diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/03-gopls.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/03-gopls.md
index c4934c3898..a6b9d913c1 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/03-gopls.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/03-gopls.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 name: Gopls bugs or feature requests
 about: Issues or feature requests for the Go language server (gopls)
 title: "x/tools/gopls: "
-labels: gopls Tools
+labels:
+  - gopls
+  - Tools
 ---
 
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diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/11-language-change.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/11-language-change.md
index 2032301327..cc9b82b3b7 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/11-language-change.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/11-language-change.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 name: Language Change Proposals
 about: Changes to the language
 title: "proposal: Go 2: "
-labels: Proposal Go2 LanguageChange
+labels:
+  - Proposal
+  - v2
+  - LanguageChange
 ---
 
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