diff --git a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/MentionUserRenderer.js b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/MentionUserRenderer.js
index 6d4ab03b5e56..6deec34c9337 100644
--- a/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/MentionUserRenderer.js
+++ b/src/components/HTMLEngineProvider/HTMLRenderers/MentionUserRenderer.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ function MentionUserRenderer(props) {
                     href={ROUTES.getDetailsRoute(loginWithoutLeadingAt)}
                     style={[_.omit(props.style, 'color'), StyleUtils.getMentionStyle(isOurMention), {color: StyleUtils.getMentionTextColor(isOurMention)}]}
                     onPress={() => showUserDetails(loginWithoutLeadingAt)}
+                    // Add testID so it is NOT selected as an anchor tag by SelectionScraper
+                    testID="span"
                 >
                     <TNodeChildrenRenderer tnode={props.tnode} />
                 </TextLink>