diff --git a/.github/.lychee.toml b/.github/.lychee.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dea0efc..00000000
--- a/.github/.lychee.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-include_fragments = true
-
-accept = ["200..=299", "403"]
-
-exclude = [
-    # excluding links to pull requests and issues is done for performance
-    "^https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/(issues|pull)/\\d+$",
-    # TODO (trask) look into this
-    "^https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d0afxe3J6bQT-I6UbRXeIYNcTIyBQv4axfjKF4yvAPA/edit"
-]
-
-# better to be safe and avoid failures
-max_retries = 6
-
-# this helps slow down the rate of requests to avoid rate limiting
-max_concurrency = 4
diff --git a/.github/config/lychee.toml b/.github/config/lychee.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6dfffd34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/config/lychee.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+timeout = 30
+retry_wait_time = 5
+max_retries = 6
+max_concurrency = 4
+
+# Check link anchors
+include_fragments = true
+
+remap = [
+  # workaround for https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/issues/1729
+  'https://github.com/(.*?)/(.*?)/blob/(.*?)/(.*#.*)$ https://raw.githubusercontent.com/$1/$2/$3/$4',
+]
+
+accept = ["200..=299", "403"]
+
+exclude = [
+    # excluding links to pull requests and issues is done for performance
+    '^https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-configuration/(issues|pull)/\d+$',
+]
diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 8d51a91d..246c4572 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
     {
       "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "major"],
       "schedule": ["before 8am on Monday"]
-    },
-    {
-      "matchPackageNames": ["lycheeverse/lychee-action"],
-      "enabled": false
     }
   ],
   "labels": [
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-check.yaml
index 1332dcae..fe6f6336 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-check.yaml
@@ -42,17 +42,3 @@ jobs:
           echo $(git diff --cached)
           exit 1
         fi
-
-  markdown-link-check:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
-
-      # pinning this to v2.4.1 as newer versions break things
-      - uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@82202e5e9c2f4ef1a55a3d02563e1cb6041e5332 # v2.4.1
-        with:
-          # excluding links to pull requests and issues is done for performance
-          args: >
-            --config .github/.lychee.toml
-            -v
-            .
diff --git a/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70fef151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Link check
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  link-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # needed for merge-base used in lint:links-in-modified-files
+
+      - uses: jdx/mise-action@e3d7b8d67a7958d1207f6ed871e83b1ea780e7b0 # v3.3.1
+
+      - name: Link check - relative links (all files)
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: mise run lint:local-links
+
+      - name: Link check (modified files only)
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: mise run lint:links-in-modified-files --base origin/${{ github.base_ref }} --head ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} --event ${{ github.event_name }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c70ff447..03bf6d83 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ Another example:
 }
 ```
 
-`oneOf` is used to specify that the `value` property matches the [standard attribute](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/tree/main/specification/common#standard-attribute) definition, and is either a primitive or array of primitives. This type of use is acceptable but should be used judiciously.
+`oneOf` is used to specify that the `value` property matches the [standard attribute](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/common/README.md#standard-attribute) definition, and is either a primitive or array of primitives. This type of use is acceptable but should be used judiciously.
 
 ### Annotations - title and description
 
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f3504de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[tools]
+lychee = "0.20.1"
+
+[settings]
+# Only install tools explicitly defined in the [tools] section above
+idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools = []
+
+# Windows configuration for file-based tasks
+# Based on: https://github.com/jdx/mise/discussions/4461
+windows_executable_extensions = ["sh"]
+windows_default_file_shell_args = "bash"
+use_file_shell_for_executable_tasks = true
+
+[tasks."lint:links"]
+file = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/refs/heads/main/.mise/tasks/lint/links.sh"
+
+[tasks."lint:local-links"]
+file = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/refs/heads/main/.mise/tasks/lint/local-links.sh"
+
+[tasks."lint:links-in-modified-files"]
+file = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib/refs/heads/main/.mise/tasks/lint/links-in-modified-files.sh"