diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_monitoring.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_monitoring.vue
index 4b030a27900..79c019b3491 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_monitoring.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/environments/components/environment_monitoring.vue
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export default {
   <a
     class="btn monitoring-url has-tooltip"
     data-container="body"
-    target="_blank"
     rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"
     :href="monitoringUrl"
     :title="title"
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/environments-button-open-same-tab.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/environments-button-open-same-tab.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..60b0d389e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/environments-button-open-same-tab.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Removed the target=_blank from the monitoring component to prevent opening
+  a new tab
+merge_request:
+author: