diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 296bc9cfb..cf88a0b08 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.4.0
 	github.com/tdewolff/minify/v2 v2.6.1
-	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.17
+	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.18
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting v0.0.0-20191202084645-78f32c8dd6d5
 	go.opencensus.io v0.22.0 // indirect
 	gocloud.dev v0.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 498881da0..03271b607 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -347,6 +347,8 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.7 h1:XiwWADvxJeIM1JbXqthrEhDc19hTMui+o+QaY1hGXlk=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.7/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.17 h1:t7bl7JAmainKs/Uhmr1XZVkRJsgL2UwdTCtTuYL7RAY=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.17/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.18 h1:0Gpa+rpkhzQehagonRrmf0h1IHidn5DfSLM6oUjx5EU=
+github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.18/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting v0.0.0-20191202084645-78f32c8dd6d5 h1:QbH7ca1qtgZHrzvcVAEoiJIwBqrXxMOfHYfwZIniIK0=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark-highlighting v0.0.0-20191202084645-78f32c8dd6d5/go.mod h1:4QGn5rJFOASBa2uK4Q2h3BRTyJqRfsAucPFIipSTcaM=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:IbVyRI1SCnLcuJnV2u8VeU0CEYM7e686BmAb1XKL+uU=
diff --git a/hugolib/page_test.go b/hugolib/page_test.go
index 7f8d3cf49..66439a7a5 100644
--- a/hugolib/page_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/page_test.go
@@ -1644,6 +1644,11 @@ $$$bash {hl_lines=[1]}
 MARKDOWN
 $$$
 
+Link with URL as text
+
+[https://google.com](https://google.com)
+
+
 `
 	content = strings.ReplaceAll(content, "$$$", "```")
 
@@ -1652,10 +1657,12 @@ $$$
 	b.Build(BuildCfg{})
 
 	b.AssertFileContent("public/page/index.html",
-		`<nav id="TableOfContents">`,
-		`<li><a href="#shortcode-t-short-in-header">Shortcode T-SHORT in header</a></li>`,
-		`<code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="hl">SHORT`,
-		`<code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="hl">MARKDOWN`)
+		`<nav id="TableOfContents">
+<li><a href="#shortcode-t-short-in-header">Shortcode T-SHORT in header</a></li>
+<code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="hl">SHORT
+<code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="hl">MARKDOWN
+<p><a href="https://google.com">https://google.com</a></p>
+`)
 }
 
 func TestBlackfridayDefault(t *testing.T) {