diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeDescription/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeDescription/index.tsx
index 5d687de91..376ce83f6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeDescription/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/components/NodeDescription/index.tsx
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ export default function NodeDescription({
             emptyPlaceholder
           ) : (
             <Markdown
+              linkTarget="_blank"
               className={cn(
                 "markdown prose flex h-full w-full flex-col text-primary word-break-break-word note-node-markdown dark:prose-invert",
                 mdClassName,
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatMessage/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatMessage/index.tsx
index ecf65efa0..a65b057d8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatMessage/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/modals/IOModal/components/chatView/chatMessage/index.tsx
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ export default function ChatMessage({
                         ) : (
                           <Markdown
                             remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm]}
+                            linkTarget="_blank"
                             rehypePlugins={[rehypeMathjax]}
                             className={cn(
                               "markdown prose flex flex-col word-break-break-word dark:prose-invert",