diff --git a/tests/src/Kernel/PagerTest.php b/tests/src/Kernel/PagerTest.php
index 488b864b9..91a042745 100644
--- a/tests/src/Kernel/PagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/src/Kernel/PagerTest.php
@@ -251,9 +251,7 @@ public function testViewsMiniPager(array $expected_args, int $page): void {
       ],
     ];
     $html = $this->renderRoot($element);
-
     $pagination_assert = new PaginationPatternAssert();
-
     $pagination_assert->assertPattern($expected_args, $html);
   }
 
@@ -266,17 +264,17 @@ public function testViewsMiniPager(array $expected_args, int $page): void {
   public function viewsMiniPagerDataProvider(): array {
     $scenarios = [
       0 => [
-        ['url' => '', 'label' => '1'],
+        ['label' => '1'],
         ['url' => '/?page=1', 'label' => 'The next'],
       ],
       1 => [
         ['url' => '/?page=0', 'label' => 'The previous'],
-        ['url' => '', 'label' => '2'],
+        ['label' => '2'],
         ['url' => '/?page=2', 'label' => 'The next'],
       ],
       7 => [
         ['url' => '/?page=6', 'label' => 'The previous'],
-        ['url' => '', 'label' => '8'],
+        ['label' => '8'],
       ],
     ];
     $datasets = [];
diff --git a/tests/src/PatternAssertion/PaginationPatternAssert.php b/tests/src/PatternAssertion/PaginationPatternAssert.php
index 2654cb9bb..d8e2605b4 100644
--- a/tests/src/PatternAssertion/PaginationPatternAssert.php
+++ b/tests/src/PatternAssertion/PaginationPatternAssert.php
@@ -65,22 +65,27 @@ protected function assertLinks(array $expected, Crawler $crawler): void {
     $this->assertCounts([
       // Fail on unexpected additional <li> or <a> anywhere in the html.
       'li' => $expected_count,
-      'a' => $expected_count,
+      '.page-link' => $expected_count,
       // Fail if classes are missing or the structure is wrong.
       // The :first-child makes sure that each <li> has exactly one <a>.
-      'nav > ul > li.page-item > a.page-link:first-child' => $expected_count,
+      'nav > ul > li.page-item > .page-link:first-child' => $expected_count,
     ], $crawler);
 
     $icon_pattern_assert = new IconPatternAssert();
-
     $actual_items_selection = $crawler->filter('nav > ul > li');
 
     foreach ($expected as $i => $expected_item) {
       $li = $actual_items_selection->eq($i);
       $this->assertCount(1, $li);
-      $link = $li->filter('a');
-      $this->assertCount(1, $link);
-      $this->assertSame($expected_item['url'], $link->attr('href'));
+      $link = $li->filter('.page-link');
+
+      if (isset($expected_item['url'])) {
+        $this->assertCount(1, $link);
+        $this->assertSame($expected_item['url'], $link->attr('href'));
+      }
+      else {
+        $this->assertNull($link->attr('href'));
+      }
       if (isset($expected_item['icon'])) {
         $icon_pattern_assert->assertPattern([
           'name' => $expected_item['icon'],