diff --git a/.github/workflows/qa.yaml b/.github/workflows/qa.yaml
index 9f8a35bb..ebb7ec74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qa.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qa.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   lint:
-    uses: canonical/starflow/.github/workflows/lint-python.yaml@main
+    uses: canonical/starflow/.github/workflows/lint-python.yaml@work/separate-linkcheck
   test:
     uses: canonical/starflow/.github/workflows/test-python.yaml@main
     with:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 21c903a6..217dddcb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ include common.mk
 format: format-ruff format-codespell format-prettier  ## Run all automatic formatters
 
 .PHONY: lint
-lint: lint-ruff lint-ty lint-codespell lint-prettier lint-shellcheck lint-docs lint-twine  ## Run all linters
+lint: lint-code lint-docs lint-twine  ## Run all linters
+
+.PHONY: lint-code
+lint-code: lint-ruff lint-ty lint-codespell lint-prettier lint-shellcheck  ## Run code-specific linters
 
 .PHONY: pack
 pack: pack-pip  ## Build all packages