diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 8263b08a9a..89f8227361 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
         "name": "jotai",
         "message": "Do not import from \"jotai\" directly. Use our app-specific modules (\"editor-jotai\" or \"app-jotai\")."
       }
+    ],
+    "react/jsx-no-target-blank": [
+      "error",
+      {
+        "allowReferrer": true
+      }
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/excalidraw-app/components/AI.tsx b/excalidraw-app/components/AI.tsx
index 4469d74f66..9a222a968e 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/components/AI.tsx
+++ b/excalidraw-app/components/AI.tsx
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ export const AIComponents = ({
                   </br>
                   <div>You can also try <a href="${
                     import.meta.env.VITE_APP_PLUS_LP
-                  }/plus?utm_source=excalidraw&utm_medium=app&utm_content=d2c" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Excalidraw+</a> to get more requests.</div>
+                  }/plus?utm_source=excalidraw&utm_medium=app&utm_content=d2c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Excalidraw+</a> to get more requests.</div>
                 </div>
                 </body>
                 </html>`,
diff --git a/excalidraw-app/components/EncryptedIcon.tsx b/excalidraw-app/components/EncryptedIcon.tsx
index 552e7ca82f..f7d8ca6012 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/components/EncryptedIcon.tsx
+++ b/excalidraw-app/components/EncryptedIcon.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const EncryptedIcon = () => {
       className="encrypted-icon tooltip"
       href="https://plus.excalidraw.com/blog/end-to-end-encryption"
       target="_blank"
-      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+      rel="noopener"
       aria-label={t("encrypted.link")}
     >
       <Tooltip label={t("encrypted.tooltip")} long={true}>
diff --git a/excalidraw-app/components/ExcalidrawPlusAppLink.tsx b/excalidraw-app/components/ExcalidrawPlusAppLink.tsx
index 76be9a8f07..04cd963022 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/components/ExcalidrawPlusAppLink.tsx
+++ b/excalidraw-app/components/ExcalidrawPlusAppLink.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export const ExcalidrawPlusAppLink = () => {
         import.meta.env.VITE_APP_PLUS_APP
       }?utm_source=excalidraw&utm_medium=app&utm_content=signedInUserRedirectButton#excalidraw-redirect`}
       target="_blank"
-      rel="noreferrer"
+      rel="noopener"
       className="plus-button"
     >
       Go to Excalidraw+
diff --git a/excalidraw-app/tests/__snapshots__/MobileMenu.test.tsx.snap b/excalidraw-app/tests/__snapshots__/MobileMenu.test.tsx.snap
index 77fc147574..53b16c40ff 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/tests/__snapshots__/MobileMenu.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/excalidraw-app/tests/__snapshots__/MobileMenu.test.tsx.snap
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ exports[`Test MobileMenu > should initialize with welcome screen and hide once u
     <a
       class="welcome-screen-menu-item "
       href="undefined/plus?utm_source=excalidraw&utm_medium=app&utm_content=welcomeScreenGuest"
-      rel="noreferrer"
+      rel="noopener"
       target="_blank"
     >
       <div
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
index 60fc403723..9dd9550aca 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/HelpDialog.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const Header = () => (
       className="HelpDialog__btn"
       href="https://docs.excalidraw.com"
       target="_blank"
-      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+      rel="noopener"
     >
       <div className="HelpDialog__link-icon">{ExternalLinkIcon}</div>
       {t("helpDialog.documentation")}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const Header = () => (
       className="HelpDialog__btn"
       href="https://plus.excalidraw.com/blog"
       target="_blank"
-      rel="noopener noreferrer"
+      rel="noopener"
     >
       <div className="HelpDialog__link-icon">{ExternalLinkIcon}</div>
       {t("helpDialog.blog")}
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/PublishLibrary.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/PublishLibrary.tsx
index c1db912961..580b909d4b 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/PublishLibrary.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/PublishLibrary.tsx
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ const PublishLibrary = ({
                 <a
                   href="https://libraries.excalidraw.com"
                   target="_blank"
-                  rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                  rel="noopener"
                 >
                   {el}
                 </a>
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/dropdownMenu/DropdownMenuItemLink.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/dropdownMenu/DropdownMenuItemLink.tsx
index 1457f5ae79..d4f549c845 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/dropdownMenu/DropdownMenuItemLink.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/dropdownMenu/DropdownMenuItemLink.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const DropdownMenuItemLink = ({
   onSelect,
   className = "",
   selected,
-  rel = "noreferrer",
+  rel = "noopener",
   ...rest
 }: {
   href: string;
@@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ const DropdownMenuItemLink = ({
   const handleClick = useHandleDropdownMenuItemClick(rest.onClick, onSelect);
 
   return (
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react/jsx-no-target-blank
     <a
       {...rest}
       href={href}
       target="_blank"
-      rel="noreferrer"
+      rel={rel || "noopener"}
       className={getDropdownMenuItemClassName(className, selected)}
       title={rest.title ?? rest["aria-label"]}
       onClick={handleClick}
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/welcome-screen/WelcomeScreen.Center.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/welcome-screen/WelcomeScreen.Center.tsx
index bd9b9e55bc..8f548823e9 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/welcome-screen/WelcomeScreen.Center.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/welcome-screen/WelcomeScreen.Center.tsx
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ const WelcomeScreenMenuItemLink = ({
       className={`welcome-screen-menu-item ${className}`}
       href={href}
       target="_blank"
-      rel="noreferrer"
+      rel="noopener"
     >
       <WelcomeScreenMenuItemContent icon={icon} shortcut={shortcut}>
         {children}
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/excalidraw.test.tsx.snap b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/excalidraw.test.tsx.snap
index bbcc8d7e0b..bb87746c0d 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/excalidraw.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/excalidraw.test.tsx.snap
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ exports[`<Excalidraw/> > <MainMenu/> > should render main menu with host menu it
     <a
       class="dropdown-menu-item dropdown-menu-item-base"
       href="blog.excalidaw.com"
-      rel="noreferrer"
+      rel="noopener"
       target="_blank"
     >
       <div
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ exports[`<Excalidraw/> > Test UIOptions prop > Test canvasActions > should rende
         aria-label="GitHub"
         class="dropdown-menu-item dropdown-menu-item-base"
         href="https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw"
-        rel="noreferrer"
+        rel="noopener"
         target="_blank"
         title="GitHub"
       >
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ exports[`<Excalidraw/> > Test UIOptions prop > Test canvasActions > should rende
         aria-label="X"
         class="dropdown-menu-item dropdown-menu-item-base"
         href="https://x.com/excalidraw"
-        rel="noreferrer"
+        rel="noopener"
         target="_blank"
         title="X"
       >
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ exports[`<Excalidraw/> > Test UIOptions prop > Test canvasActions > should rende
         aria-label="Discord"
         class="dropdown-menu-item dropdown-menu-item-base"
         href="https://discord.gg/UexuTaE"
-        rel="noreferrer"
+        rel="noopener"
         target="_blank"
         title="Discord"
       >