diff --git a/.github/workflows/delete-closed-pr-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/delete-closed-pr-docs.yaml
index eb211766c..b7b009fb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/delete-closed-pr-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/delete-closed-pr-docs.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yaml
index e5967b0d5..b48d70dba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-docs.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
diff --git a/.markdownlint.yaml b/.markdownlint.yaml
index babaaa1f1..7b7359fe0 100644
--- a/.markdownlint.yaml
+++ b/.markdownlint.yaml
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ MD029:
   style: ordered
 MD033: false
 MD041: false
+MD045: false
 MD046: false
 MD049: false
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml b/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml
index 3b43f9ae1..8c9345e15 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config-optional.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check
-    rev: v3.11.2
+    rev: v3.12.2
     hooks:
       - id: markdown-link-check
         args: [--quiet, --config=.markdown-link-check.json]
diff --git a/deploy-docs/mkdocs-requirements.txt b/deploy-docs/mkdocs-requirements.txt
index ac3cf10a9..05acfe04f 100755
--- a/deploy-docs/mkdocs-requirements.txt
+++ b/deploy-docs/mkdocs-requirements.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mkdocs-same-dir
 mkdocs-static-i18n
 mkdocs-video
 mike
+pathspec
 plantuml-markdown
 pymdown-extensions
 python-markdown-math