diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Configuration/CKEditor5Migrator.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Configuration/CKEditor5Migrator.php
index 8b21056cf9f1ceb139774958320ece19dbf628a8..f5dbacef2944d7a59c7093503bb916c2aacf703a 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Configuration/CKEditor5Migrator.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Configuration/CKEditor5Migrator.php
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ class CKEditor5Migrator
         // Ensure editor.config.style.definitions exists
         $this->configuration['editor']['config']['style']['definitions'] ??= [];
 
-        $allowedClasses = is_array($this->configuration['buttons']['link']['properties']['class']['allowedClasses'])
+        $allowedClassSets = is_array($this->configuration['buttons']['link']['properties']['class']['allowedClasses'])
             ? $this->configuration['buttons']['link']['properties']['class']['allowedClasses']
             : GeneralUtility::trimExplode(',', $this->configuration['buttons']['link']['properties']['class']['allowedClasses'], true);
 
@@ -731,19 +731,20 @@ class CKEditor5Migrator
             }
         }
 
-        foreach ($allowedClasses as $allowedClass) {
+        foreach ($allowedClassSets as $classSet) {
+            $allowedClasses = GeneralUtility::trimExplode(' ', $classSet);
             foreach ($this->configuration['editor']['config']['style']['definitions'] as $styleSetDefinition) {
-                if ($styleSetDefinition['element'] === 'a' && $styleSetDefinition['classes'] === [$allowedClass]) {
-                    // allowedClass is already configured, continue with next one
+                if ($styleSetDefinition['element'] === 'a' && $styleSetDefinition['classes'] === $allowedClasses) {
+                    // allowedClasses is already configured, continue with next one
                     continue 2;
                 }
             }
 
-            // We're still here, this means $allowedClass wasn't found
+            // We're still here, this means $allowedClasses wasn't found
             array_splice($this->configuration['editor']['config']['style']['definitions'], $indexToInsertElementsAt, 0, [[
-                'classes' => [$allowedClass],
+                'classes' => $allowedClasses,
                 'element' => 'a',
-                'name' => $allowedClass, // we lack a human-readable name here...
+                'name' => implode(' ', $allowedClasses), // we lack a human-readable name here...
             ]]);
             $indexToInsertElementsAt++;
         }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Configuration/CKEditor5MigratorTest.php b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Configuration/CKEditor5MigratorTest.php
index e826bbd2acddc9a10214f591bf098944156e6490..d31f96f359016e79bbd315f95dd43b07c292a4c0 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Configuration/CKEditor5MigratorTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/core/Tests/Unit/Configuration/CKEditor5MigratorTest.php
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@ final class CKEditor5MigratorTest extends UnitTestCase
                         'link' => [
                             'properties' => [
                                 'class' => [
-                                    'allowedClasses' => 'link-arrow, link-chevron, class-karl',
+                                    'allowedClasses' => 'link-arrow, btn btn-default, link-chevron, class-karl',
                                 ],
                             ],
                         ],
@@ -1573,6 +1573,11 @@ final class CKEditor5MigratorTest extends UnitTestCase
                                         'element' => 'a',
                                         'name' => 'Link Arrow',
                                     ],
+                                    [
+                                        'classes' => ['btn', 'btn-default'],
+                                        'element' => 'a',
+                                        'name' => 'btn btn-default',
+                                    ],
                                     [
                                         'classes' => ['link-chevron'],
                                         'element' => 'a',
@@ -1616,7 +1621,7 @@ final class CKEditor5MigratorTest extends UnitTestCase
                         'link' => [
                             'properties' => [
                                 'class' => [
-                                    'allowedClasses' => 'link-arrow, link-chevron, class-karl',
+                                    'allowedClasses' => 'link-arrow, btn btn-default, link-chevron, class-karl',
                                 ],
                             ],
                         ],