diff --git a/src/CONST.js b/src/CONST.js
index 2daca29d8bb3..f0ccd47b3a8f 100755
--- a/src/CONST.js
+++ b/src/CONST.js
@@ -2197,6 +2197,9 @@ const CONST = {
         SAMPLE_INPUT: '123456.789',
         EXPECTED_OUTPUT: 'FCFA 123,457',
     },
+    PATHS_TO_TREAT_AS_EXTERNAL: [
+        'NewExpensify.dmg',
+    ],
 };
 
 export default CONST;
diff --git a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js
index be8c8a1fc3eb..92c327bc6053 100644
--- a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js
+++ b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/AnchorRenderer.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ const AnchorRenderer = (props) => {
     const attrHref = htmlAttribs.href || '';
     const attrPath = lodashGet(Url.getURLObject(attrHref), 'path', '').replace('/', '');
     const hasExpensifyOrigin = Url.hasSameExpensifyOrigin(attrHref, CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.EXPENSIFY_URL) || Url.hasSameExpensifyOrigin(attrHref, CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.STAGING_API_ROOT);
-    const internalNewExpensifyPath = (Url.hasSameExpensifyOrigin(attrHref, CONST.NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL) || Url.hasSameExpensifyOrigin(attrHref, CONST.STAGING_NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL)) && attrPath;
+    const internalNewExpensifyPath = (Url.hasSameExpensifyOrigin(attrHref, CONST.NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL) || Url.hasSameExpensifyOrigin(attrHref, CONST.STAGING_NEW_EXPENSIFY_URL))
+        && !CONST.PATHS_TO_TREAT_AS_EXTERNAL.includes(attrPath) ? attrPath : '';
     const internalExpensifyPath = hasExpensifyOrigin
                                     && !attrPath.startsWith(CONFIG.EXPENSIFY.CONCIERGE_URL_PATHNAME)
                                     && attrPath;
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ const AnchorRenderer = (props) => {
             key={props.key}
             displayName={displayName}
 
-            // Only pass the press handler for internal links, for public links fallback to default link handling
+            // Only pass the press handler for internal links. For public links or whitelisted internal links fallback to default link handling
             onPress={(internalNewExpensifyPath || internalExpensifyPath) ? navigateToLink : undefined}
         >
             <TNodeChildrenRenderer tnode={props.tnode} />