diff --git a/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php b/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php
index 7190f252c8232..551b9d29e29d0 100644
--- a/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php
+++ b/lib/private/Comments/Comment.php
@@ -184,16 +184,25 @@ public function setMessage($message, $maxLength = self::MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH): ICo
 	/**
 	 * returns an array containing mentions that are included in the comment
 	 *
+	 * @param bool $supportMarkdown
 	 * @return array each mention provides a 'type' and an 'id', see example below
 	 * @psalm-return list<array{type: 'guest'|'email'|'federated_group'|'group'|'federated_team'|'team'|'federated_user'|'user', id: non-empty-lowercase-string}>
+	 * @since 33.0.1 Parameter $supportMarkdown was added to decide if mentions inside markdown code blocks should be ignored (default to true)
 	 * @since 30.0.2 Type 'email' is supported
 	 * @since 29.0.0 Types 'federated_group', 'federated_team', 'team' and 'federated_user' are supported
 	 * @since 23.0.0 Type 'group' is supported
 	 * @since 17.0.0 Type 'guest' is supported
 	 * @since 11.0.0
 	 */
-	public function getMentions(): array {
-		$ok = preg_match_all("/\B(?<![^a-z0-9_\-@\.\'\s])@(\"(guest|email)\/[a-f0-9]+\"|\"(?:federated_)?(?:group|team|user){1}\/[a-z0-9_\-@\.\' \/:]+\"|\"[a-z0-9_\-@\.\' ]+\"|[a-z0-9_\-@\.\']+)/i", $this->getMessage(), $mentions);
+	public function getMentions(bool $supportMarkdown = true): array {
+		$message = $this->getMessage();
+		if ($supportMarkdown) {
+			// Strip fenced code blocks and inline code so mentions inside them are ignored
+			$message = preg_replace('/^```.*?^```|^~~~.*?^~~~/sm', '', $message);
+			$message = preg_replace('/`[^`\n]*`/', '', $message);
+		}
+
+		$ok = preg_match_all("/\B(?<![^a-z0-9_\-@\.\'\s])@(\"(guest|email)\/[a-f0-9]+\"|\"(?:federated_)?(?:group|team|user){1}\/[a-z0-9_\-@\.\' \/:]+\"|\"[a-z0-9_\-@\.\' ]+\"|[a-z0-9_\-@\.\']+)/i", $message, $mentions);
 		if (!$ok || !isset($mentions[0])) {
 			return [];
 		}
diff --git a/lib/public/Comments/IComment.php b/lib/public/Comments/IComment.php
index cdfcf188761be..7b0611c700113 100644
--- a/lib/public/Comments/IComment.php
+++ b/lib/public/Comments/IComment.php
@@ -123,15 +123,17 @@ public function setMessage($message, $maxLength = self::MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH);
 	/**
 	 * returns an array containing mentions that are included in the comment
 	 *
+	 * @param bool $supportMarkdown
 	 * @return array each mention provides a 'type' and an 'id', see example below
 	 * @psalm-return list<array{type: 'guest'|'email'|'federated_group'|'group'|'federated_team'|'team'|'federated_user'|'user', id: non-empty-lowercase-string}>
+	 * @since 33.0.1 Parameter $supportMarkdown was added to decide if mentions inside markdown code blocks should be ignored (default to true)
 	 * @since 30.0.2 Type 'email' is supported
 	 * @since 29.0.0 Types 'federated_group', 'federated_team', 'team' and 'federated_user' are supported
 	 * @since 23.0.0 Type 'group' is supported
 	 * @since 17.0.0 Type 'guest' is supported
 	 * @since 11.0.0
 	 */
-	public function getMentions();
+	public function getMentions(bool $supportMarkdown = true);
 
 	/**
 	 * returns the verb of the comment
diff --git a/tests/lib/Comments/CommentTest.php b/tests/lib/Comments/CommentTest.php
index 670ccc69e1218..67d84d4ddbe9b 100644
--- a/tests/lib/Comments/CommentTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/Comments/CommentTest.php
@@ -202,17 +202,55 @@ public static function mentionsProvider(): array {
 					['type' => 'email', 'id' => 'aa23d315de327cfc330f0401ea061005b2b0cdd45ec8346f12664dd1f34cb886'],
 				],
 			],
+			[
+				'Mention @alice but not `@bob` inside inline code',
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice']],
+			],
+			[
+				'Mention @alice but not `Hello @bob there` inside inline code',
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice']],
+			],
+			[
+				"Mention ` user @alice\nAs it's just 2 ` accents",
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice']],
+			],
+			[
+				'Mention @alice and @bob but not `Hello @bob there` inside inline code',
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice'], ['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'bob']],
+			],
+			[
+				"Mention @alice but not in fenced code block\n```\n@bob @charlie\n```\nend",
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice']],
+			],
+			[
+				"Mention @alice but not in tilde code block\n~~~\n@bob\n~~~\nend",
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice']],
+			],
+			[
+				'No mentions at all in `@alice` and `@bob`',
+				[],
+			],
+			[
+				"@alice\n```\n@bob\n```\n@charlie",
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'charlie'], ['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice']],
+			],
+			[
+				"@alice\n```\n@bob\n```\n@charlie",
+				[['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'charlie'], ['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'alice'], ['type' => 'user', 'id' => 'bob']],
+				null,
+				false,
+			],
 		];
 	}
 
 	#[DataProvider(methodName: 'mentionsProvider')]
-	public function testMentions(string $message, array $expectedMentions, ?string $author = null): void {
+	public function testMentions(string $message, array $expectedMentions, ?string $author = null, bool $markdown = true): void {
 		$comment = new Comment();
 		$comment->setMessage($message);
 		if (!is_null($author)) {
 			$comment->setActor('user', $author);
 		}
-		$mentions = $comment->getMentions();
+		$mentions = $comment->getMentions($markdown);
 		$this->assertSame($expectedMentions, $mentions);
 	}
 }