diff --git a/data/its/metainfo.its b/data/its/metainfo.its
index 1fdc87384..ff48a6e2e 100644
--- a/data/its/metainfo.its
+++ b/data/its/metainfo.its
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
   <its:translateRule selector="/component/releases/release/description[@translate = 'no']"
                      translate="no"/>
 
+  <!-- Release metadata -->
+  <its:translateRule selector="/releases" translate="no"/>
+  <its:translateRule selector="/releases/release/description"
+                     translate="yes"/>
+  <its:translateRule selector="/releases/release/description[@translate = 'no']"
+                     translate="no"/>
+
   <!-- DEPRECATED -->
   <its:translateRule selector="/component/name[@translatable = 'no']"
                      translate="no"/>
diff --git a/data/its/metainfo.loc b/data/its/metainfo.loc
index d94ad6e6f..5fa75485f 100644
--- a/data/its/metainfo.loc
+++ b/data/its/metainfo.loc
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@
   SPDX-License-Identifier: FSFAP
 -->
 <locatingRules>
-  <locatingRule name="MetaInfo" pattern="*.appdata.xml">
+  <locatingRule name="MetaInfo" pattern="*.metainfo.xml">
     <documentRule localName="component" target="metainfo.its"/>
   </locatingRule>
-  <locatingRule name="MetaInfo" pattern="*.metainfo.xml">
+  <locatingRule name="MetaInfo" pattern="*.appdata.xml">
     <documentRule localName="component" target="metainfo.its"/>
   </locatingRule>
+
+  <locatingRule name="ReleaseData" pattern="*.releases.xml">
+    <documentRule localName="releases" target="metainfo.its"/>
+  </locatingRule>
 </locatingRules>