diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a8f035f6..cf9fa42ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Gogs - Go Git Service [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/gogits/gogs.svg?bra
 
 ![](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/blob/master/public/img/gogs-large-resize.png?raw=true)
 
-##### Current tip version: 0.9.110 (see [Releases](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/releases) for binary versions ~~or submit a task on [alpha stage automated binary building system](https://build.gogs.io/)~~)
+##### Current tip version: 0.9.111 (see [Releases](https://github.com/gogits/gogs/releases) for binary versions ~~or submit a task on [alpha stage automated binary building system](https://build.gogs.io/)~~)
 
 | Web | UI  | Preview  |
 |:-------------:|:-------:|:-------:|
diff --git a/gogs.go b/gogs.go
index 0661e10ff..5c91fca74 100644
--- a/gogs.go
+++ b/gogs.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/gogits/gogs/modules/setting"
 )
 
-const APP_VER = "0.9.110.1222"
+const APP_VER = "0.9.111.1223"
 
 func init() {
 	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
diff --git a/modules/markdown/markdown.go b/modules/markdown/markdown.go
index d8e6cfc5d..4fbd5a3da 100644
--- a/modules/markdown/markdown.go
+++ b/modules/markdown/markdown.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ var (
 	IssueAlphanumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`( |^|\()[A-Z]{1,10}-[1-9][0-9]*\b`)
 	// CrossReferenceIssueNumericPattern matches string that references a numeric issue in a difference repository
 	// e.g. gogits/gogs#12345
-	CrossReferenceIssueNumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`( |^)[0-9a-zA-Z]+/[0-9a-zA-Z]+#[0-9]+\b`)
+	CrossReferenceIssueNumericPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`( |^)[0-9a-zA-Z-_\.]+/[0-9a-zA-Z-_\.]+#[0-9]+\b`)
 
 	// Sha1CurrentPattern matches string that represents a commit SHA, e.g. d8a994ef243349f321568f9e36d5c3f444b99cae
 	// FIXME: this pattern matches pure numbers as well, right now we do a hack to check in RenderSha1CurrentPattern
@@ -158,16 +158,16 @@ func (r *Renderer) AutoLink(out *bytes.Buffer, link []byte, kind int) {
 				j = len(m)
 			}
 
-			issue := string(m[i+7 : j])
-			fullRepoUrl := setting.AppUrl + strings.TrimPrefix(r.urlPrefix, "/")
+			index := string(m[i+7 : j])
+			fullRepoURL := setting.AppUrl + strings.TrimPrefix(r.urlPrefix, "/")
 			var link string
-			if strings.HasPrefix(string(m), fullRepoUrl) {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(string(m), fullRepoURL) {
 				// Use a short issue reference if the URL refers to this repository
-				link = fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s">#%s</a>`, m, issue)
+				link = fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s">#%s</a>`, m, index)
 			} else {
 				// Use a cross-repository issue reference if the URL refers to a different repository
 				repo := string(m[len(setting.AppUrl) : i-1])
-				link = fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s">%s#%s</a>`, m, repo, issue)
+				link = fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s">%s#%s</a>`, m, repo, index)
 			}
 			out.WriteString(link)
 			return
@@ -284,10 +284,11 @@ func RenderCrossReferenceIssueIndexPattern(rawBytes []byte, urlPrefix string, me
 			m = m[1:] // ignore leading space or opening parentheses
 		}
 
-		repo := string(bytes.Split(m, []byte("#"))[0])
-		issue := string(bytes.Split(m, []byte("#"))[1])
+		fields := bytes.Split(m, []byte("#"))[0]
+		repo := string(fields[0])
+		index := string(fields[1])
 
-		link := fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s%s/issues/%s">%s</a>`, setting.AppUrl, repo, issue, m)
+		link := fmt.Sprintf(`<a href="%s%s/issues/%s">%s</a>`, setting.AppUrl, repo, index, m)
 		rawBytes = bytes.Replace(rawBytes, m, []byte(link), 1)
 	}
 	return rawBytes
diff --git a/templates/.VERSION b/templates/.VERSION
index 89e58b46a..1ee4881fe 100644
--- a/templates/.VERSION
+++ b/templates/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.110.1222
\ No newline at end of file
+0.9.111.1223
\ No newline at end of file