diff --git a/.changeset/tender-pumpkins-burn.md b/.changeset/tender-pumpkins-burn.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e431614707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-pumpkins-burn.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-techdocs': patch
+---
+
+Fixed a bug where scrolling for anchors where the id starts with number didn't work for the current page.
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx
index 98bd6d867c..0e811af6e0 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/TechDocsReaderPageContent/dom.tsx
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ export const useTechDocsReaderDom = (
                 navigate(`${parsedUrl.pathname}${parsedUrl.hash}`);
                 // Scroll to hash if it's on the current page
                 transformedElement
-                  ?.querySelector(`#${parsedUrl.hash.slice(1)}`)
+                  ?.querySelector(`[id="${parsedUrl.hash.slice(1)}"]`)
                   ?.scrollIntoView();
               }
             } else {