diff --git a/app/views/shared/_old_visibility_level.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_old_visibility_level.html.haml
index fd576e4fbea9018f4e161feaf00720ddfa5e13a8..e8f3d888cce5341f3d433c4d1d1fb722b8921e47 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_old_visibility_level.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_old_visibility_level.html.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .form-group.row
   .col-sm-2.col-form-label
     = _('Visibility level')
-    = link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path("public_access/public_access")
+    = link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path("public_access/public_access"), target: '_blank'
   .col-sm-10
     = render 'shared/visibility_level', f: f, visibility_level: visibility_level, can_change_visibility_level: can_change_visibility_level, form_model: form_model, with_label: with_label
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/gt-open-visibility-help-link-in-a-new-tab.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/gt-open-visibility-help-link-in-a-new-tab.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..35515c9d63939e5aa99406ae9774417d79a8c48f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/gt-open-visibility-help-link-in-a-new-tab.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Open visibility help link in a new tab
+merge_request: 28603
+author: George Tsiolis
+type: fixed