diff --git a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java
index 33a110c4f..87a5f725d 100644
--- a/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java
+++ b/commonmark/src/main/java/org/commonmark/internal/InlineParserImpl.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class InlineParserImpl implements InlineParser {
                     "\\((" + ESCAPED_CHAR + "|[^)\\x00])*\\))");
 
     private static final Pattern LINK_DESTINATION_BRACES = Pattern.compile(
-            "^(?:[<](?:[^<>\\n\\\\\\x00]" + '|' + ESCAPED_CHAR + '|' + "\\\\)*[>])");
+            "^(?:[<](?:[^<> \\t\\n\\\\\\x00]" + '|' + ESCAPED_CHAR + '|' + "\\\\)*[>])");
 
     private static final Pattern LINK_DESTINATION = Pattern.compile(
             "^(?:" + REG_CHAR + "+|" + ESCAPED_CHAR + "|\\\\|" + IN_PARENS_NOSP + ")*");