diff --git a/generateChangemarks/pandocFilter.py b/generateChangemarks/pandocFilter.py
index fdc00c9f899e325498f1fbf8cbbbefc48499598a..75e78be58feebcea124bca461e3ed3612ca6f887 100644
--- a/generateChangemarks/pandocFilter.py
+++ b/generateChangemarks/pandocFilter.py
@@ -132,14 +132,23 @@ def replaceLineBreaks(progress: Progress, mdLines: list[str]) -> list[str]:
 	"""
 	_taskID = progress.add_task('[blue]Replacing linebreaks', start=False, total=0)
 	# progress.update()
-	linebreaksregex = re.compile('<br />')
+	linebreaksregex = re.compile('<br\s*/?\s*>')
 
 	_lines: list[str] = []
+	_inCodeBlock = False
 	for line in mdLines:
+		# Check if we are in a code block
+		if line.strip().startswith('```'):
+			_inCodeBlock = not _inCodeBlock
+		if _inCodeBlock:
+			_lines.append(line)
+			continue
+
+		# Replace linebreaks
 		matches = re.findall(linebreaksregex, line)
 		if matches:
 			# Replace the linebreak with "\(newline)"
-			_lines.append(re.sub(r'<br />', f'\\\n', line))
+			_lines.append(re.sub(linebreaksregex, f'\\\n', line))
 		else:
 			_lines.append(line)