diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1b4dd66..34bb92a5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         "myst-nb<1.4",
         "myst-parser[linkify]<6",
         "snowballstemmer<4",
-        "sphinx>=7.1,<10",
+        "sphinx @ git+https://github.com/jayaddison/sphinx@issue-14307/linkcheck-netiquette-autoignore-reserved-domain-names",
         "sphinx-basic-ng==1.0.0b2",
         "sphinx-copybutton>=0.3.1,<1",
         "sphinx-design-elements<0.5",
diff --git a/src/crate/theme/rtd/conf/__init__.py b/src/crate/theme/rtd/conf/__init__.py
index 2551a00b..96dfb853 100644
--- a/src/crate/theme/rtd/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/src/crate/theme/rtd/conf/__init__.py
@@ -175,10 +175,6 @@
     "https://www.gnu.org/.*",
     # Temporary failure in name resolution
     "https://jupysql.ploomber.io/.*",
-    # Sporadic CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED errors.
-    # https://github.com/crate/crate-docs-theme/issues/706
-    r"https://example.com.*",
-    r"https://www.example.com.*",
 ]
 linkcheck_anchors_ignore_for_url = [
     # Requires JavaScript.