diff --git a/.github/workflows/_link-check.yml b/.github/workflows/_link-check.yml
index 28b3ead..8bda71f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_link-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_link-check.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
             --exclude 'https?://localhost'
             --exclude 'file://'
             --exclude 'mailto:'
-            --exclude-path './CHANGELOG.md'
+            --exclude-path 'CHANGELOG.md'
             --exclude 'github.com/dgtalbug/dextree/issues'
             './**/*.md'
           fail: true
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index f452373..39df884 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ test-results.json
 # indigo HTML strategy). Treat as read-only history — tools shouldn't
 # touch them, and reformatting would just churn the archive.
 docs/_archive/
+
+# Owned by the release-please-prettier workflow, which applies Prettier after
+# release-please commits it. Excluding here prevents a race where static-checks
+# runs before the formatter commit lands and fails on the unformatted file.
+CHANGELOG.md