diff --git a/extensions/markdown-basics/cgmanifest.json b/extensions/markdown-basics/cgmanifest.json
index 6b8fefe8bd3..7e2d20a1b32 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-basics/cgmanifest.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-basics/cgmanifest.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 				"git": {
 					"name": "microsoft/vscode-markdown-tm-grammar",
 					"repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-markdown-tm-grammar",
-					"commitHash": "a63d69ebca4c4c88cdb2003f440a5accb8c60e88"
+					"commitHash": "e2af2e59c84c47b7b3c3ea690d74e7001bab96a1"
 				}
 			},
 			"license": "MIT",
diff --git a/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json b/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json
index 48b3b627a0d..c31f66d8404 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown-basics/syntaxes/markdown.tmLanguage.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 		"If you want to provide a fix or improvement, please create a pull request against the original repository.",
 		"Once accepted there, we are happy to receive an update request."
 	],
-	"version": "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-markdown-tm-grammar/commit/a63d69ebca4c4c88cdb2003f440a5accb8c60e88",
+	"version": "https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-markdown-tm-grammar/commit/e2af2e59c84c47b7b3c3ea690d74e7001bab96a1",
 	"name": "Markdown",
 	"scopeName": "text.html.markdown",
 	"patterns": [
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@
 					"name": "punctuation.definition.string.end.markdown"
 				}
 			},
-			"match": "(?x)\n  \\s*            # Leading whitespace\n  (\\[)([^]]+?)(\\])(:)    # Reference name\n  [ \\t]*          # Optional whitespace\n  (?:(<)([^\\>]+?)(>)|(\\S+?))      # The url\n  [ \\t]*          # Optional whitespace\n  (?:\n      ((\\().+?(\\)))    # Match title in parens…\n    | ((\").+?(\"))    # or in double quotes…\n    | ((').+?('))    # or in single quotes.\n  )?            # Title is optional\n  \\s*            # Optional whitespace\n  $\n",
+			"match": "(?x)\n  \\s*            # Leading whitespace\n  (\\[)([^]]+?)(\\])(:)    # Reference name\n  [ \\t]*          # Optional whitespace\n  (?:(<)((?:\\\\[<>]|[^<>\\n])*)(>)|(\\S+?))      # The url\n  [ \\t]*          # Optional whitespace\n  (?:\n      ((\\().+?(\\)))    # Match title in parens…\n    | ((\").+?(\"))    # or in double quotes…\n    | ((').+?('))    # or in single quotes.\n  )?            # Title is optional\n  \\s*            # Optional whitespace\n  $\n",
 			"name": "meta.link.reference.def.markdown"
 		},
 		"list_paragraph": {
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@
 					"name": "punctuation.definition.metadata.markdown"
 				}
 			},
-			"match": "(?x)\n  (\\!\\[)((?<square>[^\\[\\]\\\\]|\\\\.|\\[\\g<square>*+\\])*+)(\\])\n                # Match the link text.\n  (\\()            # Opening paren for url\n    # The url\n      [ \\t]*\n      (\n         (<)([^<>\\n]*)(>)\n         | ((?<url>(?>[^\\s()]+)|\\(\\g<url>*\\))*)\n      )\n      [ \\t]*\n    (?:\n        ((\\().+?(\\)))    # Match title in parens…\n      | ((\").+?(\"))    # or in double quotes…\n      | ((').+?('))    # or in single quotes.\n    )?            # Title is optional\n    \\s*            # Optional whitespace\n  (\\))\n",
+			"match": "(?x)\n  (\\!\\[)((?<square>[^\\[\\]\\\\]|\\\\.|\\[\\g<square>*+\\])*+)(\\])\n                # Match the link text.\n  (\\()            # Opening paren for url\n    # The url\n      [ \\t]*\n      (\n         (<)((?:\\\\[<>]|[^<>\\n])*)(>)\n         | ((?<url>(?>[^\\s()]+)|\\(\\g<url>*\\))*)\n      )\n      [ \\t]*\n    (?:\n        ((\\().+?(\\)))    # Match title in parens…\n      | ((\").+?(\"))    # or in double quotes…\n      | ((').+?('))    # or in single quotes.\n    )?            # Title is optional\n    \\s*            # Optional whitespace\n  (\\))\n",
 			"name": "meta.image.inline.markdown"
 		},
 		"image-ref": {
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@
 					"name": "punctuation.definition.metadata.markdown"
 				}
 			},
-			"match": "(?x)\n  (\\[)((?<square>[^\\[\\]\\\\]|\\\\.|\\[\\g<square>*+\\])*+)(\\])\n                # Match the link text.\n  (\\()            # Opening paren for url\n    # The url\n      [ \\t]*\n      (\n         (<)([^<>\\n]*)(>)\n         | ((?<url>(?>[^\\s()]+)|\\(\\g<url>*\\))*)\n      )\n      [ \\t]*\n    # The title  \n    (?:\n        ((\\()[^()]*(\\)))    # Match title in parens…\n      | ((\")[^\"]*(\"))    # or in double quotes…\n      | ((')[^']*('))    # or in single quotes.\n    )?            # Title is optional\n    \\s*            # Optional whitespace\n  (\\))\n",
+			"match": "(?x)\n  (\\[)((?<square>[^\\[\\]\\\\]|\\\\.|\\[\\g<square>*+\\])*+)(\\])\n                # Match the link text.\n  (\\()            # Opening paren for url\n    # The url\n      [ \\t]*\n      (\n         (<)((?:\\\\[<>]|[^<>\\n])*)(>)\n         | ((?<url>(?>[^\\s()]+)|\\(\\g<url>*\\))*)\n      )\n      [ \\t]*\n    # The title  \n    (?:\n        ((\\()[^()]*(\\)))    # Match title in parens…\n      | ((\")[^\"]*(\"))    # or in double quotes…\n      | ((')[^']*('))    # or in single quotes.\n    )?            # Title is optional\n    \\s*            # Optional whitespace\n  (\\))\n",
 			"name": "meta.link.inline.markdown"
 		},
 		"link-ref": {