diff --git a/docs/release/release-tasks.md b/docs/release/release-tasks.md
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@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ From this point forward changes which should land in the release have to be cher
   
 2. Update the [milestone applier config](https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/blob/0b17ef5ffd6c7aa7d8ca1372d837acfb85f7bec6/config/prow/plugins.yaml#L371) accordingly (e.g. `release-1.4: v1.4` and `main: v1.5`)
    <br>Prior art: [cluster-api: update milestone applier config for v1.3](https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/pull/26631)
+3. Update the [PR markdown link checker](https://github.com/killianmuldoon/cluster-api/blob/main/.github/workflows/pr-md-link-check.yaml) accordingly (e.g. `main` -> `release-1.4`).
+   <br>Prior art: [Update branch for link checker](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/pull/9206)
 
 #### [Continuously] Maintain the GitHub release milestone