diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml b/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml
index c262b9ebe9..33bbf924d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-submodules.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ jobs:
           commit_message: "feat: update submodules documentation to latest"
           commit_user_name: ${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.name }}
           commit_user_email: ${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.email }}
+          commit_author: "${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.name }} <${{ steps.import_gpg.outputs.email }}>"
           commit_options: "--no-verify --signoff -S"
diff --git a/.linkinatorrc.json b/.linkinatorrc.json
index d7280e18ee..a1ecc18fc7 100644
--- a/.linkinatorrc.json
+++ b/.linkinatorrc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "recurse": true,
-  "concurrency": 16,
+  "concurrency": 8,
+  "retry": true,
+  "retryErrors": true,
+  "retryErrorsCount": 3,
+  "retryErrorsJitter": 3000,
   "format": "JSON",
   "verbosity": "error",
   "skip": [
@@ -12,6 +16,11 @@
     "https://didcomm.org/*",
     "http://localhost*",
     "https://host.docker.internal*",
-    "https://identity.foundation/*"
+    "https://identity.foundation/*",
+    "https://www.w3.org/TR/*",
+    "https://mvnrepository.com/*",
+    "https://blog.cheqd.io/*",
+    "https://medium.com/*",
+    "https://w3c-ccg.github.io/did-resolution/*"
   ]
 }