diff --git a/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php b/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php
index 71723b8edd4..5d520791979 100644
--- a/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php
+++ b/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class block_rss_client extends block_base {
 
                 $item['link'] = str_replace('&', '&', $item['link']);
 
-                $returnstring .= '<div class="link"><a href="'. $item['link'] .'" target="_new">'. $item['title'] . '</a></div>' ."\n";
+                $returnstring .= '<div class="link"><a href="'. $item['link'] .'" target="_blank">'. $item['title'] . '</a></div>' ."\n";
 
                 
                 if ($display_description && !empty($item['description'])) {
diff --git a/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client_action.php b/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client_action.php
index 3517d93a7a3..77341249bc9 100644
--- a/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client_action.php
+++ b/blocks/rss_client/block_rss_client_action.php
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
                 }
 
                 print '<tr><td valign="middle">'."\n";
-                print '<a href="'. $rss->items[$y]['link'] .'" target=_new><strong>'. $rss->items[$y]['title'];
+                print '<a href="'. $rss->items[$y]['link'] .'" target="_blank"><strong>'. $rss->items[$y]['title'];
                 print '</strong></a>'."\n";
                 print '</td>'."\n";
                 if (file_exists($CFG->dirroot .'/blog/lib.php')) {