            # octal-values: {}
+            octal-values:
+              forbid-implicit-octal: 'true'
+              forbid-explicit-octal: 'true'
             # quoted-strings: {}
             # trailing-spaces: {}
             # truthy: {}
diff --git a/ssf/files/default/.yamllint b/ssf/files/default/.yamllint
index f2fb8d48..43c3f664 100644
--- a/ssf/files/default/.yamllint
+++ b/ssf/files/default/.yamllint
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ extends: {{ yamllint.extends }}
 # Files to ignore completely
 # 1. All YAML files under directory `node_modules/`, introduced during the Travis run
 # 2. Any SLS files under directory `test/`, which are actually state files
+# 3. Any YAML files under directory `.kitchen/`, introduced during local testing
 {%- if semrel_formula == 'ssf' %}
-# 3. All Jinja templates under `ssf/files/` (result in `yamllint` syntax errors)
+# 4. All Jinja templates under `ssf/files/` (result in `yamllint` syntax errors)
 #    Not disabling via. `*.yml` since we may end up with non-Jinja YAML files here
 {%- elif semrel_formula == 'mysql' %}
-# 3. Any YAML files using Jinja (result in `yamllint` syntax errors)
+# 4. Any YAML files using Jinja (result in `yamllint` syntax errors)
 {%- elif semrel_formula in ['postgres', 'salt'] %}
-# 3. All YAML files heavily reliant on Jinja; these can be tackled in a subsequent PR
+# 4. All YAML files heavily reliant on Jinja; these can be tackled in a subsequent PR
 {%- endif %}
 {%- set yl_ignores = {'ignore':
   yamllint.ignore.default +
@@ -83,3 +84,10 @@ rules:
     # Based on https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8-bugbear#opinionated-warnings (`B950`)
     {%- endif %}
     max: {{ yamllint.rules.get('line-length').max }}
+
+  {#- Don't need the `if` here since we're always providing a `octal-values` setting #}
+  octal-values:
+    {%- set yl_ov = yamllint.rules.get('octal-values') %}
+    {{- format_ignore(yl_ov) }}
+    forbid-implicit-octal: {{ yamllint.rules.get('octal-values').get('forbid-implicit-octal') }}
+    forbid-explicit-octal: {{ yamllint.rules.get('octal-values').get('forbid-explicit-octal') }}