diff --git a/src/templates/src/podcast.xml b/src/templates/src/podcast.xml
index 45e5cba0..3bcf8617 100644
--- a/src/templates/src/podcast.xml
+++ b/src/templates/src/podcast.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 				<itunes:episode>{{ .EpisodeNumber }}</itunes:episode>
 				<itunes:order>{{ .EpisodeNumber }}</itunes:order>
 				<enclosure url="{{ .FileUrl }}" length="{{ .FileSize }}" type="audio/mpeg" />
-				<pubDate>{{ .PublicationDate }}</pubDate>
+				<pubDate>{{ rfc1123 .PublicationDate }}</pubDate>
 				<itunes:duration>{{ .Duration }}</itunes:duration>
 				<link>{{ .Url }}</link>
 			</item>
diff --git a/src/templates/templates.go b/src/templates/templates.go
index 7de7face..9e6f1e43 100644
--- a/src/templates/templates.go
+++ b/src/templates/templates.go
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ var HMNTemplateFuncs = template.FuncMap{
 	"rfc3339": func(t time.Time) string {
 		return t.UTC().Format(time.RFC3339)
 	},
+	"rfc1123": func(t time.Time) string {
+		return t.UTC().Format(time.RFC1123)
+	},
 	"alpha": func(alpha float64, color noire.Color) noire.Color {
 		color.Alpha = alpha
 		return color