diff --git a/plugins/tech-radar/src/api.ts b/plugins/tech-radar/src/api.ts
index 5f3c0098f2..8f88b1a8b6 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-radar/src/api.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-radar/src/api.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export interface RadarEntry {
    *
    * Empty is the default and the value possible are the same as W3C definition
    */
-   urlTarget: string;
+   urlTarget?: string;
   /**
    * History of the Entry moving through {@link RadarRing}
    */
diff --git a/plugins/tech-radar/src/sample.ts b/plugins/tech-radar/src/sample.ts
index c2c390af32..ba3fc632ab 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-radar/src/sample.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-radar/src/sample.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ entries.push({
   title: 'JavaScript',
   quadrant: 'languages',
   description:
-    'Excepteur **sint** occaecat *cupidatat* non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.\n\n```ts\nconst x = "3";\n```\n',
+    'Excepteur **sint** occaecat *cupidatat* non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.\n\n```ts\nconst x = "3";\n```\n'
 });
 entries.push({
   timeline: [
diff --git a/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/components.tsx b/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/components.tsx
index bbfe046b69..24623738f4 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/components.tsx
+++ b/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/components.tsx
@@ -14,22 +14,25 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 import React from 'react';
+import { Link } from '@backstage/core-components';
 
 type WithLinkProps = {
   url?: string;
+  urlTarget?: string;
   className: string;
   children: React.ReactNode;
 };
 
 export const WithLink = ({
   url,
+  urlTarget,
   className,
   children,
 }: WithLinkProps): JSX.Element =>
   url ? (
-    <a href={url} className={className}>
+    <Link target={urlTarget} className={className} to={url}>
       {children}
-    </a>
+    </Link>
   ) : (
     <>{children}</>
   );
diff --git a/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/types.ts b/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/types.ts
index a0ed2d3576..884c99f93b 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-radar/src/utils/types.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export type Entry = {
   // An URL to a longer description as to why this entry is where it is
   url?: string;
   // The URL target definition as W3C definition
-  urlTarget?: String;
+  urlTarget?: string;
   // How this entry has recently moved; -1 for "down", +1 for "up", 0 for not moved
   moved?: MovedState;
   // Most recent description to display in the UI