diff --git a/web/lit-localize.json b/web/lit-localize.json
index 75092b375..19a901a91 100644
--- a/web/lit-localize.json
+++ b/web/lit-localize.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "targetLocales": [
         "en",
         "pseudo-LOCALE",
-        "fr_FR",
+        "fr",
         "tr",
         "es",
         "pl",
diff --git a/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/ak-locale-context.stories.ts b/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/ak-locale-context.stories.ts
index 8eaa91769..2d144f149 100644
--- a/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/ak-locale-context.stories.ts
+++ b/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/ak-locale-context.stories.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class AKLocaleSensitiveDemoComponent extends LitElement {
 
 export const InFrench = () =>
     html`<div style="background: #fff; padding: 4em">
-        <ak-locale-context locale="fr_FR"
+        <ak-locale-context locale="fr"
             ><ak-locale-demo-component
                 >Everything is not ok.</ak-locale-demo-component
             ></ak-locale-context
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ export const InFrench = () =>
 export const SwitchingBackAndForth = () => {
     let lang = "en";
     window.setInterval(() => {
-        lang = lang === "en" ? "fr_FR" : "en";
+        lang = lang === "en" ? "fr" : "en";
         window.dispatchEvent(customEvent(EVENT_LOCALE_REQUEST, { locale: lang }));
     }, 1000);
 
     return html`<div style="background: #fff; padding: 4em">
-        <ak-locale-context locale="fr_FR">
+        <ak-locale-context locale="fr">
             <ak-locale-sensitive-demo-component></ak-locale-sensitive-demo-component
         ></ak-locale-context>
     </div>`;
diff --git a/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/definitions.ts b/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/definitions.ts
index 2af591eae..63ec25025 100644
--- a/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/definitions.ts
+++ b/web/src/elements/ak-locale-context/definitions.ts
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ export { enLocale };
 // language uses both "regional" and "script" suffixes. The regexes use the language and any region
 // or script.
 //
-// French is currently an oddity; the translator provided the France regional version explicitly,
-// and we fall back to that regardless of region. Sorry, Québécois.
-//
 // Chinese locales usually (but not always) use the script rather than region suffix. The default
 // (optional) fallback for Chinese (zh) is "Chinese (simplified)", which is why it has that odd
 // regex syntax at the end which means "match zh as long as it's not followed by a [:word:] token";
@@ -43,7 +40,7 @@ const LOCALE_TABLE: LocaleRow[] = [
     ["en",      /^en([_-]|$)/i,      () => msg("English"),               async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/en")],
     ["es",      /^es([_-]|$)/i,      () => msg("Spanish"),               async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/es")],
     ["de",      /^de([_-]|$)/i,      () => msg("German"),                async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/de")],
-    ["fr_FR",   /^fr([_-]|$)/i,      () => msg("French"),                async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/fr_FR")],
+    ["fr",      /^fr([_-]|$)/i,      () => msg("French"),                async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/fr")],
     ["pl",      /^pl([_-]|$)/i,      () => msg("Polish"),                async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/pl")],
     ["tr",      /^tr([_-]|$)/i,      () => msg("Turkish"),               async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/tr")],
     ["zh-Hant", /^zh[_-](HK|Hant)/i, () => msg("Chinese (traditional)"), async () => await import("@goauthentik/locales/zh-Hant")],
diff --git a/web/src/locale-codes.ts b/web/src/locale-codes.ts
index affe2b48a..86337dc8d 100644
--- a/web/src/locale-codes.ts
+++ b/web/src/locale-codes.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export const targetLocales = [
   `de`,
   `en`,
   `es`,
-  `fr_FR`,
+  `fr`,
   `pl`,
   `pseudo-LOCALE`,
   `tr`,
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const allLocales = [
   `en`,
   `en`,
   `es`,
-  `fr_FR`,
+  `fr`,
   `pl`,
   `pseudo-LOCALE`,
   `tr`,
diff --git a/web/xliff/fr_FR.xlf b/web/xliff/fr.xlf
similarity index 100%
rename from web/xliff/fr_FR.xlf
rename to web/xliff/fr.xlf