diff --git a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FootnotePopup.tsx b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FootnotePopup.tsx
index d10c9ed6..2c26b138 100644
--- a/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FootnotePopup.tsx
+++ b/apps/readest-app/src/app/reader/components/FootnotePopup.tsx
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ const FootnotePopup: React.FC<FootnotePopupProps> = ({ bookKey, bookDoc }) => {
     const handleBeforeRender = (e: Event) => {
       const detail = (e as CustomEvent).detail;
       const { view } = detail;
+      view.addEventListener('link', (e: Event) => {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        const { detail: popupLinkDetail } = e as CustomEvent;
+        popupLinkDetail['follow'] = true;
+        footnoteHandler.handle(bookDoc, e)?.catch((err) => {
+          console.warn(err);
+          getView(bookKey)?.goTo(popupLinkDetail.href);
+        });
+      });
       footnoteViewRef.current = view;
       footnoteRef.current?.replaceChildren(view);
       const { renderer } = view;
diff --git a/packages/foliate-js b/packages/foliate-js
index 0b2fdf1a..a4480cfa 160000
--- a/packages/foliate-js
+++ b/packages/foliate-js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0b2fdf1a5b31a2aa740d86061ca6710ec9798567
+Subproject commit a4480cfa938b1506c489d09f165e4d32e6da999b