diff --git a/versions.yaml b/versions.yaml
index cc26c01262..5dea272c01 100644
--- a/versions.yaml
+++ b/versions.yaml
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ externals:
     url: "https://github.com/opencontainers/runc"
     version: "v1.0.0-rc5"
 
+  xurls:
+    description: |
+      Tool used by the CI to check URLs in documents and code comments.
+    url: "https://mvdan.cc/xurls/cmd/xurls"
+    version: "70405f5eab516c9f7b626d803b043415809499a6"
+
 languages:
   description: |
     Details of programming languages requried to build system