diff --git a/src/djlint/rules.yaml b/src/djlint/rules.yaml
index b4cf156..0c457ba 100644
--- a/src/djlint/rules.yaml
+++ b/src/djlint/rules.yaml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
     message: Do not use entity references.
     flags: re.I
     patterns:
-    - '&.{5};'
+    - '&(?!(lt|gt|amp|quot|nbsp|ensp|emsp|thinsp))[#0-9a-z]{,30};'
 - rule:
     name: H024
     message: Omit type on scripts and styles.
diff --git a/tests/test_linter.py b/tests/test_linter.py
index 7f0bb61..0e7def0 100644
--- a/tests/test_linter.py
+++ b/tests/test_linter.py
@@ -343,6 +343,43 @@ def test_H023(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     assert result.exit_code == 1
     assert "H023 1:" in result.output
 
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"á")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "H023 1:" in result.output
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b">")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b'<a href=" &gt; "></a>')
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b'<a href=" foo & bar; "></a>')
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b'<a href=" &aacute; "></a>')
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "H023 1:" in result.output
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"&#63;")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "H023 1:" in result.output
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b"&#x3F;")
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "H023 1:" in result.output
+
+    write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b'<a href=" &#63; "></a>')
+    result = runner.invoke(djlint, [tmp_file.name])
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "H023 1:" in result.output
+
 
 def test_H024(runner: CliRunner, tmp_file: TextIO) -> None:
     write_to_file(tmp_file.name, b'<script type="hare">')