diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 73d4d60fb..6714be11b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1547,6 +1547,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "raw-window-handle",
  "smithay-clipboard",
  "web-time",
+ "webbrowser",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
  "winit",
 ]
diff --git a/apps/figcraft/Cargo.toml b/apps/figcraft/Cargo.toml
index f2ea73ba8..386cb1f33 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/figcraft/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ craft-window = { workspace = true }
 # The suite's settings folder: `FIGCRAFT_CONFIG_DIR`, a portable marker, then the platform folder.
 craft-settings = { workspace = true }
 egui = { workspace = true }
-eframe = { workspace = true, features = ["default_fonts", "wgpu", "accesskit", "clipboard", "wayland", "x11"] }
+# `links`: without it eframe drops every `ctx.open_url` and hyperlink click (the update prompt's
+# What's new and Download, About, Credits) with only a log warning.
+eframe = { workspace = true, features = ["default_fonts", "wgpu", "accesskit", "clipboard", "links", "wayland", "x11"] }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 rfd = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/apps/figcraft/src/services_tests.rs b/apps/figcraft/src/services_tests.rs
index 970f1729e..0d197f5ce 100644
--- a/apps/figcraft/src/services_tests.rs
+++ b/apps/figcraft/src/services_tests.rs
@@ -142,3 +142,13 @@ fn the_next_dialog_starts_in_the_folder_of_the_last_pick() {
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(&dir);
     assert_eq!(start_folder(Some(dir)), None, "a folder deleted since: the system's own");
 }
+
+/// The update prompt's What's new and Download, and the About and Credits links, open through
+/// `ctx.open_url`. eframe drops those with only a log warning unless it is built with `links`.
+#[test]
+fn links_in_the_interface_open_in_the_browser() {
+    let manifest = include_str!("../Cargo.toml");
+    let eframe: Vec<&str> = manifest.lines().filter(|l| l.trim_start().starts_with("eframe =")).collect();
+    assert!(!eframe.is_empty(), "the app depends on eframe");
+    assert!(eframe.iter().any(|l| l.contains("\"links\"")), "eframe is built with `links`: {eframe:?}");
+}