diff --git a/src/authors/author-pages.md b/src/authors/author-pages.md
index 12df907566..e8e2fe780b 100644
--- a/src/authors/author-pages.md
+++ b/src/authors/author-pages.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pagination:
   alias: author
   resolve: values
   generatePageOnEmptyData: true
-permalink: "/authors/{{ author.name }}/"
+permalink: "/authors/{{ author.name | slugify }}/"
 excludeFromSearch: true
 layout: layouts/docs.njk
 ---