diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-content/src/OpenInTab.ts b/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-content/src/OpenInTab.ts
index d8b282ad13..7ab9a79fb7 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-content/src/OpenInTab.ts
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-content/src/OpenInTab.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ export const openEntitiesInTabs = async (...uriPaths: string[]): Promise<OpenEnt
     return emptyOpenEntitiesInTabsResult;
   }
   return fetchWorkAreaService().then(
-    (workAreaService): Promise<OpenEntitiesInTabsResult> => workAreaService.openEntitiesInTabs(uriPaths),
+    (workAreaService): Promise<OpenEntitiesInTabsResult> =>
+      workAreaService.openEntitiesInTabs(uriPaths, false, {
+        additionalOptions: {
+          focusTab: true,
+        },
+      }),
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-link/src/contentlink/LinkUserActionsPlugin.ts b/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-link/src/contentlink/LinkUserActionsPlugin.ts
index d201d9e89d..69d304068d 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-link/src/contentlink/LinkUserActionsPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-coremedia-link/src/contentlink/LinkUserActionsPlugin.ts
@@ -198,7 +198,13 @@ export default class LinkUserActionsPlugin extends Plugin {
   #openInWorkAreaTab(uri: string): void {
     serviceAgent
       .fetchService(createWorkAreaServiceDescriptor())
-      .then((workAreaService) => workAreaService.openEntitiesInTabs([requireContentUriPath(uri)]))
+      .then((workAreaService) =>
+        workAreaService.openEntitiesInTabs([requireContentUriPath(uri)], false, {
+          additionalOptions: {
+            focusTab: true,
+          },
+        }),
+      )
       .catch((reason) => {
         LinkUserActionsPlugin.LOG.warn(reason);
       });