diff --git a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtil.java b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtil.java
index 8855b48fff..4743c05fa9 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtil.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtil.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public static String escape(final String path, final String queryString, final S
                     }
                 } else {
                     escaped = sb.append("#")
-                                .append(replaceEncodedCharacters(URLEncoder.encode(fragment, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name())))
+                                .append(replaceEncodedCharactersInFragment(URLEncoder.encode(fragment, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name())))
                                 .toString();
                 }
             }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ private static String newPlaceholder(final String str) {
         return placeholderBuilder.toString();
     }
 
-    private static String replaceEncodedCharacters(final String str) {
+    private static String replaceEncodedCharactersInFragment(final String str) {
         return str.replace("%2B", "+")
             .replace("%3D", "=")
             .replace("%7E", "~")
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ private static String replaceEncodedCharacters(final String str) {
             .replace("%27", "'")
             .replace("%28", "(")
             .replace("%29", ")")
-            .replace("%2C", ",");
+            .replace("%2C", ",")
+            .replace("%2F", "/")
+            .replace("%3F", "?");
     }
 }
diff --git a/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtilTest.java b/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtilTest.java
index 5104bbfe1a..68457255f6 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtilTest.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/test/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/link/LinkUtilTest.java
@@ -55,4 +55,12 @@ void decode_whenCampaignPatternIsPresentInTheString_thenCampaignPatternIsNotAffe
         String decodedPath = LinkUtil.decode(encodedPath);
         assertEquals(encodedPath, decodedPath);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void escape_whenEscapingPathWithFragment_thenFragmentForwardSlashIsNotEncoded() throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        String path = "https://google.com";
+        String fragment = "/assets/2/1529/RES176341/report";
+        String escapedPAth = LinkUtil.escape(path, null, fragment);
+        assertEquals(path+ "#" + fragment, escapedPAth);
+    }
 }