diff --git a/news/changelog-1.8.md b/news/changelog-1.8.md
index 569cf4f96d3..8520e1526f1 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.8.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.8.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## In this release
 
+- ([#13694](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13694)): Fix `notebook-view.url` being ignored - external notebook links now properly use specified URLs instead of local preview files.
+
 ## In previous releases
 
 - ([#13369](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13369)): Fix failure in theme compilation when `brand.color.primary` is specified for light or dark but not both.
diff --git a/src/format/html/format-html-notebook-preview.ts b/src/format/html/format-html-notebook-preview.ts
index 9c0b6872623..02518739c88 100644
--- a/src/format/html/format-html-notebook-preview.ts
+++ b/src/format/html/format-html-notebook-preview.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export const notebookPreviewer = (
         // to form links to this notebook
         const nbPreview = {
           title: resolvedTitle,
-          href: relative(inputDir, renderedNotebook[kHtmlPreview].hrefPath),
+          href: descriptor?.url || relative(inputDir, renderedNotebook[kHtmlPreview].hrefPath),
           supporting,
           resources,
           order: work.order,
diff --git a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2023/01/05/notebook-preview-complex.qmd b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2023/01/05/notebook-preview-complex.qmd
index b7eaae6856d..81ffa054624 100644
--- a/tests/docs/smoke-all/2023/01/05/notebook-preview-complex.qmd
+++ b/tests/docs/smoke-all/2023/01/05/notebook-preview-complex.qmd
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ _quarto:
   tests:
     html:
       ensureHtmlElements:
-        - ['a.quarto-notebook-link']
+        - ['a.quarto-notebook-link[href*="kaggle.com"]']
         - ['div.quarto-alternate-notebooks a']
       ensureFileRegexMatches:
         - ['Source: TEST NB']