diff --git a/rules/manager.go b/rules/manager.go
index a901991f0..e52f72e32 100644
--- a/rules/manager.go
+++ b/rules/manager.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/notification"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/templates"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/template"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/utility"
 )
 
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ func (m *Manager) queueAlertNotifications(rule *AlertingRule, timestamp clientmo
 		defs := "{{$labels := .Labels}}{{$value := .Value}}"
 
 		expand := func(text string) string {
-			template := templates.NewTemplateExpander(defs+text, "__alert_"+rule.Name(), tmplData, timestamp, m.queryEngine, m.pathPrefix)
-			result, err := template.Expand()
+			tmpl := template.NewTemplateExpander(defs+text, "__alert_"+rule.Name(), tmplData, timestamp, m.queryEngine, m.pathPrefix)
+			result, err := tmpl.Expand()
 			if err != nil {
 				result = err.Error()
 				log.Warnf("Error expanding alert template %v with data '%v': %v", rule.Name(), tmplData, err)
diff --git a/templates/templates.go b/template/template.go
similarity index 99%
rename from templates/templates.go
rename to template/template.go
index e7992db56..cb158d609 100644
--- a/templates/templates.go
+++ b/template/template.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package templates
+package template
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
diff --git a/templates/templates_test.go b/template/template_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from templates/templates_test.go
rename to template/template_test.go
index 10799065c..7c3c47311 100644
--- a/templates/templates_test.go
+++ b/template/template_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package templates
+package template
 
 import (
 	"math"
diff --git a/web/consoles.go b/web/consoles.go
index 9c2da52cf..27e70e05f 100644
--- a/web/consoles.go
+++ b/web/consoles.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	clientmodel "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/model"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/promql"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/templates"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/template"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ func (h *ConsolesHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Path:      r.URL.Path,
 	}
 
-	template := templates.NewTemplateExpander(string(text), "__console_"+r.URL.Path, data, clientmodel.Now(), h.QueryEngine, h.PathPrefix)
+	tmpl := template.NewTemplateExpander(string(text), "__console_"+r.URL.Path, data, clientmodel.Now(), h.QueryEngine, h.PathPrefix)
 	filenames, err := filepath.Glob(*consoleLibrariesPath + "/*.lib")
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
-	result, err := template.ExpandHTML(filenames)
+	result, err := tmpl.ExpandHTML(filenames)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return