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 18260d1b6051..afef584b1154 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/markdownLinks.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/__snapshots__/markdownLinks.test.ts.snap
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@ exports[`replaceMarkdownLinks ignores links in inline code 1`] = `
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`replaceMarkdownLinks replaces Markdown links with spaces 1`] = `
+{
+  "brokenMarkdownLinks": [],
+  "newContent": "
+[doc a](/docs/doc%20a)
+[doc a](</docs/doc%20a>)
+[doc a](/docs/doc%20a)
+[doc b](/docs/my%20docs/doc%20b)
+[doc b](</docs/my%20docs/doc%20b>)
+[doc b](/docs/my%20docs/doc%20b)
+",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`replaceMarkdownLinks replaces links with same title as URL 1`] = `
 {
   "brokenMarkdownLinks": [],
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts
index 4a17e1140afb..eb311c481fe1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/__tests__/markdownLinks.test.ts
@@ -256,6 +256,31 @@ The following operations are defined for [URI]s:
         },
         fileString: `
 [a](a.md), [a](a.md), [b](b.md), [c](c.md)
+`,
+      }),
+    ).toMatchSnapshot();
+  });
+
+  it('replaces Markdown links with spaces', () => {
+    expect(
+      replaceMarkdownLinks({
+        siteDir: '.',
+        filePath: 'docs/intro.md',
+        contentPaths: {
+          contentPath: 'docs',
+          contentPathLocalized: 'i18n/docs-localized',
+        },
+        sourceToPermalink: {
+          '@site/docs/doc a.md': '/docs/doc%20a',
+          '@site/docs/my docs/doc b.md': '/docs/my%20docs/doc%20b',
+        },
+        fileString: `
+[doc a](./doc%20a.md)
+[doc a](<./doc a.md>)
+[doc a](./doc a.md)
+[doc b](./my%20docs/doc%20b.md)
+[doc b](<./my docs/doc b.md>)
+[doc b](./my docs/doc b.md)
 `,
       }),
     ).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
index 6a34b275f3d4..1cb3cf5d85eb 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/markdownLinks.ts
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export function replaceMarkdownLinks<T extends ContentPaths>({
     // This is [Document 1](doc1.md)
     // [doc1]: doc1.md
     const mdRegex =
-      /(?:\]\(|\]:\s*)(?!https?:\/\/|@site\/)(?<filename>[^'")\]\s>]+\.mdx?)/g;
+      /(?:\]\(|\]:\s*)(?!https?:\/\/|@site\/)<?(?<filename>[^'"\]\s>]+(?:\s[^'"\]\s>]+)*\.mdx?)>?/g;
     let mdMatch = mdRegex.exec(modifiedLine);
     while (mdMatch !== null) {
       // Replace it to correct html link.