diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
index 3207ae9ab..ee7200937 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Verify-Links.ps1
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ function ProcessCratesIoLink([System.Uri]$linkUri, $path) {
 function ProcessNpmLink([System.Uri]$linkUri) {
   # npmjs.com started using Cloudflare which returns 403 and we need to instead check the registry api for existence checks
   # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/174098#discussioncomment-14461226
-  $apiUrl = $linkUri.ToString().Replace("https://www.npmjs.com/package/", "https://registry.npmjs.org/")
+  $apiUrl = $linkUri.ToString() -replace '^https?://(www\.)?npmjs\.com/package/', 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
 
   return ProcessStandardLink ([System.Uri]$apiUrl)
 }