diff --git a/.lychee.toml b/.lychee.toml
index 5360e272..335ceabc 100644
--- a/.lychee.toml
+++ b/.lychee.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ include-fragments = true
 
 exclude  = [
     # excluding links to pull requests and issues is done for performance
-    "^https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/pull/\\d+$",
-    "^https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/issue/\\d+$"
+    "^https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/(pull|issue)/\\d+$"
 ]
 
 # better to be safe and avoid failures