diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
index cbc6dbec1..4fc1e228c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-checker.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@master
         with:
-          args: --accept=200,403,429,999  "./**/*.html" "./**/*.md" "./**/*.txt" --exclude "https://aws.oss.sonatype.*" "http://localhost*" "https://localhost" "https://odfe-node1:9200/" "https://community.tableau.com/docs/DOC-17978" ".*family.zzz" "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/opensearchsql/" "opensearch*" ".*@amazon.com" ".*email.com" "git@github.com" "http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll" ".*/PowerBIConnector/bin/Release"
+          args: --accept=200,403,429,999 --exclude-mail **/*.html **/*.md **/*.txt --exclude-file .lychee.excludes
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
       - name: Fail if there were link errors
diff --git a/.lychee.excludes b/.lychee.excludes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd98eac05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.lychee.excludes
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+https://aws.oss.sonatype.*
+http://localhost.*
+https://localhost.*
+https://odfe-node1:9200/.*
+https://community.tableau.com/docs/DOC-17978
+.*family.zzz
+https://pypi.python.org/pypi/opensearchsql/.*
+opensearch.*
+.*@amazon.com
+.*email.com
+.*git@github.com.*
+http://timestamp.verisign.com/scripts/timstamp.dll.*
+.*\/PowerBIConnector\/bin\/Release
\ No newline at end of file