diff --git a/src/_includes/footer.html b/src/_includes/footer.html
index 0f6d70a..0ce7068 100644
--- a/src/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/src/_includes/footer.html
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 <footer id="footer">
   <ul class="icons">
     {% if site.twitter_url %}
-    <li><a href="{{ site.twitter_url }}" class="icon fa-twitter" target="_blank"><span class="label">Twitter</span></a></li>
+    <li><a rel="noopener" href="{{ site.twitter_url }}" class="icon fa-twitter"><span class="label">Twitter</span></a></li>
     {% endif %} {% if site.500px_url %}
-    <li><a href="{{ site.500px_url }}" class="icon fa-500px" target="_blank"><span class="label">500px</span></a></li>
+    <li><a rel="noopener" href="{{ site.500px_url }}" class="icon fa-500px"><span class="label">500px</span></a></li>
     {% endif %} {% if site.gitlab_url %}
-    <li><a href="{{ site.gitlab_url }}" class="icon fa-gitlab" target="_blank"><span class="label">GitLab</span></a></li>
+    <li><a rel="noopener" href="{{ site.gitlab_url }}" class="icon fa-gitlab"><span class="label">GitLab</span></a></li>
     {% endif %} {% if site.github_url %}
-    <li><a href="{{ site.github_url }}" class="icon fa-github" target="_blank"><span class="label">GitHub</span></a></li>
+    <li><a rel="noopener" href="{{ site.github_url }}" class="icon fa-github"><span class="label">GitHub</span></a></li>
     {% endif %}
   </ul>
   <ul class="copyright">
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@
 <script src="{{ "/assets/js/main.js" | absolute_url }}"></script>
 
 </body>
-
 </html>
diff --git a/src/_includes/membership-footer.html b/src/_includes/membership-footer.html
index 7d6b41c..4548216 100644
--- a/src/_includes/membership-footer.html
+++ b/src/_includes/membership-footer.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <section class="wrapper style5 special compressed">
-    <a href="https://www.coops.tech/" target="_blank">
+    <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.coops.tech/">
     <img src="/assets/images/Member-of-CoTech-logo-200.png" alt="Member of Co-Tech"/>
     </a>
 </section>