diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDocFooter.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDocFooter.vue
index 29890e75..5f1679ec 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDocFooter.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPDocFooter.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import VPIconEdit from './icons/VPIconEdit.vue'
 import VPLink from './VPLink.vue'
 import VPDocFooterLastUpdated from './VPDocFooterLastUpdated.vue'
 
-const { theme, page, frontmatter } = useData()
+const { site, theme, page, frontmatter } = useData()
 
 const editLink = useEditLink()
 const control = usePrevNext()
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ const hasLastUpdated = computed(() => {
 
     <div v-if="control.prev || control.next" class="prev-next">
       <div class="pager">
-        <a v-if="control.prev" class="pager-link prev" :href="normalizeLink(control.prev.link)">
+        <a v-if="control.prev" class="pager-link prev" :href="normalizeLink(control.prev.link, site.cleanUrls)">
           <span class="desc">Previous page</span>
           <span class="title">{{ control.prev.text }} </span>
         </a>
       </div>
       <div class="pager" :class="{ 'has-prev': control.prev }">
-        <a v-if="control.next" class="pager-link next" :href="normalizeLink(control.next.link)">
+        <a v-if="control.next" class="pager-link next" :href="normalizeLink(control.next.link, site.cleanUrls)">
           <span class="desc">Next page</span>
           <span class="title">{{ control.next.text }}</span>
         </a>
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLink.vue b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLink.vue
index bf29e4b5..27b34e0a 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLink.vue
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/components/VPLink.vue
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import { computed } from 'vue'
+import { useData } from 'vitepress'
 import { normalizeLink } from '../support/utils'
 import VPIconExternalLink from './icons/VPIconExternalLink.vue'
 
+const { site } = useData()
+
 const props = defineProps<{
   href?: string
   noIcon?: boolean
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@ const isExternal = computed(() => props.href && /^[a-z]+:/i.test(props.href))
     :is="href ? 'a' : 'span'"
     class="VPLink"
     :class="{ link: href }"
-    :href="href ? normalizeLink(href) : undefined"
+    :href="href ? normalizeLink(href, site.cleanUrls) : undefined"
     :target="isExternal ? '_blank' : undefined"
     :rel="isExternal ? 'noopener noreferrer' : undefined"
   >
diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts b/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts
index be2a39c8..4010e871 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/support/utils.ts
@@ -69,17 +69,24 @@ export function normalize(path: string): string {
   return decodeURI(path).replace(HASH_RE, '').replace(EXT_RE, '')
 }
 
-export function normalizeLink(url: string): string {
+export function normalizeLink(url: string, cleanUrls: boolean = false): string {
   if (isExternal(url)) {
     return url
   }
 
   const { pathname, search, hash } = new URL(url, 'http://example.com')
 
-  const normalizedPath =
-    pathname.endsWith('/') || pathname.endsWith('.html')
-      ? url
-      : `${pathname.replace(/(\.md)?$/, '.html')}${search}${hash}`
+  let normalizedPath = url
+  if (cleanUrls) {
+    normalizedPath = `${pathname.replace(/(\.md)?$/, '')}${search}${hash}`
+  } else {
+    if (!pathname.endsWith('/') && !pathname.endsWith('.html')) {
+      normalizedPath = `${pathname.replace(
+        /(\.md)?$/,
+        '.html'
+      )}${search}${hash}`
+    }
+  }
 
   return withBase(normalizedPath)
 }