diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e1add184d..fbb939d7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [13.0.0] - Unreleased
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Reversed `pre` and `code` tags in base HTML format https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2642
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Bumped minimum Python version to 3.7 https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/2567
diff --git a/rich/_export_format.py b/rich/_export_format.py
index b79c13069..ea4020904 100644
--- a/rich/_export_format.py
+++ b/rich/_export_format.py
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 </head>
 <html>
 <body>
-    <code>
-        <pre style="font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace">{code}</pre>
-    </code>
+    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace">
+        <code>{code}</code>
+    </pre>
 </body>
 </html>
 """
diff --git a/tests/test_console.py b/tests/test_console.py
index e1aaaefd3..8c72e8da0 100644
--- a/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/tests/test_console.py
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ def test_export_html():
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("[b]foo <script> 'test' [link=https://example.org]Click[/link]")
     html = console.export_html()
-    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n.r1 {font-weight: bold}\n.r2 {color: #ff00ff; text-decoration-color: #ff00ff; font-weight: bold}\n.r3 {color: #008000; text-decoration-color: #008000; font-weight: bold}\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><span class="r1">foo &lt;</span><span class="r2">script</span><span class="r1">&gt; </span><span class="r3">&#x27;test&#x27;</span><span class="r1"> </span><a class="r1" href="https://example.org">Click</a>\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
+    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n.r1 {font-weight: bold}\n.r2 {color: #ff00ff; text-decoration-color: #ff00ff; font-weight: bold}\n.r3 {color: #008000; text-decoration-color: #008000; font-weight: bold}\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace">\n        <code><span class="r1">foo &lt;</span><span class="r2">script</span><span class="r1">&gt; </span><span class="r3">&#x27;test&#x27;</span><span class="r1"> </span><a class="r1" href="https://example.org">Click</a>\n</code>\n    </pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
     assert html == expected
 
 
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ def test_export_html_inline():
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("[b]foo [link=https://example.org]Click[/link]")
     html = console.export_html(inline_styles=True)
-    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace"><span style="font-weight: bold">foo </span><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="https://example.org">Click</a></span>\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
+    expected = '<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset="UTF-8">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style="font-family:Menlo,\'DejaVu Sans Mono\',consolas,\'Courier New\',monospace">\n        <code><span style="font-weight: bold">foo </span><span style="font-weight: bold"><a href="https://example.org">Click</a></span>\n</code>\n    </pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n'
     assert html == expected
 
 
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ def test_save_text():
 
 
 def test_save_html():
-    expected = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <code>\n        <pre style=\"font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace\">foo\n</pre>\n    </code>\n</body>\n</html>\n"
+    expected = "<!DOCTYPE html>\n<head>\n<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n<style>\n\nbody {\n    color: #000000;\n    background-color: #ffffff;\n}\n</style>\n</head>\n<html>\n<body>\n    <pre style=\"font-family:Menlo,'DejaVu Sans Mono',consolas,'Courier New',monospace\">\n        <code>foo\n</code>\n    </pre>\n</body>\n</html>\n"
     console = Console(record=True, width=100)
     console.print("foo")
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as path:
