diff --git a/templates/validation.yml b/templates/validation.yml
index 2003777ade803a185e7b8c529847ab0666aaf2ee..7380821b03c6057f39efe774430d7ca97fcb7574 100644
--- a/templates/validation.yml
+++ b/templates/validation.yml
@@ -56,3 +56,11 @@ gitlab-ci-lint:
   rules:
     # enabled if $GITLAB_TOKEN and GITLAB_CI_FILES are set
     - if: '$GITLAB_TOKEN && $GITLAB_CI_FILES'
+
+check-links:
+  image: 
+    name: lycheeverse/lychee:latest
+    entrypoint: [""]
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - lychee --exclude-path CHANGELOG.md *.md