diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
index 5592f98e16efdd..2785fd73447571 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Breaking Changes
+
+-   Increase the severity of the rule `jsdoc/check-line-alignment` from `warn` to `error`. ([#47878](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/47878)).
+
 ## 13.10.0 (2023-02-01)
 
 - The bundled `eslint-plugin-jsdoc` dependency has been updated from requiring `^37.0.3` to requiring `^39.6.9`
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/jsdoc.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/jsdoc.js
index d114241361a070..246cb561dac0af 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/jsdoc.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/configs/jsdoc.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		'jsdoc/check-access': 'error',
 		'jsdoc/check-alignment': 'error',
 		'jsdoc/check-line-alignment': [
-			'warn',
+			'error',
 			'always',
 			{
 				tags: [ 'param', 'arg', 'argument', 'property', 'prop' ],