diff --git a/.config/lychee.toml b/.config/lychee.toml
index 70869465d6790..200521ac41eeb 100644
--- a/.config/lychee.toml
+++ b/.config/lychee.toml
@@ -47,4 +47,8 @@ exclude = [
 	"https://w3f.github.io/parachain-implementers-guide/node/index.html",
 	"https://w3f.github.io/parachain-implementers-guide/protocol-chain-selection.html",
 	"https://w3f.github.io/parachain-implementers-guide/runtime/session_info.html",
+
+	# Behind a captcha (code 403):
+	"https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/11/03/partner-chains-are-coming-to-cardano/",
+	"https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/3spfh1/does_collect_allocate_more_than_once_while/",
 ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
index 14941efce24db..e3ce7ff971d94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-links.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.0 (22. Sep 2023)
 
       - name: Lychee link checker
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@fdea7032675810093199f485fe075f057cc37b3e # for v1.9.0 (5. Jan 2024)
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@c3089c702fbb949e3f7a8122be0c33c017904f9b # for v1.9.1 (10. Jan 2024)
         with:
           args: >-
             --config .config/lychee.toml