diff --git a/.changeset/link-href-parsing-fix.md b/.changeset/link-href-parsing-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..97b2bdb5f0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/link-href-parsing-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@tiptap/extension-link": fix
+---
+
+Fixes a bug where link `href` was converted to number or boolean during HTML parsing, leading to a crash in rendering.
diff --git a/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts b/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts
index a42156e99f6..335cf7c2314 100644
--- a/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-link/src/link.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ export const Link = Mark.create<LinkOptions>({
     return {
       href: {
         default: null,
+        parseHTML(element) {
+          return element.getAttribute('href')
+        },
       },
       target: {
         default: this.options.HTMLAttributes.target,
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ export const Link = Mark.create<LinkOptions>({
         if (!href || !isAllowedUri(href)) {
           return false
         }
-        return { href }
+        return null
       },
     }]
   },