diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
index d3fdfeaf9..3229db07c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@main
+
       - name: Markup Link Checker (mlc)
-        uses: becheran/mlc@v0.15.4
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+        uses: becheran/mlc@v0.21.0
+        with:
+          # Ignore external links that result in 403 errors during CI. Do not warn for redirects where we want to keep the vanity URL in the markdown or for GitHub links that redirect to the login.
+          args: --ignore-links "https://www.anthropic.com/*,https://hackerone.com/anthropic-vdp/*" --do-not-warn-for-redirect-to "https://modelcontextprotocol.io/*,https://github.com/login?*" ./
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.md b/.github/workflows/release.md
index 4077944f9..834f56b44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.md
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The following process is used when publishing new releases to NuGet.org:
 3. **Monitor the Release workflow**
     - After publishing the release, a workflow will begin for producing the release's build artifacts and publishing the NuGet package to NuGet.org
     - If the job fails, troubleshoot and re-run the workflow as needed
-    - Verify the package version becomes listed on at [https://nuget.org/packages/ModelContextProtocol](https://nuget.org/packages/ModelContextProtocol)
+    - Verify the package version becomes listed on at [https://nuget.org/packages/ModelContextProtocol](https://www.nuget.org/packages/ModelContextProtocol)
 
 4. **Update the source to increment the version number**
     - Immediately after publishing a new release, the [`/src/Directory.Build.Props`](../../src/Directory.Build.props) file needs to be updated to bump the version to the next expected release version