diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
index f8e9f53a2..afb9fd66a 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug_report.md
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ---
 name: Bug report
 about: Create a report to help us improve
-title: ''
-labels: ''
-assignees: ''
+title: '[Bug]: '
+labels: ["bug", "needs-triage"]
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
index 787e06552..a0c4b594b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/feature_request.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: Feature request
 about: Submit a feature request
 title: "[Feature]: "
-labels: ["feature", "lifecycle/frozen"]
+labels: ["feature", "needs-triage", "lifecycle/frozen"]
 ---
 
 <!-- A clear and concise description of the feature request. Please outline the motivation for the proposal. Is your feature request related to a specific problem? e.g., *"I'm working on X and would like Y to be possible"*. If this is related to another GitHub issue, please link it here too. -->