diff --git a/epub2md/html_converter.py b/epub2md/html_converter.py
index 910402a..d7210e5 100644
--- a/epub2md/html_converter.py
+++ b/epub2md/html_converter.py
@@ -890,6 +890,8 @@ class Renderer:
             ref_id = f"fnref-{num:03d}" + (f"-{len(refs) + 1}" if refs else "")
             refs.append((self.file, ref_id))
             target = url_path(rel_link(self.file, self.endnotes_file)) + "#" + note.label
+            if self.in_table_html:  # Markdown is not rendered inside an HTML block
+                return [("r", f'<a id="{ref_id}"></a><sup><a href="{target}">{num}</a></sup>')]
             return [("r", f'<a id="{ref_id}"></a><sup>[{num}]({target})</sup>')]
         if note not in self.chapter_notes:
             self.chapter_notes.append(note)
diff --git a/tests/test_qa_regressions.py b/tests/test_qa_regressions.py
index dfcbac0..12d82aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_qa_regressions.py
+++ b/tests/test_qa_regressions.py
@@ -74,3 +74,15 @@ def test_note_referenced_from_html_table_and_text_has_target(convert):
     assert 'href="#fn-001"' in text and "Text[^fn-001]." in text
     assert re.search(r'id="fn-001"', text), text
     assert run.report["output_link_check"]["broken_count"] == 0
+
+
+def _html_table(text: str) -> str:
+    return text[text.index("<table"): text.index("</table>")]
+
+
+def test_end_of_book_reference_inside_html_table_is_html(convert):
+    """QA2-04: a Markdown link inside an HTML block is not rendered (shows up as literal text)."""
+    run = convert(Book(docs=[Doc("c.xhtml", NOTE_IN_HTML_TABLE)]), "--footnotes", "end-of-book")
+    table = _html_table(run.chapter("001"))
+    assert "](" not in table, table
+    assert '<a href="999-anmerkungen.md#fn-001">1</a>' in table