diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.ts
index f53a11b5ab3..5c0e8243fd4 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.ts
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ const pathPrefix = '(\\.\\.?|\\~)';
 const pathSeparatorClause = '\\/';
 // '":; are allowed in paths but they are often separators so ignore them
 // Also disallow \\ to prevent a catastropic backtracking case #24798
-const excludedPathCharactersClause = '[^\\0\\s!$`&*()\\[\\]+\'":;\\\\]';
+const excludedPathCharactersClause = '[^\\0\\s!$`&*()\\[\\]\'":;\\\\]';
 /** A regex that matches paths in the form /foo, ~/foo, ./foo, ../foo, foo/bar */
 export const unixLocalLinkClause = '((' + pathPrefix + '|(' + excludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)?(' + pathSeparatorClause + '(' + excludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)+)';
 
 export const winDrivePrefix = '(?:\\\\\\\\\\?\\\\)?[a-zA-Z]:';
 const winPathPrefix = '(' + winDrivePrefix + '|\\.\\.?|\\~)';
 const winPathSeparatorClause = '(\\\\|\\/)';
-const winExcludedPathCharactersClause = '[^\\0<>\\?\\|\\/\\s!$`&*()\\[\\]+\'":;]';
+const winExcludedPathCharactersClause = '[^\\0<>\\?\\|\\/\\s!$`&*()\\[\\]\'":;]';
 /** A regex that matches paths in the form \\?\c:\foo c:\foo, ~\foo, .\foo, ..\foo, foo\bar */
 export const winLocalLinkClause = '((' + winPathPrefix + '|(' + winExcludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)?(' + winPathSeparatorClause + '(' + winExcludedPathCharactersClause + ')+)+)';
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts
index 23f81babf84..d6950b086ef 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/test/browser/links/terminalValidatedLocalLinkProvider.test.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ const unixLinks = [
 	'./foo',
 	'../foo',
 	'/foo/bar',
-	'foo/bar'
+	'/foo/bar+more',
+	'foo/bar',
+	'foo/bar+more',
 ];
 
 const windowsLinks = [
@@ -33,10 +35,12 @@ const windowsLinks = [
 	'~/foo',
 	'c:/foo/bar',
 	'c:\\foo\\bar',
+	'c:\\foo\\bar+more',
 	'c:\\foo/bar\\baz',
 	'foo/bar',
 	'foo/bar',
-	'foo\\bar'
+	'foo\\bar',
+	'foo\\bar+more',
 ];
 
 interface LinkFormatInfo {