diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6801053..b08a0b6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ All notable changes to the Docker Language Server will be documented in this fil
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Compose
+  - textDocument/documentLink
+    - stop returning links for alias nodes in included paths ([#439](https://github.com/docker/docker-language-server/issues/439))
 - Bake
   - textDocument/completion
     - check the type of the block before suggesting items ([#422](https://github.com/docker/docker-language-server/issues/422))
diff --git a/internal/compose/documentLink.go b/internal/compose/documentLink.go
index 4e7e325..b1e7784 100644
--- a/internal/compose/documentLink.go
+++ b/internal/compose/documentLink.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func createModelLink(serviceNode *ast.MappingValueNode) *protocol.DocumentLink {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func includedFiles(nodes []ast.Node) []*token.Token {
+func includedPaths(nodes []ast.Node) []*token.Token {
 	tokens := []*token.Token{}
 	for _, entry := range nodes {
 		if mappingNode, ok := resolveAnchor(entry).(*ast.MappingNode); ok {
@@ -140,14 +140,18 @@ func includedFiles(nodes []ast.Node) []*token.Token {
 						//     - ../commons/compose.yaml
 						//     - ./commons-override.yaml
 						for _, path := range paths.Values {
-							tokens = append(tokens, resolveAnchor(path).GetToken())
+							if _, ok := path.(*ast.AliasNode); !ok {
+								tokens = append(tokens, resolveAnchor(path).GetToken())
+							}
 						}
 					} else {
 						// include:
 						// - path: ../commons/compose.yaml
 						//   project_directory: ..
 						//   env_file: ../another/.env
-						tokens = append(tokens, resolveAnchor(value.Value).GetToken())
+						if _, ok := value.Value.(*ast.AliasNode); !ok {
+							tokens = append(tokens, resolveAnchor(value.Value).GetToken())
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ func scanForLinks(folderAbsolutePath string, wslDollarSign bool, n *ast.MappingV
 		switch s.Value {
 		case "include":
 			if sequence, ok := resolveAnchor(n.Value).(*ast.SequenceNode); ok {
-				for _, token := range includedFiles(sequence.Values) {
+				for _, token := range includedPaths(sequence.Values) {
 					link := createLink(folderAbsolutePath, wslDollarSign, token)
 					if link != nil {
 						links = append(links, *link)
diff --git a/internal/compose/documentLink_test.go b/internal/compose/documentLink_test.go
index f58a886..e6842aa 100644
--- a/internal/compose/documentLink_test.go
+++ b/internal/compose/documentLink_test.go
@@ -382,6 +382,21 @@ include:
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "alias on the path's string attribute",
+			content: `
+include:
+  - path: *anchor`,
+			links: []protocol.DocumentLink{},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "alias on the path attribute's string array item value",
+			content: `
+include:
+  - path:
+    - *anchor`,
+			links: []protocol.DocumentLink{},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
diff --git a/internal/compose/documentSymbol.go b/internal/compose/documentSymbol.go
index 57de22b..54d8328 100644
--- a/internal/compose/documentSymbol.go
+++ b/internal/compose/documentSymbol.go
@@ -37,6 +37,43 @@ func findSymbols(value string, n *ast.MappingValueNode, mapping map[string]proto
 	return result
 }
 
+func includedFiles(nodes []ast.Node) []*token.Token {
+	tokens := []*token.Token{}
+	for _, entry := range nodes {
+		if mappingNode, ok := resolveAnchor(entry).(*ast.MappingNode); ok {
+			for _, value := range mappingNode.Values {
+				if resolveAnchor(value.Key).GetToken().Value == "path" {
+					if paths, ok := resolveAnchor(value.Value).(*ast.SequenceNode); ok {
+						// include:
+						//   - path:
+						//     - ../commons/compose.yaml
+						//     - ./commons-override.yaml
+						for _, path := range paths.Values {
+							tokens = append(tokens, resolveAnchor(path).GetToken())
+						}
+					} else {
+						// include:
+						// - path: ../commons/compose.yaml
+						//   project_directory: ..
+						//   env_file: ../another/.env
+						tokens = append(tokens, resolveAnchor(value.Value).GetToken())
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			// include:
+			//   - abc.yml
+			//   - def.yml
+			stringNode := stringNode(entry)
+			if stringNode != nil {
+				tokens = append(tokens, stringNode.GetToken())
+			}
+
+		}
+	}
+	return tokens
+}
+
 func DocumentSymbol(ctx context.Context, doc document.ComposeDocument) (result []any, err error) {
 	file := doc.File()
 	if file == nil || len(file.Docs) == 0 {