diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbe71df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+https://github.com/thegeeklab/.+/edit/main/.*
+https://unsplash.com.*
+https://www.color-hex.com.*
diff --git a/.woodpecker/test.yml b/.woodpecker/test.yml
index 48a308f..b2efbe9 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/test.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/test.yml
@@ -37,13 +37,10 @@ steps:
       - vnu --skip-non-html --also-check-css --errors-only --filterfile .vnuignore exampleSite/public
 
   link-validation:
-    image: quay.io/thegeeklab/link-validator
+    image: docker.io/lycheeverse/lychee
     group: test
     commands:
-      - link-validator --color=always --rate-limit 10 --timeout 60 -e https://github.com/thegeeklab/${CI_REPO_NAME}/edit/main/.* -e https://unsplash.com.* -e https://www.color-hex.com.*
-    environment:
-      LINK_VALIDATOR_BASE_DIR: exampleSite/public
-      LINK_VALIDATOR_RETRIES: "3"
+      - lychee --no-progress --format detailed exampleSite/content/ README.md
 
   page-validation:
     image: quay.io/thegeeklab/lhci:0.12