diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/application.js b/app/javascript/packs/application.js
index b0e081f98..184c7c6df 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/application.js
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/application.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import {
 } from '../dashboard/helper/scriptHelpers';
 import FluentIcon from 'shared/components/FluentIcon/DashboardIcon';
 import VueDOMPurifyHTML from 'vue-dompurify-html';
+import { domPurifyConfig } from '../shared/helpers/HTMLSanitizer';
 
 Vue.config.env = process.env;
 
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ if (window.analyticsConfig) {
     api_host: window.analyticsConfig.host,
   });
 }
-Vue.use(VueDOMPurifyHTML);
+
+Vue.use(VueDOMPurifyHTML, domPurifyConfig);
 Vue.use(VueRouter);
 Vue.use(VueI18n);
 Vue.use(WootUiKit);
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/widget.js b/app/javascript/packs/widget.js
index 3b9661bc7..6eab2db8b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/widget.js
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/widget.js
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import ActionCableConnector from '../widget/helpers/actionCable';
 import i18n from '../widget/i18n';
 import { isPhoneE164OrEmpty } from 'shared/helpers/Validators';
 import router from '../widget/router';
+import { domPurifyConfig } from '../shared/helpers/HTMLSanitizer';
 Vue.use(VueI18n);
 Vue.use(Vuelidate);
-Vue.use(VueDOMPurifyHTML);
+Vue.use(VueDOMPurifyHTML, domPurifyConfig);
 
 const i18nConfig = new VueI18n({
   locale: 'en',
diff --git a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/HTMLSanitizer.js b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/HTMLSanitizer.js
index b119b3681..889948c0b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/HTMLSanitizer.js
+++ b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/HTMLSanitizer.js
@@ -6,3 +6,15 @@ export const escapeHtml = (unsafe = '') => {
     .replace(/"/g, '"')
     .replace(/'/g, ''');
 };
+
+export const afterSanitizeAttributes = currentNode => {
+  if ('target' in currentNode) {
+    currentNode.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
+  }
+};
+
+export const domPurifyConfig = {
+  hooks: {
+    afterSanitizeAttributes,
+  },
+};
diff --git a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/MessageFormatter.js b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/MessageFormatter.js
index 260436da4..c4d0bb62e 100644
--- a/app/javascript/shared/helpers/MessageFormatter.js
+++ b/app/javascript/shared/helpers/MessageFormatter.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { marked } from 'marked';
 import DOMPurify from 'dompurify';
-import { escapeHtml } from './HTMLSanitizer';
+import { escapeHtml, afterSanitizeAttributes } from './HTMLSanitizer';
 
 const TWITTER_USERNAME_REGEX = /(^|[^@\w])@(\w{1,15})\b/g;
 const TWITTER_USERNAME_REPLACEMENT =
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ class MessageFormatter {
       const markedDownOutput = marked(withHash);
       return markedDownOutput;
     }
-    DOMPurify.addHook('afterSanitizeAttributes', node => {
-      if ('target' in node) node.setAttribute('target', '_blank');
-    });
+    DOMPurify.addHook('afterSanitizeAttributes', afterSanitizeAttributes);
     return DOMPurify.sanitize(
       marked(this.message, { breaks: true, gfm: true })
     );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d418d0b68..f862e0fbe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     "vue-chartjs": "3.5.1",
     "vue-clickaway": "~2.1.0",
     "vue-color": "2.8.1",
-    "vue-dompurify-html": "^2.5.1",
+    "vue-dompurify-html": "^2.5.2",
     "vue-easytable": "2.5.5",
     "vue-i18n": "8.24.3",
     "vue-loader": "15.9.6",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 82d266618..fa46ddb37 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -15284,10 +15284,10 @@ vue-docgen-loader@^1.5.0:
     loader-utils "^1.2.3"
     querystring "^0.2.0"
 
-vue-dompurify-html@^2.5.1:
-  version "2.5.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/vue-dompurify-html/-/vue-dompurify-html-2.5.1.tgz#a754f4ac7b18eb8fe41f461cb2bb1c4956a9bd2d"
-  integrity sha512-B8rQj2jAPJJhtKHHa6jg5B3/RoKBmmUl/awP/GxWXGu75j4Y7+MHqv0DG52v0Uz0taEpHyZun34KEYMAfrPWnA==
+vue-dompurify-html@^2.5.2:
+  version "2.5.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vue-dompurify-html/-/vue-dompurify-html-2.5.2.tgz#f547d4eacae4640f95eb0e9308e7ef8e223887c6"
+  integrity sha512-G6I135+BhlACJ9xftqK7fvhXyjNrgHCI594qHnUW5e2Bmp8BOTV1kz7cxwI37b4BJnHkj9IY10RwMPOtJqw+pw==
   dependencies:
     dompurify "^2.3.4"