diff --git a/CHANGELOG/0.x-CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG/0.x-CHANGELOG.md
index c6bbf4db3c..20f76c6551 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG/0.x-CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG/0.x-CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ The following changes have been made since v0.3.0:
   GEP added in [#749](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/pull/749).
   Implemented in [#768](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/pull/768).
 
-  [GEP-851](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/blob/main/geps/gep-851.md)
+  [GEP-851](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/geps/gep-820/)
   was a follow up on this change that allowed multiple Certificate Refs per
   Gateway Listener. This was implemented in
   [#852](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/pull/852).
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ The following changes have been made since v0.3.0:
 ### Small Changes
 * Extension points within match blocks from all Routes have been removed
   [#829](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/pull/829). Implements
-  [GEP-820](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/blob/main/geps/gep-820.md).
+  [GEP-820](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/geps/gep-820/).
   These extension points have been removed because they are currently not used,
   are poorly understood, and we don't have good use cases for them. We may
   consider re-adding them in the future.
@@ -1700,11 +1700,11 @@ The following changes have been made since v0.4.0-rc1:
 ### GEP implementations
 * Replace `CertificateRef` field with `CertificateRefs` in `GatewayTLSConfig`.
 [#852](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/pull/852). This implements
-[GEP-851](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/blob/main/geps/gep-851.md),
+[GEP-851](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/geps/gep-851/),
 Allow Multiple Certificate Refs per Gateway Listener.
 * Extension points within match blocks from all Routes have been removed
 [#829](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/pull/829). Implements
-[GEP-820](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/blob/main/geps/gep-820.md).
+[GEP-820](https://gateway-api.sigs.k8s.io/geps/gep-820/).
 These extension points have been removed because they are currently not used,
 are poorly understood, and we don't have good use cases for them. We may
 consider re-adding them in the future.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cfc7fd9e55..7e5208139d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.3
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.31.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 417fe894af..79c8e6bb5d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2 h1:U3S9QEtbXC0bYNvRtcoklF3xGtLViumSYxWykJS+7AU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2/go.mod h1:vyjdE6jLBI76dgpDojsFGNaHlxdjXN9ghpnd2o7JGZ4=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1 h1:F29+wU6Ee6qgu9TddPgooOdaqsxTMunOoj8KA5yuS5A=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5KF+wpkbTSbGcR9zteSqZV6fqFOWBl4Yde8En8MryZA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 h1:yBPeRvTftaleIgM3PZ/WBIZ7XM/eEYAaEyCwvyjq/gk=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
diff --git a/hack/verify-markdown-link.sh b/hack/verify-markdown-link.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d33ae246b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/verify-markdown-link.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+  
+log_error() {  
+    echo "ERROR: $*" 1>&2  
+}  
+  
+log_info() {  
+    echo "INFO: $*" 1>&2  
+}  
+  
+extract_external_links() {  
+    local file_path="$1"  
+    local -n links_array=$2  # Use nameref to pass array by reference  
+  
+    # Check if the file exists and is readable  
+    if [[ -f "$file_path" && -r "$file_path" ]]; then  
+        # Read the content of the file  
+        local content=$(<"$file_path")  
+        # Use grep with a refined regex pattern to extract links  
+        while IFS= read -r link; do  
+            # Trim trailing characters like ']', ')' or '"'  
+            link=$(echo "$link" | sed -E 's/[]")\]]+$//')  
+            links_array+=("$link")  
+        done < <(echo "$content" | grep -oP 'https?://[^\s")\]]+')  
+    else  
+        log_error "File does not exist or is not readable: $file_path"  
+        return 1  
+    fi  
+}
+
+  
+validate_url() {  
+    local url="$1"  
+    local http_status=$(curl -o /dev/null -s -w "%{http_code}\n" "$url")
+    local excluded_domains=("foo.ns.service.cluster.local")
+    excluded_domains+=("redirect.example")
+    excluded_domains+=("rewrite.example")
+    excluded_domains+=("elsewhere.example")
+    # Check if the URL contains any of the excluded domains
+    for excluded_domain in "${excluded_domains[@]}"; do
+        if [[ "$url" == *"$excluded_domain"* ]]; then
+            log_info "Skipping excluded URL: $url"
+            return 0
+        fi
+    done
+  
+    # Check if the status code indicates success (200-399)  
+    if [[ "$http_status" -ge 200 && "$http_status" -lt 400 || "$http_status" == "000" ]]; then  
+        log_info "Success: $url returned status code $http_status"  
+        return 0  
+    else  
+        log_error "Error: $url returned status code $http_status"  
+        return 1  
+    fi  
+}  
+  
+# Check for broken links in markdown files within a specified directory  
+check_broken_links_in_directory() {  
+    local directory=$1  
+    local exit_code=0  
+  
+    # Find all .md files in the specified directory and its subdirectories  
+    for markdown_file in $(find "$directory" -type f -name "*.md"); do  
+        log_info "Checking $markdown_file for broken links"  
+          
+        declare -a links  
+        extract_external_links "$markdown_file" links  
+  
+        for link in "${links[@]}"; do  
+            validate_url "$link"  
+            result=$?  
+            if [[ $result -eq 1 ]]; then  
+                exit_code=1  
+            fi  
+        done  
+    done  
+  
+    return $exit_code  
+}  
+  
+ROOT_DIR=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/..  
+  
+if [[ ! -d "$ROOT_DIR" ]]; then  
+    log_error "The specified directory $ROOT_DIR does not exist"  
+    exit 1  
+fi  
+  
+# Check for broken links in markdown files  
+check_broken_links_in_directory "$ROOT_DIR"  
+exit_code=$?  
+  
+exit $exit_code  
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 372c0fdc0e..440909d7a7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ mkdocs-redirects==1.2.2
 mkdocs-mermaid2-plugin==1.2.1
 pandas>=2.0.3
 pep562==1.1
-Pygments==2.18.0
+Pygments==2.19.0
 pymdown-extensions==10.12
 PyYAML==6.0.2
 six==1.17.0
diff --git a/site-src/implementations.md b/site-src/implementations.md
index bbb0bb0102..3986ab8012 100644
--- a/site-src/implementations.md
+++ b/site-src/implementations.md
@@ -463,10 +463,10 @@ If you have any suggestions or experience issues with NGINX Gateway Fabric, plea
 
 You can read our [docs][ngrok-k8s-gwapi-docs] for more information. If you have any feature requests or bug reports, please [create an issue][ngrok-issue-new]. You can also reach out for help on [Slack][ngrok-slack]
 
-[ngrok-k8s-operator]:https://github.com/ngrok/kubernetes-ingress-controller
+[ngrok-k8s-operator]:https://github.com/ngrok/ngrok-operator
 [ngrok]:https://ngrok.com
 [ngrok-k8s-gwapi-docs]:https://ngrok.com/docs/k8s/
-[ngrok-issue-new]: https://github.com/ngrok/kubernetes-ingress-controller/issues/new
+[ngrok-issue-new]: https://github.com/ngrok/ngrok-operator/issues/new/choose
 [ngrok-slack]:https://ngrokcommunity.slack.com/channels/general
 
 ### STUNner