diff --git a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
index 77d1d33d7..31b9f60df 100644
--- a/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
+++ b/quartz/plugins/transformers/ofm.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ export const tableRegex = new RegExp(/^\|([^\n])+\|\n(\|)( ?:?-{3,}:? ?\|)+\n(\|
 // matches any wikilink, only used for escaping wikilinks inside tables
 export const tableWikilinkRegex = new RegExp(/(!?\[\[[^\]]*?\]\]|\[\^[^\]]*?\])/g)
 
-const highlightRegex = new RegExp(/==([^=]+?)==/g)
+// Exclude arrow syntax from highlight syntax matching, namely `==>` and `<==`
+const highlightRegex = new RegExp(/(?<!<)==(?!>)(.+?)(?<!<)==(?!>)/g)
 const commentRegex = new RegExp(/%%[\s\S]*?%%/g)
 // from https://github.com/escwxyz/remark-obsidian-callout/blob/main/src/index.ts
 const calloutRegex = new RegExp(/^\[\!([\w-]+)\|?(.+?)?\]([+-]?)/)