diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4fc9fff3..036230fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ jobs:
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
       - name: Restore lychee (linkcheck) cache 
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: .lycheecache
           key: cache-lychee-${{ github.sha }}
           restore-keys: cache-lychee-
           
       # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       
       # Install newer python and pip
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ jobs:
         
       # link check of html
       - name: Run lychee
-        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1.5.4
+        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v1
         with:
           fail: true
-          args: --cache --max-cache-age 1d './**/*.html' --timeout 40
+          args: --cache --max-cache-age 1d './**/*.html' --timeout 40 --exclude "academic.oup.com" --retry-wait-time 3
         
       # upload html
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/docs/about/communication.md b/docs/about/communication.md
index ff2dfd6a..de263a11 100644
--- a/docs/about/communication.md
+++ b/docs/about/communication.md
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ There are two mailing list currently:
 
 ***
 
-### <a class="button cta rounded primary-btn raised" href="https://x.com/OpenMSTeam">Twitter</a>
-
-Contact us or just follow the latest OpenMS news on Twitter.
-
-***
-
 Join the OpenMS Community
 -------------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 2c5f6ad1..82718b4f 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ OpenMS is developed by a group of `core developers <https://openms.de/contributo
 
 * Contribute to the development by giving us your feedback about the OpenMS project on `Discord <https://discord.gg/aJyWqf6uCn>`_ or become active by `developing new tools yourself </manual/develop>`_.
 * Donate to the OpenMS project using our `opencollective <https://opencollective.com/openms>`_ account. All donations will be used strictly to fund the development of Openms’s open source software, documentation, and community.
-* Promote OpenMS either online (`e.g. on X <https://x.com/OpenMSTeam>`_) or in your work group.
+* Promote OpenMS either online or in your work group.
 
 
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