diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
index d6a861d7bf7..681ceaf4dbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
@@ -43,4 +43,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd build/hdf5lib_docs/html
           linkchecker --check-extern ./index.html
+        continue-on-error: true