diff --git a/modules/references/references.go b/modules/references/references.go
index 7758312564508..6809162af2d91 100644
--- a/modules/references/references.go
+++ b/modules/references/references.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ var (
 	// issueNumericPattern matches string that references to a numeric issue, e.g. #1287
 	issueNumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\s|^|\(|\[|\')([#!][0-9]+)(?:\s|$|\)|\]|[:;,.?!]\s|[:;,.?!]$)`)
 	// issueAlphanumericPattern matches string that references to an alphanumeric issue, e.g. ABC-1234
-	issueAlphanumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\s|^|\(|\[)([A-Z]{1,10}-[1-9][0-9]*)(?:\s|$|\)|\]|:|\.(\s|$))`)
+	issueAlphanumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\s|^|\(|\[|\"|\')([A-Z]{1,10}-[1-9][0-9]*)(?:\s|$|\)|\]|:|\.(\s|$)|\"|\')`)
 	// crossReferenceIssueNumericPattern matches string that references a numeric issue in a different repository
 	// e.g. org/repo#12345
 	crossReferenceIssueNumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\s|^|\(|\[)([0-9a-zA-Z-_\.]+/[0-9a-zA-Z-_\.]+[#!][0-9]+)(?:\s|$|\)|\]|[:;,.?!]\s|[:;,.?!]$)`)
diff --git a/modules/references/references_test.go b/modules/references/references_test.go
index ba7dda80ccf9c..7b0e0078be921 100644
--- a/modules/references/references_test.go
+++ b/modules/references/references_test.go
@@ -459,6 +459,8 @@ func TestRegExp_issueAlphanumericPattern(t *testing.T) {
 		"(ABC-123)",
 		"[ABC-123]",
 		"ABC-123:",
+		"\"ABC-123\"",
+		"'ABC-123'",
 	}
 	falseTestCases := []string{
 		"RC-08",