diff --git a/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html b/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
index 06ed3b3a..2c4b4896 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/functions/get_author_name.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   {{ $author_username = $page.Scratch.Get "superuser_username" }}
 {{ else if $page.Params.authors }}
   {{ $author = index $page.Params.authors 0 }}
-  {{ $author_username = anchorize $author }}
+  {{ $author_username = urlize $author }}
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ $taxonomy := "authors" }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html b/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
index 2b40aa22..ef685d5a 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/page_metadata_authors.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{ with .Param $taxonomy }}
   {{ $link_authors := site.Params.link_authors | default true }}
   {{ range $index, $value := . }}
-    {{- $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy (. | anchorize)) -}}
+    {{- $profile_page := site.GetPage (printf "/%s/%s" $taxonomy (. | urlize)) -}}
     {{- $name := $profile_page.Params.name | default ($value|markdownify) -}}
     {{- if gt $index 0 }}, {{ end -}}
     <span>