diff --git a/langchain/text_splitter.py b/langchain/text_splitter.py
index 14f01547ab3..1e697e66324 100644
--- a/langchain/text_splitter.py
+++ b/langchain/text_splitter.py
@@ -740,33 +740,33 @@ class RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter(TextSplitter):
         elif language == Language.HTML:
             return [
                 # First, try to split along HTML tags
-                "<body>",
-                "<div>",
-                "<p>",
-                "<br>",
-                "<li>",
-                "<h1>",
-                "<h2>",
-                "<h3>",
-                "<h4>",
-                "<h5>",
-                "<h6>",
-                "<span>",
-                "<table>",
-                "<tr>",
-                "<td>",
-                "<th>",
-                "<ul>",
-                "<ol>",
-                "<header>",
-                "<footer>",
-                "<nav>",
+                "<body",
+                "<div",
+                "<p",
+                "<br",
+                "<li",
+                "<h1",
+                "<h2",
+                "<h3",
+                "<h4",
+                "<h5",
+                "<h6",
+                "<span",
+                "<table",
+                "<tr",
+                "<td",
+                "<th",
+                "<ul",
+                "<ol",
+                "<header",
+                "<footer",
+                "<nav",
                 # Head
-                "<head>",
-                "<style>",
-                "<script>",
-                "<meta>",
-                "<title>",
+                "<head",
+                "<style",
+                "<script",
+                "<meta",
+                "<title",
                 "",
             ]
         else:
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py
index 13f6d8bc2cf..7415728b89e 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_text_splitter.py
@@ -576,3 +576,39 @@ This is a code block
         "block",
         "```",
     ]
+
+
+def test_html_code_splitter() -> None:
+    splitter = RecursiveCharacterTextSplitter.from_language(
+        Language.HTML, chunk_size=60, chunk_overlap=0
+    )
+    code = """
+<h1>Sample Document</h1>
+    <h2>Section</h2>
+        <p id="1234">Reference content.</p>
+
+    <h2>Lists</h2>
+        <ul>
+            <li>Item 1</li>
+            <li>Item 2</li>
+            <li>Item 3</li>
+        </ul>
+
+        <h3>A block</h3>
+            <div class="amazing">
+                <p>Some text</p>
+                <p>Some more text</p>
+            </div>
+    """
+    chunks = splitter.split_text(code)
+    assert chunks == [
+        "<h1>Sample Document</h1>\n    <h2>Section</h2>",
+        '<p id="1234">Reference content.</p>',
+        "<h2>Lists</h2>\n        <ul>",
+        "<li>Item 1</li>\n            <li>Item 2</li>",
+        "<li>Item 3</li>\n        </ul>",
+        "<h3>A block</h3>",
+        '<div class="amazing">',
+        "<p>Some text</p>",
+        "<p>Some more text</p>\n            </div>",
+    ]
