diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
index b9af5b10798e..97a9d78c2b3d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ env:
   # We limit cache download as a whole to 5 minutes.
   SEGMENT_DOWNLOAD_TIMEOUT_MINS: 2
   # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=tcort/markdown-link-check
-  MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION: "3.13.6"
+  MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION: "3.12.2"
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml
index 911cc4563eab..bbfd0bb2ed49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-links.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   # renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=tcort/markdown-link-check
-  MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION: "3.13.6"
+  MD_LINK_CHECK_VERSION: "3.12.2"
 
 jobs:
   changedfiles: