diff --git a/src/doc/directives.ts b/src/doc/directives.ts
index 4978c07f..06fc5925 100644
--- a/src/doc/directives.ts
+++ b/src/doc/directives.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,13 @@ export class Directives {
     const [, handle, suffix] = source.match(/^(.*!)([^!]*)$/) as string[]
     if (!suffix) onError(`The ${source} tag has no suffix`)
     const prefix = this.tags[handle]
-    if (prefix) return prefix + decodeURIComponent(suffix)
+    if (prefix) {
+      try {
+        return prefix + decodeURIComponent(suffix)
+      } catch (error) {
+        onError('Failed to decode suffix')
+      }
+    }
     if (handle === '!') return source // local tag
 
     onError(`Could not resolve tag: ${source}`)
diff --git a/tests/doc/parse.ts b/tests/doc/parse.ts
index a40ac414..31dc0b6a 100644
--- a/tests/doc/parse.ts
+++ b/tests/doc/parse.ts
@@ -819,3 +819,10 @@ describe('CRLF line endings', () => {
     expect(res).toBe('foo bar')
   })
 })
+
+describe('Failed to decode suffix', () => {
+  test('rise in parse for malformed uri', () => {
+    const data = `[!!eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeJJJJJJJeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeebooleaeeeeeeeeeee-eeeeeeeee%eeeeeeeeeeeee[`
+    expect(() => YAML.parse(data)).toThrow(/Failed to decode suffix/)
+  })
+})