diff --git a/packages/lexical-link/src/LexicalAutoLinkExtension.ts b/packages/lexical-link/src/LexicalAutoLinkExtension.ts
index 9277f1df851..066206c7d51 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-link/src/LexicalAutoLinkExtension.ts
+++ b/packages/lexical-link/src/LexicalAutoLinkExtension.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import type {ElementNode, LexicalEditor, LexicalNode} from 'lexical';
 
+import {$isCodeNode} from '@lexical/code';
 import {mergeRegister} from '@lexical/utils';
 import {
   $createTextNode,
@@ -475,7 +476,7 @@ export function registerAutoLink(
       const previous = textNode.getPreviousSibling();
       if ($isAutoLinkNode(parent) && !parent.getIsUnlinked()) {
         handleLinkEdit(parent, matchers, onChange);
-      } else if (!$isLinkNode(parent)) {
+      } else if (!$isLinkNode(parent) && !$isCodeNode(parent)) {
         if (
           textNode.isSimpleText() &&
           (startsWithSeparator(textNode.getTextContent()) ||
diff --git a/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/AutoLinks.spec.mjs b/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/AutoLinks.spec.mjs
index abf9e8ad8eb..7cc9677014d 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/AutoLinks.spec.mjs
+++ b/packages/lexical-playground/__tests__/e2e/AutoLinks.spec.mjs
@@ -752,4 +752,36 @@ test.describe.parallel('Auto Links', () => {
       {ignoreClasses: true},
     );
   });
+
+  test('Does not convert URLs inside code blocks to links', async ({
+    page,
+    isPlainText,
+  }) => {
+    test.skip(isPlainText);
+    await focusEditor(page);
+
+    await page.keyboard.type('``` http://example.com');
+
+    await assertHTML(
+      page,
+      html`
+        <code
+          dir="auto"
+          spellcheck="false"
+          data-gutter="1"
+          data-highlight-language="javascript"
+          data-language="javascript">
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">http</span>
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">:</span>
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">/</span>
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">/</span>
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">example</span>
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">.</span>
+          <span data-lexical-text="true">com</span>
+        </code>
+      `,
+      undefined,
+      {ignoreClasses: true},
+    );
+  });
 });