diff --git a/linkinator.config.json b/linkinator.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d780d6bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linkinator.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "recurse": true,
+  "skip": [
+    "https://codecov.io/gh/googleapis/",
+    "www.googleapis.com"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d4342ec0..88ca4cbc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "karma-remap-coverage": "^0.1.5",
     "karma-sourcemap-loader": "^0.3.7",
     "karma-webpack": "^4.0.0",
-    "linkinator": "^1.3.1",
+    "linkinator": "^1.5.0",
     "mocha": "^6.0.2",
     "mv": "^2.1.1",
     "ncp": "^2.0.0",