diff --git a/templates/frontend/pages/userLogin.tpl b/templates/frontend/pages/userLogin.tpl
index 5cbdaf0..27b132d 100755
--- a/templates/frontend/pages/userLogin.tpl
+++ b/templates/frontend/pages/userLogin.tpl
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {**
  * templates/frontend/pages/userLogin.tpl
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Simon Fraser University
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2020 John Willinsky
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2024 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2024 John Willinsky
  * Distributed under the GNU GPL v2. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
  *
  * User login form.
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@
 						</div>
 					</div>
 
+					{* recaptcha spam blocker *}
+					{if $recaptchaPublicKey}
+						<fieldset class="recaptcha_wrapper">
+							<div class="fields">
+								<div class="recaptcha">
+									<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="{$recaptchaPublicKey|escape}">
+									</div><label for="g-recaptcha-response" style="display:none;" hidden>Recaptcha response</label>
+								</div>
+							</div>
+						</fieldset>
+					{/if}
+
 					<div class="form-group">
 						<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">
 							{translate key="user.login"}
diff --git a/templates/frontend/pages/userRegister.tpl b/templates/frontend/pages/userRegister.tpl
index a2b5f94..f16e84b 100755
--- a/templates/frontend/pages/userRegister.tpl
+++ b/templates/frontend/pages/userRegister.tpl
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {**
  * templates/frontend/pages/userRegister.tpl
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Simon Fraser University
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2020 John Willinsky
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2024 Simon Fraser University
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2024 John Willinsky
  * Distributed under the GNU GPL v2. For full terms see the file docs/COPYING.
  *
  * User registration form.
@@ -109,11 +109,12 @@
 				{include file="frontend/components/registrationFormContexts.tpl"}
 
 				{* recaptcha spam blocker *}
-				{if $reCaptchaHtml}
+				{if $recaptchaPublicKey}
 					<fieldset class="recaptcha_wrapper">
 						<div class="fields">
 							<div class="recaptcha">
-								{$reCaptchaHtml}
+								<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="{$recaptchaPublicKey|escape}">
+								</div><label for="g-recaptcha-response" style="display:none;" hidden>Recaptcha response</label>
 							</div>
 						</div>
 					</fieldset>