diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index c5ca771c24dd914e342f791716a822431ee32b3a..457d9f8c4625f7d9c7ea1e9ffc13616db1fc6fef 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -126,8 +126,37 @@ function exitLiteralAutolink(token) {
   this.exit(token)
 }
 
-/** @type {FromMarkdownTransform} */
+// Regex support detector, for backward compatibility
+// Ref: https://github.com/syntax-tree/mdast-util-gfm-autolink-literal/pull/14
+const regexSupport = {
+  lookbehind: (() => {
+    try {
+      // Using regex literal instead of RegExp constructor
+      ;/(?<=x)/.test('x')
+      return true
+    } catch {
+      return false
+    }
+  })()
+}
+
+/**
+ * Main transform function that uses the appropriate version based on regex support
+ * @type {FromMarkdownTransform}
+ */
 function transformGfmAutolinkLiterals(tree) {
+  if (regexSupport.lookbehind) {
+    modernAutolinkTransform(tree)
+  } else {
+    legacyAutolinkTransform(tree)
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Modern version of autolink transform using lookbehind
+ * @type {FromMarkdownTransform}
+ */
+function modernAutolinkTransform(tree) {
   findAndReplace(
     tree,
     [
@@ -138,6 +167,35 @@ function transformGfmAutolinkLiterals(tree) {
   )
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * Legacy version of autolink transform for older Node.js versions
+ * @type {FromMarkdownTransform}
+ */
+function legacyAutolinkTransform(tree) {
+  findAndReplace(
+    tree,
+    [
+      [/(https?:\/\/|www(?=\.))([-.\w]+)([^ \t\r\n]*)/gi, findUrl],
+      // [/([-.\w+]+)@([-\w]+(?:\.[-\w]+)+)/g, findEmail] # NOTE: original regex in 2.0.0
+      [/(^|\s|\p{P}|\p{S})([-.\w+]+)@([-\w]+(?:\.[-\w]+)+)/gu, findEmailLegacy]
+    ],
+    {ignore: ['link', 'linkReference']}
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper function for legacy email matching
+ * @param {string} _ - Unused parameter
+ * @param {string} prefix - Email prefix
+ * @param {string} name - Email name
+ * @param {string} domain - Email domain
+ * @returns {*} The processed email
+ */
+function findEmailLegacy(_, prefix, name, domain) {
+  return findEmail(name + '@' + domain)
+}
+
 /**
  * @type {ReplaceFunction}
  * @param {string} _