diff --git a/.changeset/many-ligers-sneeze.md b/.changeset/many-ligers-sneeze.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..499eeba75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/many-ligers-sneeze.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@portaljs/remark-wiki-link': patch
+---
+
+Changed regex to permit any symbols other than #
diff --git a/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/fromMarkdown.ts b/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/fromMarkdown.ts
index 4f9036dff..5b5f7b9c8 100644
--- a/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/fromMarkdown.ts
+++ b/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/fromMarkdown.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function fromMarkdown(opts: FromMarkdownOptions = {}) {
       data: { isEmbed, target, alias },
     } = wikiLink;
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
-    const wikiLinkWithHeadingPattern = /([\p{Letter}\d\s\/\.-_]*)(#.*)?/u;
+    const wikiLinkWithHeadingPattern = /^(.*?)(#.*)?$/u;
     const [, path, heading = ""] = target.match(wikiLinkWithHeadingPattern);
 
     const possibleWikiLinkPermalinks = wikiLinkResolver(path);
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function fromMarkdown(opts: FromMarkdownOptions = {}) {
 
     // remove leading # if the target is a heading on the same page
     const displayName = alias || target.replace(/^#/, "");
-    const headingId = heading.replace(/\s+/, "-").toLowerCase();
+    const headingId = heading.replace(/\s+/g, "-").toLowerCase();
     let classNames = wikiLinkClassName;
     if (!matchingPermalink) {
       classNames += " " + newClassName;
diff --git a/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/html.ts b/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/html.ts
index d4a7996fb..1058652f6 100644
--- a/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/html.ts
+++ b/packages/remark-wiki-link/src/lib/html.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function html(opts: HtmlOptions = {}) {
     const { target, alias } = wikiLink;
     const isEmbed = token.isType === "embed";
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-escape
-    const wikiLinkWithHeadingPattern = /([\w\s\/\.-]*)(#.*)?/;
+    const wikiLinkWithHeadingPattern = /^(.*?)(#.*)?$/u;
     const [, path, heading = ""] = target.match(wikiLinkWithHeadingPattern);
 
     const possibleWikiLinkPermalinks = wikiLinkResolver(path);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ function html(opts: HtmlOptions = {}) {
     // remove leading # if the target is a heading on the same page
     const displayName = alias || target.replace(/^#/, "");
     // replace spaces with dashes and lowercase headings
-    const headingId = heading.replace(/\s+/, "-").toLowerCase();
+    const headingId = heading.replace(/\s+/g, "-").toLowerCase();
     let classNames = wikiLinkClassName;
     if (!matchingPermalink) {
       classNames += " " + newClassName;
diff --git a/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/getPermalinks.spec.ts b/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/getPermalinks.spec.ts
index 1e1f51d30..de916171a 100644
--- a/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/getPermalinks.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/getPermalinks.spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { getPermalinks } from "../src/utils";
 // const markdownFolder = path.join(__dirname, "/fixtures/content");
 const markdownFolder = path.join(
   ".",
-  "/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/fixtures/content"
+  "test/fixtures/content"
 );
 
 describe("getPermalinks", () => {
diff --git a/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/micromarkExtensionWikiLink.spec.ts b/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/micromarkExtensionWikiLink.spec.ts
index a2c408c64..663b885c1 100644
--- a/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/micromarkExtensionWikiLink.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/micromarkExtensionWikiLink.spec.ts
@@ -321,4 +321,14 @@ describe("micromark-extension-wiki-link", () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe("Links with special characters", () => {
+    test("parses a link with special characters and symbols", () => {
+      const serialized = micromark("[[li nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\#LI NK-W(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_uNdErlinE!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\]]", "ascii", {
+        extensions: [syntax()],
+        htmlExtensions: [html() as any],
+      });
+      expect(serialized).toBe(`<p><a href="li nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\#li-nk-w(i)th-àcèô-íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$-°~./\\" class="internal new">li nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\#LI NK-W(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_uNdErlinE!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\</a></p>`);
+    });
+  })
 });
diff --git a/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/remarkWikiLink.spec.ts b/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/remarkWikiLink.spec.ts
index 6b4e9cc51..276038fc6 100644
--- a/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/remarkWikiLink.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/remark-wiki-link/test/remarkWikiLink.spec.ts
@@ -361,6 +361,32 @@ describe("remark-wiki-link", () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe("Links with special characters", () => {
+    test("parses a link with special characters and symbols", () => {
+      const processor = unified().use(markdown).use(wikiLinkPlugin);
+
+      let ast = processor.parse("[[li nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\#li-nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)D_UNDERLINE!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\]]");
+      ast = processor.runSync(ast);
+      expect(select("wikiLink", ast)).not.toEqual(null);
+
+      visit(ast, "wikiLink", (node: Node) => {
+        expect(node.data?.exists).toEqual(false);
+        expect(node.data?.permalink).toEqual("li nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\");
+        expect(node.data?.alias).toEqual(null);
+        expect(node.data?.hName).toEqual("a");
+        expect((node.data?.hProperties as any).className).toEqual(
+          "internal new"
+        );
+        expect((node.data?.hProperties as any).href).toEqual(
+          "li nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\#li-nk-w(i)th-àcèô-íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$-°~./\\"
+        );
+        expect((node.data?.hChildren as any)[0].value).toEqual(
+          "li nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)d_underline!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\#li-nk-w(i)th-àcèô íã_a(n)D_UNDERLINE!:ª%@'*º$ °~./\\"
+        );
+      })
+    });
+  })
+
   describe("invalid wiki links", () => {
     test("doesn't parse a wiki link with two missing closing brackets", () => {
       const processor = unified().use(markdown).use(wikiLinkPlugin);
@@ -560,3 +586,4 @@ describe("remark-wiki-link", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+