diff --git a/js/src/home.js b/js/src/home.js
index da7049b655..0a33797c1f 100644
--- a/js/src/home.js
+++ b/js/src/home.js
@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ const GitInfo = {
         if (data && data.version && data.date) {
             const current = GitInfo.parseVersionString($('span.version').text());
             const latest = GitInfo.parseVersionString(data.version);
-            const url = 'https://www.phpmyadmin.net/files/' + Functions.escapeHtml(encodeURIComponent(data.version)) + '/';
+            const url = './url.php?url=https://www.phpmyadmin.net/files/' + Functions.escapeHtml(encodeURIComponent(data.version)) + '/';
             let versionInformationMessage = document.createElement('span');
             versionInformationMessage.className = 'latest';
             const versionInformationMessageLink = document.createElement('a');
             versionInformationMessageLink.href = url;
             versionInformationMessageLink.className = 'disableAjax';
+            versionInformationMessageLink.target = '_blank';
+            versionInformationMessageLink.rel = 'noopener noreferrer';
             const versionInformationMessageLinkText = document.createTextNode(data.version);
             versionInformationMessageLink.appendChild(versionInformationMessageLinkText);
             const prefixMessage = document.createTextNode(Messages.strLatestAvailable + ' ');
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ const GitInfo = {
                 const mainContainerDivLink = document.createElement('a');
                 mainContainerDivLink.href = url;
                 mainContainerDivLink.className = 'disableAjax';
+                mainContainerDivLink.target = '_blank';
+                mainContainerDivLink.rel = 'noopener noreferrer';
                 const mainContainerDivLinkText = document.createTextNode(message);
                 mainContainerDivLink.appendChild(mainContainerDivLinkText);
                 mainContainerDiv.appendChild(mainContainerDivLink);
diff --git a/templates/footer.twig b/templates/footer.twig
index dee6a3a9c3..185ab32cc3 100644
--- a/templates/footer.twig
+++ b/templates/footer.twig
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@
         <a href="{{ url('/') }}">{% trans 'phpMyAdmin Demo Server' %}:</a>
         {% if git_revision_info is not empty %}
           {% set revision_info -%}
-            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{ git_revision_info.revisionUrl }}">{{ git_revision_info.revision }}</a>
+            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{ git_revision_info.revisionUrl|link }}">{{ git_revision_info.revision }}</a>
           {%- endset %}
           {% set branch_info -%}
-            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{ git_revision_info.branchUrl }}">{{ git_revision_info.branch }}</a>
+            <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="{{ git_revision_info.branchUrl|link }}">{{ git_revision_info.branch }}</a>
           {%- endset %}
           {{ 'Currently running Git revision %1$s from the %2$s branch.'|trans|format(revision_info, branch_info)|raw }}
         {% else %}