diff --git a/config/editor.editor.basic_html.yml b/config/editor.editor.basic_html.yml
index 58054c8..0f0ee0f 100644
--- a/config/editor.editor.basic_html.yml
+++ b/config/editor.editor.basic_html.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ settings:
         - '<h4 id>'
         - '<h5 id>'
         - '<h6 id>'
+    editor_advanced_link_link:
+      enabled_attributes:
+        - target
     linkit_extension:
       linkit_enabled: true
       linkit_profile: default
diff --git a/config/filter.format.basic_html.yml b/config/filter.format.basic_html.yml
index a4ecc39..69a51f1 100644
--- a/config/filter.format.basic_html.yml
+++ b/config/filter.format.basic_html.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ filters:
     status: true
     weight: -10
     settings:
-      allowed_html: '<br> <p> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id> <cite> <dl> <dt> <dd> <a hreflang href data-entity-type data-entity-uuid data-entity-substitution> <blockquote cite> <ul type> <ol type start> <strong> <em> <code> <li> <drupal-media data-entity-type data-entity-uuid alt data-caption data-align>'
+      allowed_html: '<br> <p> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id> <cite> <dl> <dt> <dd> <a hreflang href data-entity-type data-entity-uuid data-entity-substitution target="_blank"> <blockquote cite> <ul type> <ol type start> <strong> <em> <code> <li> <drupal-media data-entity-type data-entity-uuid alt data-caption data-align>'
       filter_html_help: false
       filter_html_nofollow: false
   filter_html_image_secure: