diff --git a/app/views/external_link_warning/show.html.erb b/app/views/external_link_warning/show.html.erb
index c9d8ea101b35..f45567862de1 100644
--- a/app/views/external_link_warning/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/external_link_warning/show.html.erb
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ See COPYRIGHT and LICENSE files for more details.
        scheme: :danger,
        data: {
          turbo: false,
+         skip_external_link_blank: true,
          allow_external_link: true
        }
      ) { I18n.t("external_link_warning.continue_button") } %>
diff --git a/frontend/src/stimulus/controllers/external-links.controller.ts b/frontend/src/stimulus/controllers/external-links.controller.ts
index 2bc586cb6530..b23f7935d74f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stimulus/controllers/external-links.controller.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/stimulus/controllers/external-links.controller.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ export default class ExternalLinksController extends ApplicationController {
   }
 
   private updateExternalLink(link:HTMLAnchorElement) {
-    link.target = '_blank';
+    if (!link.dataset.skipExternalLinkBlank) {
+      link.target = '_blank';
+    }
     attributeTokenList(link, 'rel').add('noopener', 'noreferrer');
 
     // Capture external links through redirect page