diff --git a/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report-ui.yaml b/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report-ui.yaml
index 09513d08e..8cfe5568c 100644
--- a/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report-ui.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report-ui.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: 🦋 Bug Report (web interface / frontend)
 description: Something doesn't look quite as it should?  Report it here!
-title: "[BUG] "
+title: "bug: "
 labels: ["bug/new-report", "forgejo/ui"]
 body:
 - type: markdown
diff --git a/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report.yaml b/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report.yaml
index 3c9b74bd5..6e9b116e6 100644
--- a/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/issue_template/bug-report.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: 🐛 Bug Report (server / backend)
 description: Found something you weren't expecting? Report it here!
-title: "[BUG] "
+title: "bug: "
 labels: bug/new-report
 body:
 - type: markdown
diff --git a/.gitea/issue_template/feature-request.yaml b/.gitea/issue_template/feature-request.yaml
index 4b10bea14..0996680cb 100644
--- a/.gitea/issue_template/feature-request.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/issue_template/feature-request.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: 💡 Feature Request
 description: Got an idea for a feature that Forgejo doesn't have yet? Suggest it here!
-title: "[FEAT] "
+title: "feat: "
 labels: ["enhancement/feature"]
 body:
 - type: markdown