diff --git a/.github/scripts/dependencies.dockerfile b/.github/scripts/dependencies.dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index d8e3bbfe176b..000000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/dependencies.dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# this file exists so that Renovate can auto-update docker image versions that are then used elsewhere
-
-FROM lycheeverse/lychee:sha-2aa22f8@sha256:2e3786630482c41f9f2dd081e06d7da1c36d66996e8cf6573409b8bc418d48c4 AS lychee
diff --git a/.github/scripts/link-check.sh b/.github/scripts/link-check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 788e22830ba4..000000000000
--- a/.github/scripts/link-check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-export MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 # for Git Bash on Windows
-
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-LYCHEE_CONFIG="$SCRIPT_DIR/../../.lychee.toml"
-DEPENDENCIES_DOCKERFILE="$SCRIPT_DIR/dependencies.dockerfile"
-
-# Extract lychee version from dependencies.dockerfile
-LYCHEE_VERSION=$(grep "FROM lycheeverse/lychee:" "$DEPENDENCIES_DOCKERFILE" | sed 's/.*FROM lycheeverse\/lychee:\([^ ]*\).*/\1/')
-
-# Build the lychee command with optional GitHub token
-CMD="lycheeverse/lychee:$LYCHEE_VERSION --verbose --config $(basename "$LYCHEE_CONFIG")"
-
-# Add GitHub token if available
-if [[ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]]; then
-    CMD="$CMD --github-token $GITHUB_TOKEN"
-fi
-
-# Add the target directory
-CMD="$CMD ."
-
-# Determine if we should allocate a TTY
-DOCKER_FLAGS="--rm --init"
-if [[ -t 0 ]]; then
-    DOCKER_FLAGS="$DOCKER_FLAGS -it"
-else
-    DOCKER_FLAGS="$DOCKER_FLAGS -i"
-fi
-
-# Run lychee with proper signal handling
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-exec docker run $DOCKER_FLAGS -v "$(dirname "$LYCHEE_CONFIG")":/data -w /data $CMD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
index 044e85e1f9a5..71bf138b5fbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-
+      - uses: jdx/mise-action@5cb1df66ed5e1fb3c670ea0b62fd17a76979826a # v2.3.1
       - name: Link check
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: ./.github/scripts/link-check.sh
+        run: mise run lint-links
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2517ef75046c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[tools]
+lychee = "0.18.1"
+
+[tasks.lint-links]
+run = "lychee --verbose --config .lychee.toml ."
+
+[settings]
+idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools = []