diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/link-check.yml
index 86e2e94..8b836c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-check.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2
         with:
-          args: --no-progress --insecure --user-agent 'curl/7.68.0' --exclude '*api.star-history.com*' --accept 200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,226,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,503 README.md docs/ apps/ examples/ benchmarks/
+          args: --no-progress --insecure --user-agent 'curl/7.68.0' --exclude '.*api\.star-history\.com.*' --accept 200,201,202,203,204,205,206,207,208,226,300,301,302,303,304,305,306,307,308,503 README.md docs/ apps/ examples/ benchmarks/
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.lycheeignore b/.lycheeignore
index 0c74f32..7f0351a 100644
--- a/.lycheeignore
+++ b/.lycheeignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Exclude star-history API from link checking
 # This service is intermittently unavailable (503 errors)
 # but the link still works when the service is up
-*api.star-history.com*
+.*api\.star-history\.com.*