diff --git a/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Action/Actions.html b/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Action/Actions.html
index 49bb6d0c7e..1e983fc899 100644
--- a/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Action/Actions.html
+++ b/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Action/Actions.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
                         {% dropdown icon="more_horiz" %}
                             <div class="dropdown__item">
                                 {% get_action_edit_url action=action plan=plan as action_url %}
-                                {% button icon="edit" text=_("Bewerken") href=action_url icon_outlined=True transparent=True %}
+                                {% button icon="edit" text=_("Bewerken") href=action_url icon_outlined=True transparent=True open_new_tab=True %}
                             </div>
                             <div class="dropdown__item">
                                 {% if plan %}
diff --git a/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Button/Button.html b/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Button/Button.html
index cf0151a5f1..94370d29f6 100644
--- a/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Button/Button.html
+++ b/src/open_inwoner/components/templates/components/Button/Button.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         href="{{ href }}"
         title="{% firstof title text %}"
         aria-label="{% firstof text title %}"
-        {% if href|startswith:"http" %}target="_blank"{% endif %}
+        {% if open_new_tab or href|startswith:"http" %}target="_blank"{% endif %}
         {% as_attributes extra_attributes %}
         {% if ariaExpanded %} aria-expanded="{{ ariaExpanded }}" {% endif %}
         {% if ariaControls %} aria-controls="{{ ariaControls }}" {% endif %}
diff --git a/src/open_inwoner/templates/pages/cases/list_inner.html b/src/open_inwoner/templates/pages/cases/list_inner.html
index f7ae266ba8..ce28321534 100644
--- a/src/open_inwoner/templates/pages/cases/list_inner.html
+++ b/src/open_inwoner/templates/pages/cases/list_inner.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ <h1 class="utrecht-heading-1" id="cases">{{ page_title }} ({{ paginator.count }}
             {# open submissions ("openstaande aanvragen") #}
             {% if case.case_type == "OpenSubmission" %}
 
-                <a href="{{ case.vervolg_link }}" class="card card card__description-card card--stretch">
+                <a href="{{ case.vervolg_link }}" class="card card card__description-card card--stretch" target="_blank">
                     <div class="card__body">
 
                         <h2 class="card__heading-2">{{ case.naam }}</h2>