diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/markdownLinks.test.ts.snap b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/markdownLinks.test.ts.snap
index 7c5fc874287c..3c4f732a82fd 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/markdownLinks.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/markdownLinks.test.ts.snap
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ exports[`replaceMarkdownLinks replaces links with same title as URL 1`] = `
   "brokenMarkdownLinks": [],
   "newContent": "
 [foo.md](/docs/foo)
+[./foo.md](</docs/foo>)
 [./foo.md](/docs/foo)
 [foo.md](/docs/foo)
 [./foo.md](/docs/foo)
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts
index b7d7abd556b5..ce0acfb3a99b 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ The following operations are defined for [URI]s:
         },
         fileString: `
 [foo.md](foo.md)
+[./foo.md](<./foo.md>)
 [./foo.md](./foo.md)
 [foo.md](./foo.md)
 [./foo.md](foo.md)
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
index 88825e502f14..13afca33905e 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function replaceMarkdownLinks<T extends ContentPaths>({
     const linkSuffixPattern = '(?:\\?[^#>\\s]+)?(?:#[^>\\s]+)?';
     const linkCapture = (forbidden: string) =>
       `((?!https?://|@site/)[^${forbidden}#?]+)`;
-    const linkURLPattern = `(?:${linkCapture(
+    const linkURLPattern = `(?:(?!<)${linkCapture(
       '()\\s',
     )}${linkSuffixPattern}|<${linkCapture('>')}${linkSuffixPattern}>)`;
     const linkPattern = new RegExp(