diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.spec.ts b/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.spec.ts
index 0f24fff9e7096adda50eed5c7b676389b6139a6c..dec2394376b59687208eff9ecc1cb14ad1a4e523 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.spec.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ describe('modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links', () => {
     ${'github.com/foo/bar/issues/1'}                                                          | ${'[github.com/foo/bar/issues/1](togithub.com/foo/bar/issues/1)'}
     ${'github.com/foo/bar/pull/1'}                                                            | ${'[github.com/foo/bar/pull/1](togithub.com/foo/bar/pull/1)'}
     ${'github.com/Foo/bar/pull/1'}                                                            | ${'[github.com/Foo/bar/pull/1](togithub.com/Foo/bar/pull/1)'}
+    ${'www.github.com/foo/bar.foo/pull/1'}                                                    | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar.foo/pull/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar.foo/pull/1)'}
     ${'www.github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1'}                                                 | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar/discussions/1)'}
     ${'www.github.com/foo/bar/issues/1'}                                                      | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/issues/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar/issues/1)'}
     ${'www.github.com/foo/bar/pull/1'}                                                        | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/pull/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar/pull/1)'}
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ describe('modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links', () => {
     ${'[github.com/foo/bar/pull/1](github.com/foo/bar/pull/1)'}                               | ${'[github.com/foo/bar/pull/1](togithub.com/foo/bar/pull/1)'}
     ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1](www.github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1)'}         | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar/discussions/1)'}
     ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/issues/1](www.github.com/foo/bar/issues/1)'}                   | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/issues/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar/issues/1)'}
+    ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar.foo/pull/1](www.github.com/foo/bar.foo/pull/1)'}               | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar.foo/pull/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar.foo/pull/1)'}
     ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/pull/1](www.github.com/foo/bar/pull/1)'}                       | ${'[www.github.com/foo/bar/pull/1](www.togithub.com/foo/bar/pull/1)'}
     ${'[https://github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1](https://github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1)'} | ${'[https://github.com/foo/bar/discussions/1](https://togithub.com/foo/bar/discussions/1)'}
     ${'[https://github.com/foo/bar/issues/1](https://github.com/foo/bar/issues/1)'}           | ${'[https://github.com/foo/bar/issues/1](https://togithub.com/foo/bar/issues/1)'}
diff --git a/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.ts b/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.ts
index 13308ec0f4cc9eabba2f62804b6f4b311e9f81c2..8fe4a773f6765fa21975b6160227cff84528cf65 100644
--- a/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/platform/github/massage-markdown-links.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ interface UrlMatch {
   replaceTo: string;
 }
 
+//according to https://github.com/dead-claudia/github-limits
 const urlRegex =
-  /(?:https?:)?(?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?<!api\.)(?:to)?github\.com\/[-_a-z0-9]+\/[-_a-z0-9.]+\/(?:discussions|issues|pull)\/[0-9]+(?:#[-_a-z0-9]+)?/i; // TODO #12872 (?<!re) after text not matching
+  /(?:https?:)?(?:\/\/)?(?:www\.)?(?<!api\.)(?:to)?github\.com\/[-a-z0-9]+\/[-_a-z0-9.]+\/(?:discussions|issues|pull)\/[0-9]+(?:#[-_a-z0-9]+)?/i; // TODO #12872 (?<!re) after text not matching
 
 function massageLink(input: string): string {
   return input.replace(regEx(/(?:to)?github\.com/i), 'togithub.com');