diff --git a/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml b/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
index b14c716b6..29627b559 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/link-validator.yml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
           fetch-tags: true
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Java 11
+      - name: Setup Java 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: temurin
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 8
 
       - name: Cache Coursier cache
         uses: coursier/cache-action@v6
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 476eb9c1c..f54a162b5 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -369,15 +369,16 @@ lazy val docs = project
       "extref.github.base_url" -> s"https://github.com/apache/pekko-connectors/tree/${if (isSnapshot.value) "main"
         else "v" + version.value}/%s",
       "extref.pekko.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/docs/pekko/current/%s",
-      "scaladoc.pekko.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/api/pekko/${Dependencies.PekkoBinaryVersion}",
-      "javadoc.pekko.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/japi/pekko/${Dependencies.PekkoBinaryVersion}/",
-      "javadoc.pekko.link_style" -> "direct",
+      "scaladoc.org.apache.pekko.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/api/pekko/${Dependencies.PekkoBinaryVersion}",
+      "javadoc.org.apache.pekko.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/japi/pekko/${Dependencies.PekkoBinaryVersion}/",
+      "javadoc.org.apache.pekko.link_style" -> "direct",
       "extref.pekko-http.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/docs/pekko-http/${Dependencies.PekkoHttpBinaryVersion}/%s",
-      "scaladoc.pekko.http.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/api/pekko-http/${Dependencies.PekkoHttpBinaryVersion}/",
-      "javadoc.pekko.http.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/japi/pekko-http/${Dependencies.PekkoHttpBinaryVersion}/",
+      "scaladoc.org.apache.pekko.http.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/api/pekko-http/${Dependencies.PekkoHttpBinaryVersion}/",
+      "javadoc.org.apache.pekko.http.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/japi/pekko-http/${Dependencies.PekkoHttpBinaryVersion}/",
       // Pekko gRPC
       "pekko-grpc.version" -> Dependencies.PekkoGrpcBinaryVersion,
       "extref.pekko-grpc.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/docs/pekko-grpc/${Dependencies.PekkoGrpcBinaryVersion}/%s",
+      "scaladoc.org.apache.pekko.gprc.base_url" -> s"https://pekko.apache.org/api/pekko-grpc/${Dependencies.PekkoGrpcBinaryVersion}/",
       // Couchbase
       "couchbase.version" -> Dependencies.CouchbaseVersion,
       "extref.couchbase.base_url" -> s"https://docs.couchbase.com/java-sdk/${Dependencies.CouchbaseVersionForDocs}/%s",
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index cac410391..c6452edd9 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ object Dependencies {
       "com.orientechnologies" % "orientdb-object" % "3.2.30"))
 
   val PravegaVersion = "0.13.0"
-  val PravegaVersionForDocs = s"v$PravegaVersion"
+  val PravegaVersionForDocs = "latest"
 
   val Pravega = {
     Seq(
diff --git a/scripts/link-validator.conf b/scripts/link-validator.conf
index 7d33880bb..eb64306c5 100644
--- a/scripts/link-validator.conf
+++ b/scripts/link-validator.conf
@@ -32,14 +32,51 @@ site-link-validator {
     "https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/"
     # Errors in Scaladoc from Google Common header `X-Upload-Content-Type`
     "https://doc.akka.io/api/akka-http/10.2.9/akka/http/impl/util/"
+    # Broken license report links
+    "http://glassfish.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html"
+    "https://glassfish.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html"
+    "http://jackson.codehaus.org"
+    "http://java.net/projects/jms-spec/pages/Home"
+    "http://jaxb.java.net/"
+    "http://jetty.mortbay.org"
+    "http://jta-spec.java.net"
+    "http://propensive.com/"
+    "http://servlet-spec.java.net"
+    "http://websocket-spec.java.net"
+    "https://jaxb.dev.java.net/"
+    "https://jsr311.dev.java.net"
+    "http://lmax-exchange.github.com/disruptor"
   ]
 
   non-https-whitelist = [
+    # license report
     "http://logback.qos.ch/"
     "http://www.slf4j.org/"
     "http://reactivemongo.org"
     "http://www.thedevpiece.com/"
-    # genereated by @apidoc
+    "http://aopalliance.sourceforge.net"
+    "http://asm.ow2.io/"
+    "http://avro.apache.org"
+    "http://beanvalidation.org"
+    "http://checkerframework.org"
+    "http://code.google.com/p/"
+    "http://commons.apache.org/"
+    "http://geode.apache.org"
+    "http://couchbase.com"
+    "http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"
+    "http://ehcache.org"
+    "http://fastutil.di.unimi.it/"
+    "http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/"
+    "http://github.com/FasterXML/"
+    "http://github.com/airlift/aircompressor"
+    "http://github.com/google/"
+    "http://github.com/jnr/"
+    "http://github.com/julianhyde/eigenbase-properties"
+    "http://github.com/sbt/junit-interface/"
+    "http://github.com/square/javapoet/"
+    "http://glassfish.java.net/public/CDDL+GPL_1_1.html"
+    "http://hamcrest.org/JavaHamcrest/"
+    # generated by @apidoc
     "http://pravega.io/"
     "http://www.scala-lang.org/api/2.13.13/scala/concurrent/Future.html"
     "http://www.scala-lang.org/api/2.13.13/scala/util/Try.html"