diff --git a/tests/external-links.js b/tests/external-links.js
index d85bea3739..aa2dd99ada 100755
--- a/tests/external-links.js
+++ b/tests/external-links.js
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ async function updateGithubIssue(urlResults) {
 
     try {
       const lines = body.split(/\r?\n/); // support both \n and \r\n newline types
-      const firstContentLine = lines.findIndex(line => line.startsWith(`|`)) + 2;
+      const firstContentLine = lines.indexOf(`<table>`) + 2;
       lines.splice(0, firstContentLine); // delete first lines which only hold general data
       for (const line of lines) {
-        const [, url, lastResults] = line.match(/^\| (.*) <td nowrap>(.*)<\/td>$/);
+        const [, lastResults, url] = line.match(/<tr><td nowrap>(.*?)<\/td><td><a href="(.*?)"/);
 
         linkData[url] = lastResults.split(`&nbsp;`).map(item => {
           if (item === `:heavy_check_mark:`) {
@@ -358,34 +358,41 @@ async function updateGithubIssue(urlResults) {
     return linkData;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @param {LinkStatus} status The status to get the linked emoji for.
+   * @returns {string} An emoji, wrapped in a link to the failed job if applicable.
+   */
+  function getStatusEmojiLink(status) {
+    if (!status.failed) {
+      return `:heavy_check_mark:`;
+    }
+
+    const message = status.message.replaceAll(`\n`, ` `).replaceAll(`"`, `&quot;`);
+    const emoji = getFailedEmoji(status.message);
+    return `<a href="${status.jobUrl}" title="${message}">${emoji}</a>`;
+  }
+
   /**
    * @param {LinkData} linkData The new link data from which to create the issue body.
    * @returns {string} The new issue body (in Markdown and HTML) from the given link data.
    */
   function getBodyFromLinkData(linkData) {
     const scriptName = import.meta.url.split(`/`).slice(-2).join(`/`);
+    const rows = Object.entries(linkData).map(([url, statuses]) => {
+      const statusIcons = statuses.map(status => getStatusEmojiLink(status)).join(`&nbsp;`);
+      const link = `<a href="${url}" target="_blank">${url}</a>`;
+      return `<tr><td nowrap>${statusIcons}</td><td>${link}</td></tr>`;
+    });
     const lines = [
       `*Auto-generated content by \`${scriptName}\`.*`,
       ``,
       `**Last updated:** ${new Date().toISOString()}`,
       ``,
-      `| URL <th nowrap>today … 6 days ago</th>`,
-      `|--------------------------------------|`,
-      ...Object.entries(linkData).map(([url, statuses]) => {
-        const statusIcons = statuses.map(status => {
-          if (!status.failed) {
-            return `:heavy_check_mark:`;
-          }
-
-          const message = status.message.replaceAll(`\n`, ` `).replaceAll(`"`, `&quot;`);
-          const emoji = getFailedEmoji(status.message);
-          return `<a href="${status.jobUrl}" title="${message}">${emoji}</a>`;
-        }).join(`&nbsp;`);
-
-        return `| ${url} <td nowrap>${statusIcons}</td>`;
-      }),
+      `<table>`,
+      `<tr><th nowrap>today … 6 days ago</th><th>URL</th></tr>`,
+      ...rows,
+      `</table>`,
     ];
-
     return lines.join(`\n`);
   }