diff --git a/.github/workflows/exclude-file.txt b/.github/workflows/exclude-file.txt
index 6fd27c0694..bdf31635f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/exclude-file.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/exclude-file.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ weave-community.slack.com
 netlify.com
 slack.k8s.io
 docs.google.com
-groups.google.com
\ No newline at end of file
+groups.google.com
+gnu.org
diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yaml b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yaml
index 44fca5f03e..23a4f26d65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yaml
@@ -5,38 +5,32 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'userdocs/**'
       - '**.md'
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - 'userdocs/**'
-      - '**.md'
 
 jobs:
   link-checker:
     name: Check site links
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: [3.9]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633 #v4.1.2
-      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d #v5.1.0
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: 3.12
+
       - name: Setup Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@0c52d547c9bc32b1aa3301fd7a9cb496313a4491 #v5.0.0
         with:
           go-version: 1.21.x
           cache: false
+
       - name: Install doc dependencies
         run: make install-site-deps
+
       - name: Build docs for link check
         run: make build-pages
-        # Using link-checker action to check links in Markdown, HTML files
+
       - name: Link Checker
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@c053181aa0c3d17606addfe97a9075a32723548a #v1.9.3
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@f796c8b7d468feb9b8c0a46da3fac0af6874d374 #v2.2.0
         with:
-          fail: true
-          args: --exclude-all-private --exclude-mail --exclude-file .github/workflows/exclude-file.txt --verbose --no-progress './**/*.md' './**/*.html'
+          args: --exclude-all-private --exclude-mail --exclude-file .github/workflows/exclude-file.txt --exclude-path goformation --verbose --no-progress './**/*.md' './**/*.html'