diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/helpers/linkify.js b/lib/shared/addon/helpers/linkify.js
index bb3ec7ae62..871731df0c 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/helpers/linkify.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/helpers/linkify.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { helper } from '@ember/component/helper';
 import { htmlSafe } from '@ember/string';
 import Ember from 'ember';
-import linkifyStr from 'linkifyjs/string';
+import linkifyStr from 'linkify-string';
 
 const MAX_LENGTH = 1000;
 
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ export function linkify(params) {
   content = Ember.Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(content);
 
   content = linkifyStr(content, {
-    attributes:      { rel: 'nofollow noreferrer' },
+    attributes:      {
+      rel:    'nofollow noreferrer',
+      target: '_blank',
+    },
     defaultProtocol: 'https'
   });
 
diff --git a/lib/shared/app/helpers/linkify.js b/lib/shared/app/helpers/linkify.js
index 686d44277f..0f9d640a6e 100644
--- a/lib/shared/app/helpers/linkify.js
+++ b/lib/shared/app/helpers/linkify.js
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // https://github.com/ef4/ember-browserify#the-workaround
-import linkifyStr from 'linkifyjs/string'; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+import linkifyStr from 'linkify-string'; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 export { default } from 'shared/helpers/linkify';
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d0b4e75e72..9a5fc87462 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@
     "json2yaml": "^1.1.0",
     "jsondiffpatch": "^0.4.1",
     "jszip": "^3.1.5",
-    "linkifyjs": "^2.1.9",
+    "linkifyjs": "^4.1.3",
+    "linkify-string": "^4.1.3",
     "loader.js": "^4.7.0",
     "marked": "^2.0.0",
     "moment": "~2.29.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index de487eaa3d..e86824df1b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5384,9 +5384,9 @@ caniuse-api@^3.0.0:
     lodash.uniq "^4.5.0"
 
 caniuse-lite@^1.0.0, caniuse-lite@^1.0.30001219:
-  version "1.0.30001439"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001439.tgz"
-  integrity sha512-1MgUzEkoMO6gKfXflStpYgZDlFM7M/ck/bgfVCACO5vnAf0fXoNVHdWtqGU+MYca+4bL9Z5bpOVmR33cWW9G2A==
+  version "1.0.30001565"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/caniuse-lite/-/caniuse-lite-1.0.30001565.tgz"
+  integrity sha512-xrE//a3O7TP0vaJ8ikzkD2c2NgcVUvsEe2IvFTntV4Yd1Z9FVzh+gW+enX96L0psrbaFMcVcH2l90xNuGDWc8w==
 
 capture-exit@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
@@ -10463,10 +10463,15 @@ linkify-it@^3.0.1:
   dependencies:
     uc.micro "^1.0.1"
 
-linkifyjs@^2.1.9:
-  version "2.1.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkifyjs/-/linkifyjs-2.1.9.tgz#af06e45a2866ff06c4766582590d098a4d584702"
-  integrity sha512-74ivurkK6WHvHFozVaGtQWV38FzBwSTGNmJolEgFp7QgR2bl6ArUWlvT4GcHKbPe1z3nWYi+VUdDZk16zDOVug==
+linkify-string@^4.1.3:
+  version "4.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkify-string/-/linkify-string-4.1.3.tgz#a47dbbf64c9fbd2f6ae5e26cd41ec2e5748a54d1"
+  integrity sha512-6dAgx4MiTcvEX87OS5aNpAioO7cSELUXp61k7azOvMYOLSmREx0w4yM1Uf0+O3JLC08YdkUyZhAX+YkasRt/mw==
+
+linkifyjs@^4.1.3:
+  version "4.1.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/linkifyjs/-/linkifyjs-4.1.3.tgz#0edbc346428a7390a23ea2e5939f76112c9ae07f"
+  integrity sha512-auMesunaJ8yfkHvK4gfg1K0SaKX/6Wn9g2Aac/NwX+l5VdmFZzo/hdPGxEOETj+ryRa4/fiOPjeeKURSAJx1sg==
 
 livereload-js@^3.3.1:
   version "3.3.2"