diff --git a/.lychee.toml b/.github/config/lychee.toml
similarity index 87%
rename from .lychee.toml
rename to .github/config/lychee.toml
index 6de9f0fb9..977b206f3 100644
--- a/.lychee.toml
+++ b/.github/config/lychee.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Lychee configuration file
+# See https://lychee.cli.rs/guides/config/
+
 timeout = 30
 retry_wait_time = 5
 max_retries = 6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c5a2bc905..e0e6abc4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -13,19 +13,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-links:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
-
-      - name: Check all links in *.md files
-        id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.8.0
-        with:
-          lycheeVersion: v0.18.1
-          args: >-
-            -v -n "*.md" "**/*.md"
-            --config .lychee.toml
-            --github-token ${{ github.token }}
+    # release branches are excluded
+    if: "!startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')"
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
index e8f7a65b2..874c9819c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yaml
@@ -7,19 +7,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-links:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
-
-      - name: Check all links in *.md files
-        id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.8.0
-        with:
-          lycheeVersion: v0.18.1
-          args: >-
-            -v -n "*.md" "**/*.md"
-            --config .lychee.toml
-            --github-token ${{ github.token }}
+    # release branches are excluded
+    if: "!startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')"
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 130c0bd44..4bce17994 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -9,18 +9,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   check-links:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.2
-
-      - name: Check all links in *.md files
-        id: lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.8.0
-        with:
-          lycheeVersion: v0.18.1
-          args: >-
-            -v -n "*.md" "**/*.md"
-            --config .lychee.toml
+    # release branches are excluded
+    if: "!startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')"
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df5ab8d82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-link-check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Reusable - Link check
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  link-check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # needed for merge-base used in modified-files mode
+
+      - uses: jdx/mise-action@5228313ee0372e111a38da051671ca30fc5a96db # v3.6.3
+
+      - name: Link check for pull requests
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GITHUB_HEAD_SHA: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          PR_HEAD_REPO: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+        run: mise run lint:links
+
+      - name: Link check for pushes and scheduled workflows
+        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: mise run lint:links --full
diff --git a/docs/advanced-config.md b/docs/advanced-config.md
index 04d381b13..3fca7fc5d 100644
--- a/docs/advanced-config.md
+++ b/docs/advanced-config.md
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ The Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java uses the OTLP traces exporter as t
 
 ## Trace propagation configuration
 
-| System property    | Environment variable | Default value          | Support | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
-|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `otel.propagators` | `OTEL_PROPAGATORS`   | `tracecontext,baggage` | Stable  | A comma-separated list of propagators that will be used. You can find the list of supported propagators [here](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/tree/main/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure#propagator). |
+| System property    | Environment variable | Default value          | Support | Description                                                                                                                                                                                     |
+|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `otel.propagators` | `OTEL_PROPAGATORS`   | `tracecontext,baggage` | Stable  | A comma-separated list of propagators that will be used. You can find the list of supported propagators [here](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/java/configuration/#properties-general). |
 
 If you wish to be compatible with older versions of the Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java (or the SignalFx
 Tracing Java Agent) you can set the trace propagator to B3:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export OTEL_PROPAGATORS=b3multi
 | `otel.traces.sampler`    | `OTEL_TRACES_SAMPLER`     | `always_on`    | Stable  | The sampler to use for tracing.	|
 
 Splunk Distribution of OpenTelemetry Java supports all standard samplers as provided by
-[OpenTelemetry Java SDK Autoconfigure](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java/tree/main/sdk-extensions/autoconfigure#sampler).
+[OpenTelemetry Java SDK Autoconfigure](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/languages/java/configuration/#properties-traces).
 In addition, the distribution adds the following samplers:
 
 ### `internal_root_off`
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e06c045a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[tools]
+lychee = "0.23.0"
+
+[settings]
+# Only install tools explicitly defined in the [tools] section above
+idiomatic_version_file_enable_tools = []
+
+# Windows configuration for file-based tasks
+# Based on: https://github.com/jdx/mise/discussions/4461
+windows_executable_extensions = ["sh"]
+windows_default_file_shell_args = "bash"
+use_file_shell_for_executable_tasks = true
+
+# Pick the tasks you need from flint (https://github.com/grafana/flint)
+[tasks."lint:links"]
+description = "Check for broken links in changed files + all local links"
+file = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/flint/0ac131d7832bd8964f6ca9e5af73207dca6a85ba/tasks/lint/links.sh" # v0.7.1