diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 9fa3145d2..7b439c465 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -157,9 +157,10 @@ def prose_list(items):
 ## string" matching happening, and something like a plain `r'google'`
 ## regular expression will _NOT_ match all google.com URLs.
 linkcheck_ignore = [
-     # This URL will occasionally fail and return 403 (broken).
+     # These URLs will occasionally fail and return 403 (broken).
      # <https://github.com/nextstrain/.github/issues/106#issuecomment-2408239782>
      r'^http://www\.microbesonline\.org/fasttree/',
+     r'^https://academic\.oup\.com/ve/article/4/1/vex042/4794731',
 ]
 linkcheck_anchors_ignore_for_url = [
      # Github uses anchor-looking links for highlighting lines but