diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index efe904b8..7957c246 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ linkcheck_ignore = [
     r"https://github\.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/settings/actions/runners/new\?arch=arm64\&os=linux",  # only works for users with permissions to change runners
     r"http://127\.0\.0\.1:.*",  # various examples
     r"https://mybinder\.org/v2/gh/.*",  # lots of 500 errors
+    r"https://packages\.ubuntu\.com/search\?keywords=openjdk",  # frequent read timeouts
 ]
 
 linkcheck_allowed_redirects = {