diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
index f1f7fa30e8..491348b857 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1
         with:
-          args: --verbose --max-retries 5 --retry-wait-time 10 --accept=200,403,429 --exclude-path tests/ ./
+          args: --verbose --max-retries 5 --retry-wait-time 10 --accept=200,403,429 --exclude-path tests/ ./ release-notes/
           fail: true
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}