diff --git a/src/mpyl/reporting/targets/slack.py b/src/mpyl/reporting/targets/slack.py
index d9e31406c..849ba0058 100644
--- a/src/mpyl/reporting/targets/slack.py
+++ b/src/mpyl/reporting/targets/slack.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 def to_slack_markdown(markdown: str) -> str:
     regex_replace = (
-        (re.compile(r'\[(.*)\]\((.*)\)', flags=re.M), r'<\2|\1>'),
+        (re.compile(r'\[(.*?)\]\((.*?)\)'), r'<\2|\1>'),
         (re.compile(r'^- ', flags=re.M), '• '),
         (re.compile(r'^  - ', flags=re.M), '  ◦ '),
         (re.compile(r'^    - ', flags=re.M), '    ⬩ '),
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ def to_slack_markdown(markdown: str) -> str:
         (re.compile(r'\*\*'), '*'),
         (re.compile(r'~~'), '~'),
     )
-    for regex, replacement in regex_replace:
-        markdown = regex.sub(replacement, markdown)
+    for pattern, replacement in regex_replace:
+        markdown = re.sub(pattern, replacement, markdown)
     return markdown
 
 
diff --git a/tests/reporting/targets/test_slack.py b/tests/reporting/targets/test_slack.py
index c80413f99..6f52db45c 100644
--- a/tests/reporting/targets/test_slack.py
+++ b/tests/reporting/targets/test_slack.py
@@ -29,3 +29,10 @@ def test_convert_md_to_slack(self):
         with open(self.test_formatting_resource_path / "markdown_run_with_plan.md", encoding='utf-8') as markdown:
             markdown_report = to_slack_markdown(markdown.read())
             assert_roundtrip(self.test_targets_resource_path / "markdown_run_slack.md", markdown_report)
+
+    def test_should_lazy_match_links(self):
+        md_with_links = "*[nodeservice](https://nodeservice-96.test.nl/swagger/index.html)* " \
+                        "*[sbtservice](https://sbtservice-96.test.nl/swagger/index.html)*"
+
+        assert to_slack_markdown(md_with_links) == '*<https://nodeservice-96.test.nl/swagger/index.html|nodeservice>*' \
+                                                   ' *<https://sbtservice-96.test.nl/swagger/index.html|sbtservice>*'