diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-broken-pr-links.yml b/.github/workflows/check-broken-pr-links.yml
index 399c4f1f97c..524e26f15cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-broken-pr-links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-broken-pr-links.yml
@@ -62,36 +62,39 @@ jobs:
               print "\nBroken links found in:\n" file >> "lychee/comment.md"
               next
             }
-      
+
             /\[ERROR\]/ {
               msg = $0
               sub(/^- \[ \] /, "", msg)
               sub(/^\[ERROR\] /, "", msg)
               gsub("^file:///home/runner/work/UmbracoDocs/UmbracoDocs/", "", msg)
+              gsub(/\|/, "\\|", msg)   # escape Markdown pipe
               print "\n⚓ Anchor not found → " msg "\n" >> "lychee/comment.md"
               next
             }
-      
+
             /\[404\]/ {
               msg = $0
               sub(/^- \[ \] /, "", msg)
               sub(/^\[404\] /, "", msg)
-
+              gsub(/\|/, "\\|", msg)   # escape pipe
               print "\n❌ 404 Not Found → " msg "\n" >> "lychee/comment.md"
               next
             }
-      
+
             /\[301\]|\[302\]/ {
               msg = $0
               sub(/^- \[ \] /, "", msg)
               sub(/^\[(301|302)\] /, "", msg)
+              gsub(/\|/, "\\|", msg)   # escape pipe
               print "\n🔀 Redirect → " msg "\n" >> "lychee/comment.md"
               next
             }
-      
+
             /Timeout/ && !/Timeouts/ {
               msg = $0
               sub(/^- \[ \] /, "", msg)
+              gsub(/\|/, "\\|", msg)   # escape pipe just in case
               print "\n⏳ Timeout → " msg "\n" >> "lychee/comment.md"
               next
             }