diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 82eb27e6a..96f82db82 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     "make-event-props": "^1.1.0",
     "merge-class-names": "^1.1.1",
     "merge-refs": "^1.0.0",
-    "pdfjs-dist": "2.10.377",
+    "pdfjs-dist": "2.12.313",
     "prop-types": "^15.6.2",
     "tiny-invariant": "^1.0.0",
     "tiny-warning": "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/Document.jsx b/src/Document.jsx
index 6da8d7879..ce3a63343 100644
--- a/src/Document.jsx
+++ b/src/Document.jsx
@@ -145,20 +145,10 @@ export default class Document extends PureComponent {
   }
 
   setupLinkService = () => {
+    const { externalLinkTarget } = this.props;
+
     this.linkService.setViewer(this.viewer);
-    const documentInstance = this;
-    Object.defineProperty(this.linkService, 'externalLinkTarget', {
-      get() {
-        const { externalLinkTarget } = documentInstance.props;
-        switch (externalLinkTarget) {
-          case '_self': return 1;
-          case '_blank': return 2;
-          case '_parent': return 3;
-          case '_top': return 4;
-          default: return 0;
-        }
-      },
-    });
+    this.linkService.setExternalLinkTarget(externalLinkTarget);
   }
 
   get childContext() {
diff --git a/src/Document.spec.jsx b/src/Document.spec.jsx
index 7dfe1d650..a2a5f3f46 100644
--- a/src/Document.spec.jsx
+++ b/src/Document.spec.jsx
@@ -505,14 +505,14 @@ describe('Document', () => {
 
   describe('linkService', () => {
     it.each`
-      externalLinkTarget | linkServiceTarget
-      ${null}            | ${0}
-      ${'_self'}         | ${1}
-      ${'_blank'}        | ${2}
-      ${'_parent'}       | ${3}
-      ${'_top'}          | ${4}
-    `('returns externalLinkTarget = $linkServiceTarget given externalLinkTarget prop = $externalLinkTarget', async ({
-      externalLinkTarget, linkServiceTarget,
+      externalLinkTarget | target
+      ${null}            | ${null}
+      ${'_self'}         | ${'_self'}
+      ${'_blank'}        | ${'_blank'}
+      ${'_parent'}       | ${'_parent'}
+      ${'_top'}          | ${'_top'}
+    `('returns externalLinkTarget = $target given externalLinkTarget prop = $externalLinkTarget', async ({
+      externalLinkTarget, target,
     }) => {
       const { func: onLoadSuccess, promise: onLoadSuccessPromise } = makeAsyncCallback();
 
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ describe('Document', () => {
 
       await onLoadSuccessPromise;
 
-      expect(component.instance().linkService.externalLinkTarget).toBe(linkServiceTarget);
+      expect(component.instance().linkService.externalLinkTarget).toBe(target);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/LinkService.js b/src/LinkService.js
index 0d55134c7..26a37bbc5 100644
--- a/src/LinkService.js
+++ b/src/LinkService.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 import invariant from 'tiny-invariant';
 
-/* eslint-disable class-methods-use-this, no-empty-function */
+/* eslint-disable class-methods-use-this, no-empty-function, no-param-reassign */
 
 export default class LinkService {
   constructor() {
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export default class LinkService {
     this.pdfViewer = pdfViewer;
   }
 
+  setExternalLinkTarget(externalLinkTarget) {
+    this.externalLinkTarget = externalLinkTarget;
+  }
+
   setHistory() {}
 
   get pagesCount() {
@@ -104,6 +108,11 @@ export default class LinkService {
 
   goToPage() {}
 
+  addLinkAttributes(link, url, newWindow) {
+    link.href = url;
+    link.target = newWindow ? '_blank' : this.externalLinkTarget || '';
+  }
+
   getDestinationHash() {
     return '#';
   }
diff --git a/src/Page/AnnotationLayer.spec.jsx b/src/Page/AnnotationLayer.spec.jsx
index e83be8c4f..e4e2e4480 100644
--- a/src/Page/AnnotationLayer.spec.jsx
+++ b/src/Page/AnnotationLayer.spec.jsx
@@ -136,19 +136,22 @@ describe('AnnotationLayer', () => {
     });
 
     it.each`
-      linkServiceTarget | target
-      ${1}              | ${'_self'}
-      ${2}              | ${'_blank'}
-      ${3}              | ${'_parent'}
-      ${4}              | ${'_top'}
-    `('renders all links with target $target given externalLinkTarget = $target', ({
-      linkServiceTarget, target,
+      externalLinkTarget | target
+      ${null}            | ${''}
+      ${'_self'}         | ${'_self'}
+      ${'_blank'}        | ${'_blank'}
+      ${'_parent'}       | ${'_parent'}
+      ${'_top'}          | ${'_top'}
+    `('renders all links with target $target given externalLinkTarget = $externalLinkTarget', ({
+      externalLinkTarget, target,
     }) => {
       const {
         func: onRenderAnnotationLayerSuccess, promise: onRenderAnnotationLayerSuccessPromise,
       } = makeAsyncCallback();
       const customLinkService = new LinkService();
-      customLinkService.externalLinkTarget = linkServiceTarget;
+      if (externalLinkTarget) {
+        customLinkService.setExternalLinkTarget(externalLinkTarget);
+      }
 
       const component = mount(
         <AnnotationLayer
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 204dc8407..722a56a33 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5883,12 +5883,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"pdfjs-dist@npm:2.10.377":
-  version: 2.10.377
-  resolution: "pdfjs-dist@npm:2.10.377"
+"pdfjs-dist@npm:2.12.313":
+  version: 2.12.313
+  resolution: "pdfjs-dist@npm:2.12.313"
   peerDependencies:
-    worker-loader: ^3.0.7
-  checksum: 5a4c14777676e15aeca9a627cc1f368821071ae040154983edf21f1040cb89acd9b0168b43b64ac10d66f86094dcb48b33513b9810b6d422446c599fb172d5a4
+    worker-loader: ^3.0.8
+  peerDependenciesMeta:
+    worker-loader:
+      optional: true
+  checksum: 0571ff3653d75e7eaf86c840c6fe83a92456c20b6f40c2de666df2e3c30de1e05a4920f18799a3d59005c73dcea1a6f45728845a20fdae9b08a3a774d13aee1b
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
@@ -6119,7 +6122,7 @@ __metadata:
     make-event-props: ^1.1.0
     merge-class-names: ^1.1.1
     merge-refs: ^1.0.0
-    pdfjs-dist: 2.10.377
+    pdfjs-dist: 2.12.313
     prop-types: ^15.6.2
     react: ^17.0.0
     react-dom: ^17.0.0