diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 5cebd27f28b..8f4f2c645fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install lychee and dependencies
         run: |
-          curl -sSfL "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/latest/download/lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local/bin
+          curl -sSfL "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/latest/download/lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" |
+            sudo tar xz --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lychee
           uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Get Website URLs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/links_local.yml b/.github/workflows/links_local.yml
index 9b99fe2a6d5..a9ec690b508 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links_local.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links_local.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install lychee
-        run: curl -sSfL "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/latest/download/lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local/bin
+        run: |
+          curl -sSfL "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/latest/download/lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" |
+            sudo tar xz --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lychee
 
       - name: Test Markdown and HTML links with retry
         uses: ultralytics/actions/retry@main