diff --git a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
index 5055d5ca9399..42391bb31da0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linkchecker.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 8 * * *'
 
 env:
+  COMPILER: gcc
   OS_NAME: 'linux'
   PYTHON_VERSION: '3.12'
   TASK: 'check-links'
diff --git a/docs/FAQ.rst b/docs/FAQ.rst
index 8f0024b45730..43141480cff5 100644
--- a/docs/FAQ.rst
+++ b/docs/FAQ.rst
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ and copy memory as required by creating new processes instead of forking (or, us
 
 Cloud platform container services may cause LightGBM to hang, if they use Linux fork to run multiple containers on a
 single instance. For example, LightGBM hangs in AWS Batch array jobs, which `use the ECS agent
-<https://aws.amazon.com/batch/faqs/#Features>`__ to manage multiple running jobs. Setting ``nthreads=1`` mitigates the issue.
+<https://aws.amazon.com/batch/faqs>`__ to manage multiple running jobs. Setting ``nthreads=1`` mitigates the issue.
 
 12. Why is early stopping not enabled by default in LightGBM?
 -------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ We are doing our best to provide universal wheels which have high running speed
 However, sometimes it's just impossible to guarantee the possibility of usage of LightGBM in any specific environment (see `Microsoft/LightGBM#1743 <https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/issues/1743>`__).
 
 Therefore, the first thing you should try in case of segfaults is **compiling from the source** using ``pip install --no-binary lightgbm lightgbm``.
-For the OS-specific prerequisites see `this guide <https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/blob/master/python-package/README.rst#user-content-build-from-sources>`__.
+For the OS-specific prerequisites see https://github.com/microsoft/LightGBM/blob/master/python-package/README.rst.
 
 Also, feel free to post a new issue in our GitHub repository. We always look at each case individually and try to find a root cause.
 
diff --git a/docs/GPU-Windows.rst b/docs/GPU-Windows.rst
index c4c2ca818433..8536f49d6731 100644
--- a/docs/GPU-Windows.rst
+++ b/docs/GPU-Windows.rst
@@ -602,9 +602,9 @@ And open an issue in GitHub `here`_ with that log.
 
 .. _Boost: https://www.boost.org/users/history/
 
-.. _Prebuilt Boost x86_64: https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/38/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/m/mingw64-boost-static-1.78.0-4.fc38.noarch.rpm
+.. _Prebuilt Boost x86_64: https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/40/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/m/mingw64-boost-static-1.78.0-9.fc40.noarch.rpm
 
-.. _Prebuilt Boost i686: https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/38/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/m/mingw32-boost-static-1.78.0-4.fc38.noarch.rpm
+.. _Prebuilt Boost i686: https://www.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/40/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/m/mingw32-boost-static-1.78.0-9.fc40.noarch.rpm
 
 .. _7zip: https://www.7-zip.org/download.html