diff --git a/.mdox.validator.yaml b/.mdox.validator.yaml
index 065e76794..abc003a8a 100644
--- a/.mdox.validator.yaml
+++ b/.mdox.validator.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 version: 1
+explicitLocalValidators: true
 
 # Don't check external URLs, they can time-out a lot (rate limits).
+# Don't check repo-local absolute URLs, they resolve to site routes rather than
+# files on the local filesystem. Keep validating other local (relative) links.
 validators:
   - type: ignore
-    regex: http(s|)://.*
\ No newline at end of file
+    regex: http(s|)://.*
+  - type: ignore
+    regex: ^/.*
+  - type: local
+    regex: ^.*$
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 083acdf23..25fc44a5b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ MD_FILES_TO_FORMAT=docs/specs/om/open_metrics_spec_2_0.md
 
 MDOX="mdox"
 $(MDOX):
-	@go install github.com/bwplotka/mdox@v0.9.0
+	@go install github.com/bwplotka/mdox@e88e0a8655a0c91ef6a849edd29798e7e4809d75
 
 .PHONY: help
 help: ## Displays help.