diff --git a/bin/runLint.js b/bin/runLint.js
index a44b49e..ab89314 100644
--- a/bin/runLint.js
+++ b/bin/runLint.js
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@ function createProcessor(includeFrontmatterCheck) {
     if (externalLinksOnly) {
       processors = processors
         .use(remarkLintNoDeadUrls, {
-          skipUrlPatterns,
+          skipUrlPatterns: [...skipUrlPatterns, /^mailto:/, /^#/],
           deadOrAliveOptions: {
-            maxRetries: 0, // Disable retries
-            sleep: 0, // Disable sleep
+            maxRetries: 0,
+            sleep: 0,
             https: {
               rejectUnauthorized: false, // Don't fail on SSL cert issues
             },
-            followRedirect: true, // Allow redirects (don't treat as dead links)
+            followRedirects: true, // Allow redirects (don't treat as dead links)
           },
         });
     }
@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ function createProcessor(includeFrontmatterCheck) {
     if (!skipDeadLinks) {
       processors = processors
         .use(remarkLintNoDeadUrls, {
-            skipUrlPatterns,
+            skipUrlPatterns: [...skipUrlPatterns, /^mailto:/, /^#/],
             deadOrAliveOptions: {
-                maxRetries: 0, // Disable retries
-                sleep: 0, // Disable sleep
+                maxRetries: 0,
+                sleep: 0,
                 https: {
                     rejectUnauthorized: false, // Don't fail on SSL cert issues
                 },
-                followRedirect: true, // Allow redirects (don't treat as dead links)
+                followRedirects: true, // Allow redirects (don't treat as dead links)
             },
         });
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52b480f..9e0b6b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=18"
+    "node": "^24.11.08"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "dotenv": "^17.2.2",