diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 70749934..94ca1dd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,16 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Remove symlink
+        run: rm docs/source/README.md
       - name: lychee Link Checker
         id: lychee
         uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.5.0
         with:
-          args: --accept=200,403,429  "**/*.html" "**/*.md" "**/*.txt" "**/*.json" --exclude "file:///github/workspace/*" --exclude-mail
+          args: --accept=200,403,429 "**/*.html" "**/*.md" "**/*.txt" "**/*.json" --exclude "file:///github/workspace/*" --exclude "file:///home/runner/work/opensearch-py/opensearch-py/docs/source/README.md" --exclude-mail 
           fail: true
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+      - name: Restore symlink
+        if: always()
+        run: ln -s ../../README.md docs/source/README.md