diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ddcd9b61d95dd1c431a1cb5eed8252ee567dd55d..c6b7cdeebc91ed902d09be4b624ea718facd784c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ validate_rel_links_urls:
   script:
     # validate training rel-link url mappings
     - python3 ./scripts/validate/validate_rel_link_urls.py -t 25
-  allow_failure: true
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - validate_rel_link_urls.json