diff --git a/lib/internal/validators.js b/lib/internal/validators.js
index de9d500e9e794a..66d92102cb049c 100644
--- a/lib/internal/validators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/validators.js
@@ -459,7 +459,15 @@ function validateUnion(value, name, union) {
   }
 }
 
-const linkValueRegExp = /^(?:<[^>]*>;)\s*(?:rel=(")?[^;"]*\1;?)\s*(?:(?:as|anchor|title|crossorigin|disabled|fetchpriority|rel|referrerpolicy)=(")?[^;"]*\2)?$/;
+/*
+  The rules for the Link header field are described here:
+  https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8288.html#section-3
+
+  This regex validates any string surrounded by angle brackets
+  (not necessarily a valid URI reference) followed by zero or more
+  link-params separated by semicolons.
+*/
+const linkValueRegExp = /^(?:<[^>]*>)(?:\s*;\s*[^;"\s]+(?:=(")?[^;"\s]*\1)?)*$/;
 
 /**
  * @param {any} value
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js b/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js
index 2cf29666bef11d..f776bcafa40ed3 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints-invalid-argument.js
@@ -6,28 +6,44 @@ const debug = require('node:util').debuglog('test');
 
 const testResBody = 'response content\n';
 
-const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
-  debug('Server sending early hints...');
-  res.writeEarlyHints('bad argument type');
-
-  debug('Server sending full response...');
-  res.end(testResBody);
-}));
-
-server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
-  const req = http.request({
-    port: server.address().port, path: '/'
-  });
-
-  req.end();
-  debug('Client sending request...');
-
-  req.on('information', common.mustNotCall());
-
-  process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
-    debug(`Caught an exception: ${JSON.stringify(err)}`);
-    if (err.name === 'AssertionError') throw err;
-    assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE');
-    process.exit(0);
-  });
-}));
+{
+  const server = http.createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+    debug('Server sending early hints...');
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints('bad argument type');
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE');
+
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints({
+        link: '</>; '
+      });
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE');
+
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints({
+        link: 'rel=preload; </scripts.js>'
+      });
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE');
+
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      res.writeEarlyHints({
+        link: 'invalid string'
+      });
+    }, (err) => err.code === 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE');
+
+    debug('Server sending full response...');
+    res.end(testResBody);
+    server.close();
+  }));
+
+  server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+    const req = http.request({
+      port: server.address().port, path: '/'
+    });
+
+    req.end();
+    debug('Client sending request...');
+
+    req.on('information', common.mustNotCall());
+  }));
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints.js b/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints.js
index 7183d9516f6dda..67affdffddd95e 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-early-hints.js
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ const testResBody = 'response content\n';
     res.writeEarlyHints({
       link: [
         '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style',
-        '</scripts.js>; rel=preload; as=script',
+        '</scripts.js>; crossorigin; rel=preload; as=script',
+        '</scripts.js>; rel=preload; as=script; crossorigin',
       ]
     });
 
@@ -75,7 +76,8 @@ const testResBody = 'response content\n';
     req.on('information', common.mustCall((res) => {
       assert.strictEqual(
         res.headers.link,
-        '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style, </scripts.js>; rel=preload; as=script'
+        '</styles.css>; rel=preload; as=style, </scripts.js>; crossorigin; ' +
+        'rel=preload; as=script, </scripts.js>; rel=preload; as=script; crossorigin'
       );
     }));