diff --git a/src/rules.ts b/src/rules.ts
index c9bc07c5d6..cdbbeadb93 100644
--- a/src/rules.ts
+++ b/src/rules.ts
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ const _inlineLabel = /(?:\[(?:\\[\s\S]|[^\[\]\\])*\]|\\[\s\S]|`+(?!`)[^`]*?`+(?!
 
 const link = edit(/^!?\[(label)\]\(\s*(href)(?:(?:[ \t]+(?:\n[ \t]*)?|\n[ \t]*)(title))?\s*\)/)
   .replace('label', _inlineLabel)
-  .replace('href', /<(?:\\.|[^\n<>\\])+>|[^ \t\n\x00-\x1f]*/)
+  .replace('href', /<(?:\\.|[^\n<>\\])+>|[^ \t\n\x00-\x1f]+|(?=\))/)
   .replace('title', /"(?:\\"?|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\'?|[^'\\])*'|\((?:\\\)?|[^)\\])*\)/)
   .getRegex();
 
diff --git a/test/specs/redos/quadratic_link_empty_href.cjs b/test/specs/redos/quadratic_link_empty_href.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17b3ddf04b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/specs/redos/quadratic_link_empty_href.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = {
+  markdown: '[](' + ' '.repeat(50000),
+  html: '<p>[](' + ' '.repeat(50000) + '</p>',
+};