Milestone reference is a Markdown link

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/spec/fixtures/markdown.md.erb b/spec/fixtures/markdown.md.erb
index 302b750aee5..0620096d689 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/markdown.md.erb
+++ b/spec/fixtures/markdown.md.erb
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ References should be parseable even inside _<%= merge_request.to_reference %>_ e
 - Milestone: <%= milestone.to_reference %>
 - Milestone in another project: <%= xmilestone.to_reference(project) %>
 - Ignored in code: `<%= milestone.to_reference %>`
-- Ignored in links: [Link to <%= milestone.to_reference %>](#milestone-link)
 - Link to milestone by URL: [Milestone](<%= urls.namespace_project_milestone_url(milestone.project.namespace, milestone.project, milestone) %>)
 
 ### Task Lists
diff --git a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/milestone_reference_filter_spec.rb b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/milestone_reference_filter_spec.rb
index 86b71210100..ebf3d7489b5 100644
--- a/spec/lib/banzai/filter/milestone_reference_filter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/banzai/filter/milestone_reference_filter_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ describe Banzai::Filter::MilestoneReferenceFilter, lib: true do
   end
 
   context 'internal reference' do
-    let(:reference) { milestone.to_reference }
+    # Convert the Markdown link to only the URL, since these tests aren't run through the regular Markdown pipeline.
+    # Milestone reference behavior in the full Markdown pipeline is tested elsewhere.
+    let(:reference) { milestone.to_reference.gsub(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/, '\2') }
 
     it 'links to a valid reference' do
       doc = reference_filter("See #{reference}")