diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4880fd164..2e25f3b533 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Updates should follow the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) princi
 - `FencedCodeRenderer`: don't add `language-` to class if already prefixed
 - Compatibility issues with CommonMark spec 0.31.0, including:
     - Allow closing fence to be followed by tabs
+    - Remove restrictive limitation on inline comments
 
 ## [2.4.1] - 2023-08-30
 
diff --git a/src/Util/RegexHelper.php b/src/Util/RegexHelper.php
index 7144332a0c..c0bc45ded0 100644
--- a/src/Util/RegexHelper.php
+++ b/src/Util/RegexHelper.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ final class RegexHelper
     public const PARTIAL_CLOSETAG              = '<\/' . self::PARTIAL_TAGNAME . '\s*[>]';
     public const PARTIAL_OPENBLOCKTAG          = '<' . self::PARTIAL_BLOCKTAGNAME . self::PARTIAL_ATTRIBUTE . '*' . '\s*\/?>';
     public const PARTIAL_CLOSEBLOCKTAG         = '<\/' . self::PARTIAL_BLOCKTAGNAME . '\s*[>]';
-    public const PARTIAL_HTMLCOMMENT           = '<!---->|<!--(?:-?[^>-])(?:-?[^-])*-->';
+    public const PARTIAL_HTMLCOMMENT           = '<!-->|<!--->|<!--(?:[^-]|-[^-]|--[^>])*-->';
     public const PARTIAL_PROCESSINGINSTRUCTION = '[<][?][\s\S]*?[?][>]';
     public const PARTIAL_DECLARATION           = '<![A-Z]+' . '[^>]*>';
     public const PARTIAL_CDATA                 = '<!\[CDATA\[[\s\S]*?]\]>';
diff --git a/tests/unit/Util/RegexHelperTest.php b/tests/unit/Util/RegexHelperTest.php
index 463e23f1da..c71a6e079c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Util/RegexHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Util/RegexHelperTest.php
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ public function testHtmlComment(): void
         $this->assertRegexMatches($regex, '<!---->');
         $this->assertRegexMatches($regex, '<!-- -->');
         $this->assertRegexMatches($regex, '<!-- HELLO WORLD -->');
+        $this->assertRegexMatches($regex, '<!-->');
+        $this->assertRegexMatches($regex, '<!--->');
         $this->assertRegexDoesNotMatch($regex, '<!->');
-        $this->assertRegexDoesNotMatch($regex, '<!-->');
-        $this->assertRegexDoesNotMatch($regex, '<!--->');
         $this->assertRegexDoesNotMatch($regex, '<!- ->');
     }