diff --git a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_facet.py b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_facet.py
index af872d765..e8a8f0a69 100644
--- a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_facet.py
+++ b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_facet.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 they identified an anomaly in a widely used agriculatural dataset,
 where the "Morris" site accidentally had the years 1931 and 1932 swapped.
 They named this
-`"The Morris Mistake." <http://ml.stat.purdue.edu/stat695t/writings/Trellis.User.pdf>`_.
+`"The Morris Mistake." <https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~ihaka/courses/120/trellis.user.pdf>`_.
 """
 # category: case studies
 import altair as alt
diff --git a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_wrapped_facet.py b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_wrapped_facet.py
index 7e6409299..55eb9fc97 100644
--- a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_wrapped_facet.py
+++ b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/beckers_barley_wrapped_facet.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 they identified an anomaly in a widely used agriculatural dataset,
 where the "Morris" site accidentally had the years 1931 and 1932 swapped.
 They named this
-`"The Morris Mistake." <http://ml.stat.purdue.edu/stat695t/writings/Trellis.User.pdf>`_.
+`"The Morris Mistake." <https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~ihaka/courses/120/trellis.user.pdf>`_.
 """
 # category: case studies
 import altair as alt
diff --git a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/comet_chart.py b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/comet_chart.py
index 9c8a6cf54..6e98585c4 100644
--- a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/comet_chart.py
+++ b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/comet_chart.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Comet Chart
 -----------
-Inspired by `Zan Armstrong's comet chart <https://www.zanarmstrong.com/infovisresearch>`_
+Inspired by `Zan Armstrong's comet chart <https://www.zanarmstrong.com/>`_
 this plot uses ``mark_trail`` to visualize change of grouped data over time.
 A more elaborate example and explanation of creating comet charts in Altair
 is shown in `this blogpost <https://medium.com/de-dataverbinders/comet-charts-in-python-visualizing-statistical-mix-effects-and-simpsons-paradox-with-altair-6cd51fb58b7c>`_.
diff --git a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/ridgeline_plot.py b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/ridgeline_plot.py
index b41c96f53..a1fe8aba8 100644
--- a/tests/examples_methods_syntax/ridgeline_plot.py
+++ b/tests/examples_methods_syntax/ridgeline_plot.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """
 Ridgeline plot
 --------------
-A `Ridgeline plot <https://serialmentor.com/blog/2017/9/15/goodbye-joyplots>`_
+A `Ridgeline plot <https://clauswilke.com/blog/2017/09/15/goodbye-joyplots/>`_
 lets you visualize distribution of a numeric value for different
 subsets of data (what we call "facets" in Altair).