diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4b4b6db46..34a272fba 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ def sdist():
 # We generate different wheels depending on g_flavour.
 #
 
-version = '1.23.26'
+version = '1.23.26-hotfix'
 version_b = '1.23.22'
 
 tag_python = None
diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index 8fc3f3c9f..97813d937 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -6780,7 +6780,10 @@ def uri_to_dict(uri):
                     if ftab[1].startswith("page="):
                         self.kind = LINK_GOTOR
                         self.file_spec = ftab[0]
-                        self.page = int(ftab[1][5:]) - 1
+                        page_part = ftab[1][5:]
+                        if "&" in page_part:
+                            page_part = page_part.split("&")[0]
+                        self.page = int(page_part) - 1
             else:
                 self.is_uri = True
                 self.kind = LINK_LAUNCH
@@ -21730,7 +21733,7 @@ def int_rc(text):
     return int(text)
 
 VersionFitz = "1.23.10" # MuPDF version.
-VersionBind = "1.23.26" # PyMuPDF version.
+VersionBind = "1.23.26-hotfix" # PyMuPDF version.
 VersionDate = "2024-02-29 00:00:01"
 VersionDate2 = VersionDate.replace('-', '').replace(' ', '').replace(':', '')
 version = (VersionBind, VersionFitz, VersionDate2)
diff --git a/src_classic/helper-python.i b/src_classic/helper-python.i
index 6ca431e18..87f0e6ae3 100644
--- a/src_classic/helper-python.i
+++ b/src_classic/helper-python.i
@@ -901,7 +901,10 @@ class linkDest(object):
                     if ftab[1].startswith("page="):
                         self.kind = LINK_GOTOR
                         self.fileSpec = ftab[0]
-                        self.page = int(ftab[1][5:]) - 1
+                        page_part = ftab[1][5:]
+                        if "&" in page_part:
+                            page_part = page_part.split("&")[0]
+                        self.page = int(page_part) - 1
             else:
                 self.isUri = True
                 self.kind = LINK_LAUNCH