diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index e1a719c6..8c6f4889 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ const calloutLineRegex = new RegExp(/^> *\[\!\w+\][+-]?.*$/, "gm")
 // (?:[-_\p{L}\d\p{Z}])+       -> non-capturing group, non-empty string of (Unicode-aware) alpha-numeric characters and symbols, hyphens and/or underscores
 // (?:\/[-_\p{L}\d\p{Z}]+)*)   -> non-capturing group, matches an arbitrary number of tag strings separated by "/"
 const tagRegex = new RegExp(/(?:^| )#((?:[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\d])+(?:\/[-_\p{L}\p{Emoji}\d]+)*)/, "gu")
-const blockReferenceRegex = new RegExp(/\^([A-Za-z0-9]+)$/, "g")
+const blockReferenceRegex = new RegExp(/\^([-_A-Za-z0-9]+)$/, "g")
 const ytLinkRegex = /^.*(youtu.be\/|v\/|u\/\w\/|embed\/|watch\?v=|\&v=)([^#\&\?]*).*/
 const videoExtensionRegex = new RegExp(/\.(mp4|webm|ogg|avi|mov|flv|wmv|mkv|mpg|mpeg|3gp|m4v)$/)