diff --git a/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.test.ts b/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.test.ts
index 1147f4358..10b0daeb2 100644
--- a/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.test.ts
+++ b/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 jest.mock("@ckeditor/ckeditor5-utils/src/version")
 
 import ResourceLink from "@mitodl/ckeditor5-resource-link/src/link"
-import Markdown from "./Markdown"
+import Markdown, { MarkdownDataProcessor } from "./Markdown"
 import { createTestEditor, markdownTest } from "./test_util"
 import { turndownService } from "../turndown"
 
@@ -46,4 +46,23 @@ describe("ResourceLink plugin", () => {
       '<p><a class="resource-link" data-uuid="asdfasdfasdfasdf">text here</a></p>'
     )
   })
+
+  it("should serialize multiple links to and from markdown", async () => {
+    const editor = await getEditor("")
+    markdownTest(
+      editor,
+      'dogs {{< resource_link uuid1 "woof" >}} cats {{< resource_link uuid2 "meow" >}}, cool',
+      '<p>dogs <a class="resource-link" data-uuid="uuid1">woof</a> cats <a class="resource-link" data-uuid="uuid2">meow</a>, cool</p>'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it("[BUG] does not behave well if link title ends in backslash", async () => {
+    const editor = await getEditor("")
+    const { md2html } = (editor.data
+      .processor as unknown) as MarkdownDataProcessor
+    expect(md2html('{{< resource_link uuid123 "bad \\" >}}')).toBe(
+      // This is wrong. Should not end in &lt;/a&gt;
+      '<p><a class="resource-link" data-uuid="uuid123">bad &lt;/a&gt;</p>'
+    )
+  })
 })
diff --git a/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.ts b/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.ts
index 07e026d85..f0378228c 100644
--- a/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.ts
+++ b/static/js/lib/ckeditor/plugins/ResourceLinkMarkdownSyntax.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,21 @@ import { editor } from "@ckeditor/ckeditor5-core"
 import MarkdownSyntaxPlugin from "./MarkdownSyntaxPlugin"
 import { TurndownRule } from "../../../types/ckeditor_markdown"
 
-export const RESOURCE_LINK_SHORTCODE_REGEX = /{{< resource_link (\S+) "(.+)" >}}/g
-
 import {
   RESOURCE_LINK_CKEDITOR_CLASS,
   RESOURCE_LINK
 } from "@mitodl/ckeditor5-resource-link/src/constants"
 
+/**
+ * (\S+) to match and capture the UUID
+ * "(.*?)" to match and capture the label text
+ *
+ * Limitations:
+ *   - gets fooled by label texts that include literal `" >}}` values. For
+ *     example, < resource_link uuid123 "silly " >}} link" >}}.
+ */
+export const RESOURCE_LINK_SHORTCODE_REGEX = /{{< resource_link (\S+) "(.*?)" >}}/g
+
 /**
  * Class for defining Markdown conversion rules for Resource links
  *