diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 94f603f3..de2f12d5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Add Page Topics Options to `imdb_search`
 
 # Bug Fixes
 Fixes #1965 `download_url_assets` was causing `url_background` to upload as a poster
+Fixes #1969 Ignore validating TPDb links
 
 Various other Minor Fixes
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index c39bb3dc..5ee27997 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.21.0-develop2
+1.21.0-develop3
diff --git a/modules/builder.py b/modules/builder.py
index 717578a3..7305c450 100644
--- a/modules/builder.py
+++ b/modules/builder.py
@@ -1181,9 +1181,10 @@ class CollectionBuilder:
     def _poster(self, method_name, method_data):
         if method_name == "url_poster":
             try:
-                image_response = self.config.get(method_data, headers=util.header())
-                if image_response.status_code >= 400 or image_response.headers["Content-Type"] not in util.image_content_types:
-                    raise ConnectionError
+                if not method_data.startswith("https://theposterdb.com/api/assets/"):
+                    image_response = self.config.get(method_data, headers=util.header())
+                    if image_response.status_code >= 400 or image_response.headers["Content-Type"] not in util.image_content_types:
+                        raise ConnectionError
                 self.posters[method_name] = method_data
             except ConnectionError:
                 logger.warning(f"{self.Type} Warning: No Poster Found at {method_data}")