diff --git a/doc/changes/unreleased.md b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
index 02eb5224f..e103acb19 100644
--- a/doc/changes/unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/changes/unreleased.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 * #940: Added shared validation for packaged agent skills and the `skills:check` Nox session.
 * #938: Added the `skills:install` Nox session for installing the packaged PTB agent skill.
-* #942: Added api-contract-audit skill for identifying mismatches between type annotations, docstrings, and runtime
-  behavior
+* #942: Added api-contract-audit skill for identifying mismatches between type annotations, docstrings, and runtime behavior
 * #963: Extended packaged skill checks and installation to support multiple skills.
+* #978: Updated template `doc/conf.py`
 
 ## Refactoring
 
diff --git a/project-template/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/doc/conf.py b/project-template/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/doc/conf.py
index 73d1ab415..1c96ce06e 100644
--- a/project-template/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/doc/conf.py
+++ b/project-template/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/doc/conf.py
@@ -87,5 +87,6 @@
 linkcheck_allowed_redirects = {
     # All HTTP redirections from the source URI to
     # the canonical URI will be treated as "working".
-    r"https://github\.com/.*": r"https://github\.com/login*"
+    r"https://github\.com/.*": r"https://github\.com/login/.*",
+    r"https://[a-z0-9-]+\.pages\.github\.io/": r"https://github\.com/login.*",
 }