diff --git a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Link/index.vue b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Link/index.vue
index 9d22c73f..4297b8c1 100644
--- a/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Link/index.vue
+++ b/docs/src/demos/Extensions/Link/index.vue
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default {
       ],
       content: `
         <p>
-          Wow, this editor has support for links to the whole <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web" target="_self">world wide web</a>. We tested a lot of URLs and I think you can add *every URL* you want. Isn’t that cool? Let’s try <a href="https://statamic.com/" target="_self">another one!</a> Yep, seems to work.
+          Wow, this editor has support for links to the whole <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web">world wide web</a>. We tested a lot of URLs and I think you can add *every URL* you want. Isn’t that cool? Let’s try <a href="https://statamic.com/">another one!</a> Yep, seems to work.
         </p>
         <p>
           By default every link will get a \`rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"\` attribute. It’s configurable though.
diff --git a/docs/src/docPages/api/extensions/link.md b/docs/src/docPages/api/extensions/link.md
index c0dfff0b..0eb0c14f 100644
--- a/docs/src/docPages/api/extensions/link.md
+++ b/docs/src/docPages/api/extensions/link.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ yarn add @tiptap/extension-link
 | class       | string  | –                            | Add a custom class to the rendered HTML tag. |
 | openOnClick | boolean | true                         | If enabled, links will be opened on click.   |
 | rel         | string  | noopener noreferrer nofollow | Configure the `rel` attribute.               |
-| target      | string  | _self                        | Set the default `target` of links.           |
+| target      | string  | _blank                       | Set the default `target` of links.           |
 
 ## Commands
 | Command | Options        | Description                                                 |
diff --git a/packages/extension-link/index.ts b/packages/extension-link/index.ts
index 196e9735..a306bced 100644
--- a/packages/extension-link/index.ts
+++ b/packages/extension-link/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default new Mark<LinkOptions>()
   .name('link')
   .defaults({
     openOnClick: true,
-    target: '_self',
+    target: '_blank',
     rel: 'noopener noreferrer nofollow',
   })
   .schema(({ options }) => ({