diff --git a/tests/lhs-test.latex b/tests/lhs-test.latex
index 23211ac3e..d2d1f9ab8 100644
--- a/tests/lhs-test.latex
+++ b/tests/lhs-test.latex
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
             pdftitle={},
             colorlinks=true,
             urlcolor=blue,
-            linkcolor=blue,
+            linkcolor=magenta,
             pdfborder={0 0 0}}
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 \setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
diff --git a/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs b/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
index c1690a958..ba0c67d48 100644
--- a/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
+++ b/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
             pdftitle={},
             colorlinks=true,
             urlcolor=blue,
-            linkcolor=blue,
+            linkcolor=magenta,
             pdfborder={0 0 0}}
 \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
 \setlength{\parskip}{6pt plus 2pt minus 1pt}
diff --git a/tests/writer.latex b/tests/writer.latex
index 72a4cc9c0..3efc08277 100644
--- a/tests/writer.latex
+++ b/tests/writer.latex
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
             pdftitle={Pandoc Test Suite},
             colorlinks=true,
             urlcolor=blue,
-            linkcolor=blue,
+            linkcolor=magenta,
             pdfborder={0 0 0}}
 \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
 % avoid problems with \sout in headers with hyperref: