diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
index ec3cf67f..ea56302f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yaml
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
       - name: Build docs
         run: ./.github/jobs/build_documentation.sh 
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: always()
         with:
           name: documentation
           path: artifact/documentation
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         if: failure()
         with:
           name: documentation_warnings.log
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..305c6dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: Linkcheck
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'docs/**'
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+jobs:
+  linkcheck:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - uses: dtcenter/metplus-action-linkcheck@v1
+        with:
+          fail-on-broken-links: 'true'
+          upload-artifact: 'true'
+          install-package: 'true'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
index 26852760..12bd051d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         coverage html
 
     - name: Archive code coverage results
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
         name: code-coverage-report_py${{ matrix.python-version }}
         path: htmlcov/index.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/version_tests.yaml
index ba3086cf..c90d186a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version_tests.yaml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
         coverage html
 
     - name: Archive code coverage results
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
       with:
         name: code-coverage-report
         path: htmlcov/index.html
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index b0a81420..570b4c5e 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -99,7 +99,28 @@
 numfig_format = {
         'figure': 'Figure %s',
         }
-    
+
+# -- linkcheck builder configuration ----------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#options-for-the-linkcheck-builder
+
+linkcheck_timeout = 10
+linkcheck_retries = 2
+linkcheck_workers = 8
+
+linkcheck_ignore = [
+    # add regex patterns for URLs that should be skipped, e.g.:
+    # r'https://dtcenter\.org/.*',   # if this site blocks automated requests
+    # r'https://doi\.org/.*',
+    # r'https://journals\.ametsoc\.org/.*', # AMS journal site blocks bot user-agents 
+]
+
+linkcheck_allowed_redirects = {
+    # map of regex -> regex for redirects that are fine to follow
+}
+
+linkcheck_anchors = True
+linkcheck_anchors_ignore = ['^!']
+
 # -- Export variables --------------------------------------------------------
 
 rst_epilog = """