diff --git a/.github/workflows/jekyll-preview.yml b/.github/workflows/jekyll-preview.yml
index 7bfc40f5d5a..32cc3d320b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jekyll-preview.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jekyll-preview.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.0
         with:
           # For PRs make sure to checkout the PR branch
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml b/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml
index 385beb440c8..a1f55040288 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jekyll.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.0
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v5.0.0
       - name: Build with Jekyll
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8028a8febb3..fa97ec29c3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Set up Git repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5.0.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.0
       - name: Set up Ruby
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@8aeb6ff8030dd539317f8e1769a044873b56ea71 # v1
         with:
diff --git a/script/html-proofer b/script/html-proofer
index db30e11cb85..05c4c5179ed 100755
--- a/script/html-proofer
+++ b/script/html-proofer
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ url_ignores = [
   %r{^https://rockwoodleadership\.org/},
   %r{^https://(www\.)?npmjs\.com},
   %r{^https://(www\.)?quora\.com},
+  %r{^https?://(www\.)?medium\.com},
 ]
 
 HTMLProofer::Runner.new(