diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG.yml
index f75b4a61c..56c2b89f9 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
 
         If you're looking to file an issue with CPython itself, please click here: [CPython Issues](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new/choose).
 
-        Issues related to [Python's documentation](https://docs.python.org) can also be filed [here](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new?assignees=&labels=docs&template=documentation.md).
+        Issues related to [Python's documentation](https://docs.python.org) can also be filed [here](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new?assignees=&labels=docs&template=documentation.yml).
 
   - type: textarea
     id: description
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/DOCS.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/DOCS.yml
index 2f216878a..857bc77a8 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/DOCS.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/DOCS.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
 
         If you're looking to file an issue with CPython itself, please click here: [CPython Issues](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new/choose).
 
-        Issues related to [Python's documentation](https://docs.python.org) can also be filed [here](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new?assignees=&labels=docs&template=documentation.md).
+        Issues related to [Python's documentation](https://docs.python.org) can also be filed [here](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new?assignees=&labels=docs&template=documentation.yml).
 
   - type: textarea
     id: summary
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/REQUEST.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/REQUEST.yml
index c0f29e2c0..c2dd2363b 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/REQUEST.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/REQUEST.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body:
 
         If you're looking to file an issue with CPython itself, please click here: [CPython Issues](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new/choose).
 
-        Issues related to [Python's documentation](https://docs.python.org) can also be filed [here](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new?assignees=&labels=docs&template=documentation.md).
+        Issues related to [Python's documentation](https://docs.python.org) can also be filed [here](https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/new?assignees=&labels=docs&template=documentation.yml).
 
   - type: textarea
     id: problem
diff --git a/pydotorg/tests/test_issue_templates.py b/pydotorg/tests/test_issue_templates.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed37070e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydotorg/tests/test_issue_templates.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import yaml
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase
+
+
+class IssueTemplateTestCase(SimpleTestCase):
+    """Tests to validate GitHub issue templates."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.issue_template_dir = Path(settings.BASE) / ".github" / "ISSUE_TEMPLATE"
+
+    def test_issue_templates_exist_and_are_valid_yaml(self):
+        """Ensure issue template YAML files exist and are syntactically valid."""
+        yml_files = list(self.issue_template_dir.glob("*.yml"))
+        self.assertGreater(len(yml_files), 0, "No issue template YAML files found")
+
+        for file_path in yml_files:
+            content = file_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            parsed = yaml.safe_load(content)
+            self.assertIsInstance(parsed, dict, f"{file_path.name} did not parse into a valid YAML mapping")
+
+    def test_cpython_documentation_template_links_use_yml(self):
+        """Regression test for #3149: verify documentation issue links use .yml not .md."""
+        template_files = ["BUG.yml", "DOCS.yml", "REQUEST.yml"]
+        docs_url_pattern = re.compile(r"https://github\.com/python/cpython/issues/new\?[^)\s]+")
+
+        for filename in template_files:
+            file_path = self.issue_template_dir / filename
+            self.assertTrue(file_path.exists(), f"{filename} does not exist")
+            content = file_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+            # Must not contain the broken .md link
+            self.assertNotIn(
+                "template=documentation.md",
+                content,
+                f"{filename} contains invalid template=documentation.md link (should be .yml)",
+            )
+
+            # Must contain the valid .yml link
+            self.assertIn(
+                "template=documentation.yml",
+                content,
+                f"{filename} is missing expected template=documentation.yml link",
+            )
+
+            # Ensure every cpython documentation link found uses .yml
+            for match in docs_url_pattern.findall(content):
+                if "labels=docs" in match:
+                    self.assertIn(
+                        "template=documentation.yml",
+                        match,
+                        f"Found broken link in {filename}: {match}",
+                    )