diff --git a/src/rules/no-missing-label-refs.js b/src/rules/no-missing-label-refs.js
index fa505a13..bb835fcf 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-missing-label-refs.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-missing-label-refs.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // Imports
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import { findOffsets, illegalShorthandTailPattern } from "../util.js";
+import { illegalShorthandTailPattern } from "../util.js";
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Type Definitions
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import { findOffsets, illegalShorthandTailPattern } from "../util.js";
  * @import { Position } from "unist";
  * @import { Text } from "mdast";
  * @import { MarkdownRuleDefinition } from "../types.js";
+ * @import { MarkdownSourceCode } from "../language/markdown-source-code.js";
  * @typedef {"notFound"} NoMissingLabelRefsMessageIds
  * @typedef {[{ allowLabels?: string[] }]} NoMissingLabelRefsOptions
  * @typedef {MarkdownRuleDefinition<{ RuleOptions: NoMissingLabelRefsOptions, MessageIds: NoMissingLabelRefsMessageIds }>} NoMissingLabelRefsRuleDefinition
@@ -29,14 +30,13 @@ import { findOffsets, illegalShorthandTailPattern } from "../util.js";
 /**
  * Finds missing references in a node.
  * @param {Text} node The node to check.
- * @param {string} nodeText The text of the node.
+ * @param {MarkdownSourceCode} sourceCode The Markdown source code object.
  * @returns {Array<{label:string,position:Position}>} The missing references.
  */
-function findMissingReferences(node, nodeText) {
+function findMissingReferences(node, sourceCode) {
 	/** @type {Array<{label:string,position:Position}>} */
 	const missing = [];
-	const nodeStartLine = node.position.start.line;
-	const nodeStartColumn = node.position.start.column;
+	const nodeText = sourceCode.getText(node);
 
 	/**
 	 * Matches substrings like `"[foo]"`, `"[]"`, `"[foo][bar]"`, `"[foo][]"`, `"[][bar]"`, or `"[][]"`.
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function findMissingReferences(node, nodeText) {
 	const labelPattern =
 		/(?<=(?<!\\)(?:\\{2})*)\[(?<left>(?:\\.|[^[\]\\])*)\](?:\[(?<right>(?:\\.|[^\]\\])*)\])?/dgu;
 
+	/** @type {RegExpExecArray} */
 	let match;
 
 	/*
@@ -75,28 +76,14 @@ function findMissingReferences(node, nodeText) {
 			labelIndices = match.indices.groups.left;
 		}
 
-		const { lineOffset: startLineOffset, columnOffset: startColumnOffset } =
-			findOffsets(nodeText, labelIndices[0]);
-		const { lineOffset: endLineOffset, columnOffset: endColumnOffset } =
-			findOffsets(nodeText, labelIndices[1]);
+		const startOffset = labelIndices[0] + node.position.start.offset;
+		const endOffset = labelIndices[1] + node.position.start.offset;
 
 		missing.push({
 			label: label.trim(),
 			position: {
-				start: {
-					line: nodeStartLine + startLineOffset,
-					column:
-						startLineOffset > 0
-							? startColumnOffset + 1
-							: nodeStartColumn + startColumnOffset,
-				},
-				end: {
-					line: nodeStartLine + endLineOffset,
-					column:
-						endLineOffset > 0
-							? endColumnOffset + 1
-							: nodeStartColumn + endColumnOffset,
-				},
+				start: sourceCode.getLocFromIndex(startOffset),
+				end: sourceCode.getLocFromIndex(endOffset),
 			},
 		});
 	}
@@ -169,7 +156,7 @@ export default {
 			text(node) {
 				const missingReferences = findMissingReferences(
 					node,
-					sourceCode.getText(node),
+					sourceCode,
 				);
 
 				for (const missingReference of missingReferences) {