diff --git a/lib/edoc/src/edoc.hrl b/lib/edoc/src/edoc.hrl
index b1b7348d8579..d3c963ef3105 100644
--- a/lib/edoc/src/edoc.hrl
+++ b/lib/edoc/src/edoc.hrl
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 -define(DEFAULT_FILE_SUFFIX, ".html").
 -define(DEFAULT_DOCLET, edoc_doclet).
 -define(DEFAULT_LAYOUT, edoc_layout).
--define(APP_DEFAULT, "http://www.erlang.org/edoc/doc").
+-define(APP_DEFAULT, "http://www.erlang.org/doc/apps").
 -define(CURRENT_DIR, ".").
 -define(SOURCE_DIR, "src").
 -define(EBIN_DIR, "ebin").
diff --git a/lib/edoc/src/edoc_refs.erl b/lib/edoc/src/edoc_refs.erl
index bd406953b0aa..27182ee47a80 100644
--- a/lib/edoc/src/edoc_refs.erl
+++ b/lib/edoc/src/edoc_refs.erl
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ module_absref(M, Env) ->
 
 app_ref(A, Env) ->
     case (Env#env.apps)(A) of
+        "" when Env#env.app_default == ?APP_DEFAULT ->
+            join_uri(Env#env.app_default, escape_uri(atom_to_list(A)));
 	"" ->
 	    join_uri(Env#env.app_default,
 		     join_uri(escape_uri(atom_to_list(A)), ?EDOC_DIR));
diff --git a/lib/edoc/test/edoc_SUITE.erl b/lib/edoc/test/edoc_SUITE.erl
index 575e2068601d..1b07f76ea456 100644
--- a/lib/edoc/test/edoc_SUITE.erl
+++ b/lib/edoc/test/edoc_SUITE.erl
@@ -31,21 +31,24 @@
 -module(edoc_SUITE).
 
 -include_lib("common_test/include/ct.hrl").
+-include_lib("xmerl/include/xmerl.hrl").
 
 %% Test server specific exports
 -export([all/0, suite/0,groups/0,init_per_suite/1, end_per_suite/1, 
-	 init_per_group/2,end_per_group/2]).
+        init_per_group/2,end_per_group/2]).
 
 %% Test cases
 -export([app/1,appup/1,build_std/1,build_map_module/1,otp_12008/1,
          build_app/1, otp_14285/1, infer_module_app_test/1,
-         module_with_feature/1, module_with_maybe/1, module_with_nominal/1]).
+         module_with_feature/1, module_with_maybe/1, module_with_nominal/1,
+         otp_reference/1]).
 
 suite() -> [{ct_hooks,[ts_install_cth]}].
 
 all() ->
     [app,appup,build_std,build_map_module,otp_12008, build_app, otp_14285,
-     infer_module_app_test, module_with_feature, module_with_nominal].
+     infer_module_app_test, module_with_feature, module_with_nominal,
+     otp_reference].
 
 groups() -> 
     [].
@@ -195,4 +198,33 @@ module_with_nominal(Config) ->
     ok = edoc:files([Source], DodgerOpts),
     PreprocessOpts = [{preprocess, true}, {dir, PrivDir}],
     ok = edoc:files([Source], PreprocessOpts),
-    ok.
\ No newline at end of file
+    ok.
+
+otp_reference(Config) ->
+    DataDir = ?config(data_dir, Config),
+    Source = filename:join(DataDir, "module_with_links.erl"),
+    {module_with_links, Module} = edoc:get_doc(Source),
+    Functions = lists:keyfind(functions,
+        #xmlElement.name, Module#xmlElement.content),
+    [Start] = Functions#xmlElement.content,
+    Description = lists:keyfind(description,
+        #xmlElement.name, Start#xmlElement.content),
+    FullDescription = lists:keyfind(fullDescription,
+        #xmlElement.name, Description#xmlElement.content),
+    A = lists:keyfind(a,
+        #xmlElement.name, FullDescription#xmlElement.content),
+    Href1 = lists:keyfind(href,
+        #xmlAttribute.name, A#xmlElement.attributes),
+    URI1 = uri_string:parse(Href1#xmlAttribute.value),
+    "www.erlang.org" = maps:get(host, URI1),
+    "/doc/apps/kernel/application.html" = maps:get(path, URI1),
+    % "start/1" = maps:get(fragment, URI1),
+    See = lists:keyfind(see,
+        #xmlElement.name, Start#xmlElement.content),
+    Href2 = lists:keyfind(href,
+        #xmlAttribute.name, See#xmlElement.attributes),
+    URI2 = uri_string:parse(Href2#xmlAttribute.value),
+    "www.erlang.org" = maps:get(host, URI2),
+    "/doc/apps/kernel/application.html" = maps:get(path, URI2).
+    % "start/1" = maps:get(fragment, URI2).
+
diff --git a/lib/edoc/test/edoc_SUITE_data/module_with_links.erl b/lib/edoc/test/edoc_SUITE_data/module_with_links.erl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5b439fbbf5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/edoc/test/edoc_SUITE_data/module_with_links.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+%% %CopyrightBegin%
+%%
+%% SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+%%
+%% Copyright Vance Shipley 2026. All Rights Reserved.
+%%
+%% Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+%% you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+%% You may obtain a copy of the License at
+%%
+%%     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+%%
+%% Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+%% distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+%% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+%% See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+%% limitations under the License.
+%%
+%% %CopyrightEnd%
+%%
+-module(module_with_links).
+-export([start/0]).
+
+-spec start() -> ok.
+%% @doc Start application.
+%%
+%% Start application with {@link //kernel/application:start/1. application:start/1}.
+%%
+%% @see //kernel/application:start/1
+%%
+start() ->
+        application:start(my_app).
+