diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 22a4fb19..415d0dc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       MDBOOK_LINKCHECK2_VERSION: 0.9.1
       MDBOOK_MERMAID_VERSION: 0.12.6
       MDBOOK_TOC_VERSION: 0.11.2
+      MDBOOK_OUTPUT__LINKCHECK__FOLLOW_WEB_LINKS: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
       DEPLOY_DIR: book/html
       BASE_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}