diff --git a/.github/workflows/branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/branch.yaml
index 84d3b48d..418dee41 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/branch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/branch.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and Deploy
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      GH_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_API_TOKEN }}
+      GH_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       SLACK_BOT: ${{ secrets.SLACK_BOT }}
       NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN }}
       GOOGLE_CONTAINER_ID: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CONTAINER_ID }}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           yarn install
       - name: Update versions from GitHub
         env:
-          GH_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_API_TOKEN }}
+          GH_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           node _build_scripts/update-config-versions.js
       - name: Build Docusarus project
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml
index ae19053c..7548a6c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_requests.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
           yarn install
       - name: Update versions from GitHub
         env:
-          GH_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_API_TOKEN }}
+          GH_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           node _build_scripts/update-config-versions.js
       - name: Build a dev version
diff --git a/_build_scripts/link-validator.js b/_build_scripts/link-validator.js
index eed9c516..2b3c8715 100644
--- a/_build_scripts/link-validator.js
+++ b/_build_scripts/link-validator.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ const domainsToIgnore = [
     'https://static.scarf.sh',
     'https://www.snowflake.com',
     'https://stackoverflow.com/',
+    'https://www.tim-kleyersburg.de/', // 403s automated requests (site loads fine in a browser); community PHP client author link
     'https://towardsdatascience.com/',
     'https://voyageai.com/',
     'https://weaviateagents.featurebase.app',