diff --git a/middleware/contextualizers/ghae-release-notes.js b/middleware/contextualizers/ghae-release-notes.js
index e832000796..708f372970 100644
--- a/middleware/contextualizers/ghae-release-notes.js
+++ b/middleware/contextualizers/ghae-release-notes.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ export default async function ghaeReleaseNotesContext(req, res, next) {
   )
     return next()
 
-  const ghaeReleaseNotes = getDeepDataByLanguage('release-notes.github-ae', req.language)
+  let ghaeReleaseNotes = getDeepDataByLanguage('release-notes.github-ae', req.language)
+  if ((!ghaeReleaseNotes || Object.keys(ghaeReleaseNotes).length === 0) && req.language !== 'en') {
+    ghaeReleaseNotes = getDeepDataByLanguage('release-notes.github-ae', 'en')
+  }
 
   // internalLatestRelease is set in lib/all-versions, e.g., '3.5' but UI still displays '@latest'.
   let requestedRelease = req.context.currentVersionObj.internalLatestRelease
diff --git a/middleware/contextualizers/ghes-release-notes.js b/middleware/contextualizers/ghes-release-notes.js
index 3432f4f740..6da18ec6b2 100644
--- a/middleware/contextualizers/ghes-release-notes.js
+++ b/middleware/contextualizers/ghes-release-notes.js
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ export default async function ghesReleaseNotesContext(req, res, next) {
   const [requestedPlan, requestedRelease] = req.context.currentVersion.split('@')
   if (requestedPlan !== 'enterprise-server') return next()
 
-  const ghesReleaseNotes = getDeepDataByLanguage('release-notes.enterprise-server', req.language)
+  let ghesReleaseNotes = getDeepDataByLanguage('release-notes.enterprise-server', req.language)
+  if ((!ghesReleaseNotes || Object.keys(ghesReleaseNotes).length === 0) && req.language !== 'en') {
+    ghesReleaseNotes = getDeepDataByLanguage('release-notes.enterprise-server', 'en')
+  }
 
   // If the requested GHES release isn't found in data/release-notes/enterprise-server/*,
   // and it IS a valid GHES release, try being helpful and redirecting to the old location.