diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile-gui-tests b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile-gui-tests
index d31369e6c..17bca6464 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile-gui-tests
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile-gui-tests
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ RUN mkdir out
 # https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/375
 #
 # We also specify the version in case we need to update it to go around cache limitations.
-RUN npm install -g browser-ui-test@0.21.0 --unsafe-perm=true
+RUN npm install -g browser-ui-test@0.21.1 --unsafe-perm=true
 
 EXPOSE 3000
 
diff --git a/gui-tests/links-color.goml b/gui-tests/links-color.goml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c563ca55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui-tests/links-color.goml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// Checks that the links have the expected color.
+go-to: |DOC_PATH|
+show-text: true
+
+// First we enforce the theme to ensure we're testing in the right conditions.
+set-local-storage: {"rustdoc-theme": "light"}
+reload:
+
+// The "Recent releases" and the feed icon should have the default color.
+assert-css: ("//a[@href='/releases']", {"color": "#000"})
+assert-css: ("//a[@href='/releases/feed']", {"color": "#000"})
+// The release links should be different.
+assert-css: ("li a.release .name", {"color": "#4d76ae"}, ALL)
+
+go-to: |DOC_PATH| + "/crate/sysinfo/0.23.5/builds"
+// The builds link color should have the default color.
+assert-css: ("li a.release > div", {"color": "#000"}, ALL)
diff --git a/templates/style/style.scss b/templates/style/style.scss
index f6c9902ff..dd5ec025f 100644
--- a/templates/style/style.scss
+++ b/templates/style/style.scss
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ div.recent-releases-container {
         padding: 0.4em $search-result-right-left-padding;
         color: var(--color-standard);
 
+        a:not(.normal) {
+            color: var(--color-standard)
+        }
+
         @media #{$media-lg} {
             padding: 0.4em 0;
             margin: 0 1em;