diff --git a/templates/flat-square-template.svg b/templates/flat-square-template.svg
index 1c7fc58c1a..ed25c320b3 100644
--- a/templates/flat-square-template.svg
+++ b/templates/flat-square-template.svg
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
     <text x="{{=(it.widths[0]+it.widths[1]/2-1)*10}}" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{=(it.widths[1]-10)*10}}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{=it.escapedText[1]}}</text>
   </g>
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
       <rect width="{{=it.widths[0]}}" height="20" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
       <rect x="{{=it.widths[0]}}" width="{{=it.widths[1]}}" height="20" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
diff --git a/templates/flat-template.svg b/templates/flat-template.svg
index b94ef865f6..164000c97c 100644
--- a/templates/flat-template.svg
+++ b/templates/flat-template.svg
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
   </g>
   
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
       <rect width="{{=it.widths[0]}}" height="20" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
       <rect x="{{=it.widths[0]}}" width="{{=it.widths[1]}}" height="20" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
diff --git a/templates/for-the-badge-template.svg b/templates/for-the-badge-template.svg
index fb2cb79f86..c9f21754a1 100644
--- a/templates/for-the-badge-template.svg
+++ b/templates/for-the-badge-template.svg
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@
     <text x="{{=(it.widths[0]+it.widths[1]/2)*10}}" y="175" font-weight="bold" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{=(it.widths[1]-24)*10}}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{=it.escapedText[1]}}</text>
   </g>
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
       <rect width="{{=it.widths[0]}}" height="28" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
       <rect x="{{=it.widths[0]}}" width="{{=it.widths[1]}}" height="28" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
diff --git a/templates/plastic-template.svg b/templates/plastic-template.svg
index f4113b23b8..365e1850f0 100644
--- a/templates/plastic-template.svg
+++ b/templates/plastic-template.svg
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
   </g>
 
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">
       <rect width="{{=it.widths[0]}}" height="18" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}
-    <a xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
+    <a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">
       <rect x="{{=it.widths[0]}}" width="{{=it.widths[1]}}" height="18" fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"/>
     </a>
   {{?}}
diff --git a/templates/social-template.svg b/templates/social-template.svg
index 4713140dc3..37dd2ff219 100644
--- a/templates/social-template.svg
+++ b/templates/social-template.svg
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@
     <text x="{{=((it.widths[0]+it.logoWidth+it.logoPadding)/2)*10}}" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{=(it.widths[0]-(10+it.logoWidth+it.logoPadding))*10}}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{=it.escapedText[0]}}</text>
     {{?(it.text[1] && it.text[1].length)}}
       <text x="{{=(it.widths[0]+it.widths[1]/2+6)*10}}" y="150" fill="#fff" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{=(it.widths[1]-8)*10}}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{=it.escapedText[1]}}</text>
-      {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}<a xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">{{?}}
+      {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}<a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[1] || it.links[0]}}">{{?}}
         <text id="rlink" x="{{=(it.widths[0]+it.widths[1]/2+6)*10}}" y="140" transform="scale(0.1)" textLength="{{=(it.widths[1]-8)*10}}" lengthAdjust="spacing">{{=it.escapedText[1]}}</text>
       {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length || it.links[1] && it.links[1].length)}}</a>{{?}}
     {{?}}
   </g>
-  {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}<a xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">{{?}}
+  {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}<a target="_blank" xlink:href="{{=it.links[0]}}">{{?}}
       <rect id="llink" stroke="#d5d5d5" fill="url(#a)" x="0.5" y="0.5" width="{{=it.widths[0]}}" height="19" rx="2"/>
   {{?(it.links[0] && it.links[0].length)}}</a>{{?}}
 </svg>