diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 2a960c343..a52a751c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,16 @@
 name: Link Checker
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
 
-jobs:
-  linkchecker:
+on: [push, pull_request]
 
+jobs:
+  check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: lychee Link Checker
-        id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@master
+      - name: Lychee Link Checker
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.2.0
         with:
-          args: --accept=200,403,429  --exclude=https://www.envoyproxy.io/ "**/*.html" "**/*.md" "**/*.txt"
+          args: --accept=200,403,429 --exclude-mail **/*.html **/*.md **/*.txt **/*.json --exclude-file .lychee.excludes
+          fail: true
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
-      - name: Fail if there were link errors
-        run: exit ${{ steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code }}
diff --git a/.lychee.excludes b/.lychee.excludes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08cb9c714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lychee.excludes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.envoyproxy.io/
\ No newline at end of file