diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Workflow/Workflow.tsx b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Workflow/Workflow.tsx
index 9afc18c438..31f5ac2881 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Workflow/Workflow.tsx
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-react/src/next/components/Workflow/Workflow.tsx
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ export const Workflow = (workflowProps: WorkflowProps): JSX.Element | null => {
           subheader={
             <MarkdownContent
               className={styles.markdown}
+              linkTarget="_blank"
               content={
                 description ?? sortedManifest.description ?? 'No description'
               }