diff --git a/tests/docs/convert/issue-12042.ipynb b/tests/docs/convert/issue-12042.ipynb
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+{
+  "cells": [
+    {
+      "cell_type": "markdown",
+      "metadata": {},
+      "source": [
+        "---\n",
+        "title: My Document\n",
+        "format: html\n",
+        "jupyter: python3\n",
+        "keep-ipynb: true\n",
+        "---\n",
+        "\n",
+        "\n",
+        "\n",
+        "## Introduction\n",
+        "\n",
+        "Here I place some text."
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "kernelspec": {
+      "name": "python3",
+      "language": "python",
+      "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
+      "path": "/Users/cscheid/virtualenvs/homebrew-python3/share/jupyter/kernels/python3"
+    }
+  },
+  "nbformat": 4,
+  "nbformat_minor": 4
+}
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diff --git a/tests/smoke/convert/convert-issue-12042.test.ts b/tests/smoke/convert/convert-issue-12042.test.ts
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+/*
+* convert-backticks.test.ts
+*
+* Copyright (C) 2020-2024 Posit Software, PBC
+*
+*/
+import { existsSync } from "../../../src/deno_ral/fs.ts";
+import {
+  ExecuteOutput,
+  testQuartoCmd,
+} from "../../test.ts";
+import { assert } from "testing/asserts";
+
+(() => {
+  const input = "docs/convert/backticks.ipynb";
+  testQuartoCmd(
+    "convert",
+    ["docs/convert/issue-12042.ipynb"],
+    [
+      {
+        name: "convert-markdown-after-yaml",
+        verify: async (outputs: ExecuteOutput[]) => {
+          const txt = Deno.readTextFileSync("docs/convert/issue-12042.qmd");
+          assert(txt.includes("Here I place some text."), "Markdown text not found in output");
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    {
+      teardown: async () => {
+        if (existsSync("docs/convert/backticks.qmd")) {
+          Deno.removeSync("docs/convert/backticks.qmd");
+        }
+      }
+    },
+  );
+})();