diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-md-link-config.json b/.github/workflows/check-md-link-config.json
index 17ebbff669..6fe88c055d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-md-link-config.json
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-md-link-config.json
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
     {
       "_comment": "mvnrepository blocks requests originating from GitHub Actions",
       "pattern": "https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.iceberg/iceberg-spark"
+    },
+    {
+      "_comment": "medium blocks requests originating from GitHub Actions",
+      "pattern": "https://medium.com/"
+    },
+    { 
+      "pattern": "https://kubernetes.io/"
     }
   ]
 }
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