diff --git a/modules/references/references.go b/modules/references/references.go
index 7758312564..fce893cf5b 100644
--- a/modules/references/references.go
+++ b/modules/references/references.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 	// TODO: fix invalid linking issue
 
 	// mentionPattern matches all mentions in the form of "@user" or "@org/team"
-	mentionPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\s|^|\(|\[)(@[0-9a-zA-Z-_]+|@[0-9a-zA-Z-_]+\/?[0-9a-zA-Z-_]+|@[0-9a-zA-Z-_][0-9a-zA-Z-_.]+\/?[0-9a-zA-Z-_.]+[0-9a-zA-Z-_])(?:\s|[:,;.?!]\s|[:,;.?!]?$|\)|\])`)
+	mentionPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\s|^|\(|\[)(@[0-9a-zA-Z-_]+|@[0-9a-zA-Z-_]+\/?[0-9a-zA-Z-_]+|@[0-9a-zA-Z-_][0-9a-zA-Z-_.]+\/?[0-9a-zA-Z-_.]+[0-9a-zA-Z-_])(?:'|\s|[:,;.?!]\s|[:,;.?!]?$|\)|\])`)
 	// issueNumericPattern matches string that references to a numeric issue, e.g. #1287
 	issueNumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`(?:\s|^|\(|\[|\')([#!][0-9]+)(?:\s|$|\)|\]|[:;,.?!]\s|[:;,.?!]$)`)
 	// issueAlphanumericPattern matches string that references to an alphanumeric issue, e.g. ABC-1234
diff --git a/modules/references/references_test.go b/modules/references/references_test.go
index ba7dda80cc..3f1f52401a 100644
--- a/modules/references/references_test.go
+++ b/modules/references/references_test.go
@@ -392,6 +392,9 @@ func TestRegExp_mentionPattern(t *testing.T) {
 		{"@gitea,", "@gitea"},
 		{"@gitea;", "@gitea"},
 		{"@gitea/team1;", "@gitea/team1"},
+		{"@jess'", "@jess"},
+		{"@forgejo's", "@forgejo"},
+		{"Оно сломалось из-за коммитов от @jopik'а", "@jopik"},
 	}
 	falseTestCases := []string{
 		"@ 0",
diff --git a/modules/templates/util_render_test.go b/modules/templates/util_render_test.go
index 8648967d38..465640e08d 100644
--- a/modules/templates/util_render_test.go
+++ b/modules/templates/util_render_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	os.Exit(m.Run())
 }
 
+func TestApostrophesInMentions(t *testing.T) {
+	rendered := RenderMarkdownToHtml(context.Background(), "@mention-user's comment")
+	assert.EqualValues(t, "<p><a href=\"http://localhost:3000/mention-user\" rel=\"nofollow\">@mention-user</a>&#39;s comment</p>\n", rendered)
+}
+
 func TestRenderCommitBody(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		ctx   context.Context