diff --git a/templates/validation.yml b/templates/validation.yml
index da2feef77c0583c6348aeb4e15fcfad7e978656f..1d05f651d8ec183cf5da48cbe70a83e3c7b7a0b6 100644
--- a/templates/validation.yml
+++ b/templates/validation.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ check-links:
     entrypoint: [""]
   stage: build
   script:
-    - lychee --exclude-path CHANGELOG.md --exclude-path SECURITY.md $LYCHEE_EXTRA_OPTS *.md
+    - lychee --exclude www.gnu.org --exclude-path CHANGELOG.md --exclude-path SECURITY.md $LYCHEE_EXTRA_OPTS *.md
 
 tbc-check:
   image: