diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1971756f..14a29239 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Important HOTFIX
 
 
 <a name="1.7.0"></a>
-# [1.7.0](https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/compare/1.6.4...1.7.0) (2017-06-01)
+## [1.7.0](https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/compare/1.6.4...1.7.0) (2017-06-01)
 
 (DEPRECATED)
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 55636853..24a9b31e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     "quiet-grunt": "^0.2.3",
     "semver": "^5.0.0",
     "semver-sort": "0.0.4",
-    "sinon": "^1.14.1",
+    "sinon": "^2.3.3",
     "source-map-support": "^0.4.15"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/subParsers/anchors.js b/src/subParsers/anchors.js
index 57793682..49676ea6 100644
--- a/src/subParsers/anchors.js
+++ b/src/subParsers/anchors.js
@@ -82,8 +82,12 @@ showdown.subParser('anchors', function (text, options, globals) {
       if (!showdown.helper.isString(options.ghMentionsLink)) {
         throw new Error('ghMentionsLink option must be a string');
       }
-      var lnk = options.ghMentionsLink.replace(/\{u}/g, username);
-      return st + '<a href="' + lnk + '">' + mentions + '</a>';
+      var lnk = options.ghMentionsLink.replace(/\{u}/g, username),
+          target = '';
+      if (options.openLinksInNewWindow) {
+        target = ' target="¨E95Eblank"';
+      }
+      return st + '<a href="' + lnk + '"' + target + '>' + mentions + '</a>';
     });
   }