diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index c9de9386732..0be44e10e68 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ GEM
     omniauth-twitter (1.3.0)
       omniauth-oauth (~> 1.1)
       rack
-    onebox (1.8.11)
+    onebox (1.8.12)
       fast_blank (>= 1.0.0)
       htmlentities (~> 4.3)
       moneta (~> 1.0)
diff --git a/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb b/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb
index c0729285941..5b76dc521fc 100644
--- a/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/onebox/engine/discourse_local_onebox_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ describe Onebox::Engine::DiscourseLocalOnebox do
   before { SiteSetting.external_system_avatars_enabled = false }
 
   def build_link(url)
-    %|<a href="#{url}" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">#{url}</a>|
+    %|<a href="#{url}" rel="nofollow noopener">#{url}</a>|
   end
 
   context "for a link to a post" do