diff --git a/doc/developer/workflow.rst b/doc/developer/workflow.rst
index 45bee17b71..1994714bc1 100644
--- a/doc/developer/workflow.rst
+++ b/doc/developer/workflow.rst
@@ -346,6 +346,13 @@ Pre-submission Checklist
   the new feature within our existing CI infrastructure.  Also the
   addition of automated testing to cover any pull request is encouraged.
 
+- All new code must use the current latest version of acceptable code.
+
+   - If a daemon is converted to YANG, then new code must use YANG.
+   - DEFPY's must be used for new cli
+   - Typesafe lists must be used
+   - printf formatting changes must be used
+
 .. _signing-off:
 
 Signing Off