diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml
index 0e3eea1699e688f2f1f7d9e5cc66026026fda679..b4a04e613ab8f33bf9866163219ce87036cd56c1 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   = render Onboarding::ActionCardComponent.new(title: _('Explore public projects'),
     description: _('Public projects are an easy way to allow everyone to have read-only access.'),
     icon: 'earth',
-    href: trending_explore_projects_path)
+    href: starred_explore_projects_path)
 
   - if current_user.can_create_group?
     = render Onboarding::ActionCardComponent.new(title: _('Create a group'),
diff --git a/spec/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml_spec.rb
index a5ad2495375f00ae793551d26405c14283ee5a48..860404c772536c98ff471067f99592dc5774f3b1 100644
--- a/spec/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/dashboard/projects/_blank_state_welcome.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
 
         expect(rendered).to include(_('Create a project'))
       end
+
+      it 'links to starred explore projects' do
+        render
+
+        expect(rendered).to have_link(_('Explore public projects'), href: starred_explore_projects_path)
+      end
     end
 
     context 'with project creation disabled' do