diff --git a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
index 88d46470b10c0a..a29ebe6b85195e 100644
--- a/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/components/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
+-   `ExternalLink`: Add `wp-exclude-emoji` class to prevent Twemoji from replacing the arrow icon ([#75538](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/75538)).
 -   `TimePicker`: Fix date parsing for years below 1000 by implementing ISO 8601 compliant year formatting with zero-padding ([#75343](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/75343)).
 -   `Text`: Remove `text-wrap: balance` fallback. Only `text-wrap: pretty` is now used ([#75089](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/75089)).
 -   `RangeControl`: support forced-colors mode ([#75165](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/75165)).
diff --git a/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx b/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx
index 35d9012834a7ed..c19e86a9cd5efd 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/external-link/index.tsx
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ function UnforwardedExternalLink(
 				{ children }
 			</span>
 			<span
-				className="components-external-link__icon"
+				className={ clsx(
+					'components-external-link__icon',
+					// This class prevents the arrow from being replaced by a Twemoji image.
+					'wp-exclude-emoji'
+				) }
 				aria-label={
 					/* translators: accessibility text */
 					__( '(opens in a new tab)' )
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap b/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
index bf105ebdf158e1..7e1252d01f4aae 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/post-publish-panel/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ exports[`PostPublishPanel should render the post-publish panel if the post is pu
             </span>
             <span
               aria-label="(opens in a new tab)"
-              class="components-external-link__icon"
+              class="components-external-link__icon wp-exclude-emoji"
             >
               ↗
             </span>
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ exports[`PostPublishPanel should render the post-publish panel if the post is sc
             </span>
             <span
               aria-label="(opens in a new tab)"
-              class="components-external-link__icon"
+              class="components-external-link__icon wp-exclude-emoji"
             >
               ↗
             </span>