diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 55f7a948ec2..3ac4fd47577 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run markdown-lint
         uses: avto-dev/markdown-lint@v1
         with:
-          args: CHANGELOG.md README.md docs/
+          args: CHANGELOG.md CONTRIBUTING.md README.md docs/
           config: '.markdownlint.yml'
+      - name: Prepare markdown-link-check
+        run: mkdir docs/ROOT && cp CHANGELOG.md README.md docs/ROOT
+      - name: Run markdown-link-check
+        uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@619e549
+        with:
+          use-quiet-mode: 'yes'
+          use-verbose-mode: 'no'
+          config-file: 'mlc_config.json'
+          folder-path: 'docs/'
   tests:
     name: Unit tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/mlc_config.json b/mlc_config.json
index 43d1ec18e04..e6d24fd541a 100644
--- a/mlc_config.json
+++ b/mlc_config.json
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 {
     "ignorePatterns": [
+        {
+            "pattern": "^CONTRIBUTING\\.md"
+        },
         {
             "pattern": "^https://dl\\.acm\\.org"
         },
+        {
+            "pattern": "^https://github\\.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "pattern": "^https://.*\\.jabref\\.org"
+        },
         {
             "pattern": "^http://purl\\.org/net/bibteXMP"
         },