diff --git a/src/prerender.ts b/src/prerender.ts
index 8f2435626b..4f0439b036 100644
--- a/src/prerender.ts
+++ b/src/prerender.ts
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ async function runParallel<T>(
   await refillQueue();
 }
 
-const LINK_REGEX = /href=["']?([^"'>]+)/g;
+const LINK_REGEX = /(?<=\s)href=["']?([^"'>]+)/g;
 
 function extractLinks(
   html: string,