diff --git a/layouts/_default/rss.xml b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
index 0967c780..5a750925 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/rss.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/rss.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
     <description>Recent content {{ if ne  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
     <generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator>
-    <language>{{ site.LanguageCode }}</language>{{ with .Site.Params.Author.email }}
+    <language>{{ site.Language.Locale }}</language>{{ with .Site.Params.Author.email }}
     <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Params.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Params.Author.email }}
     <webMaster>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Params.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</webMaster>{{end}}
     {{ if .Site.Params.footer.showCopyright | default true -}}
diff --git a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
index 32dfc2a0..c38969a5 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
+++ b/layouts/_default/sitemap.xml
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
     <priority>{{ .Sitemap.Priority }}</priority>{{ end }}{{ if .IsTranslated }}{{ range .Translations }}
     <xhtml:link
       rel="alternate"
-      hreflang="{{ .Language.LanguageCode }}"
+      hreflang="{{ .Language.Locale }}"
       href="{{ .Permalink }}"
     />{{ end }}
     <xhtml:link
       rel="alternate"
-      hreflang="{{ .Language.LanguageCode }}"
+      hreflang="{{ .Language.Locale }}"
       href="{{ $link }}"
     />{{ end }}
   </url>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/head.html b/layouts/partials/head.html
index e41972d9..500c5d62 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/head.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <link rel="canonical" href="{{ .Permalink }}">
   {{ if .IsTranslated }}
     {{ range .AllTranslations }}
-      {{ $hreflang := .Language.LanguageCode | default .Language.Lang }}
+      {{ $hreflang := .Language.Locale | default .Language.Lang }}
       {{ if $hreflang }}
         <link rel="alternate" hreflang="{{ $hreflang }}" href="{{ .Permalink }}">
       {{ end }}