diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..729a66403968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+blank_issues_enabled: false
+contact_links:
+  - name: Asking for help
+    url: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/spring-boot
+    about: The Spring Boot team is using StackOverflow for general questions.
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue.md
similarity index 94%
rename from .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
rename to .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue.md
index 266a6152d621..e94a911d37cd 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/issue.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+---
+name: General
+about: Bugs, enhancements, documentation, tasks.
+title: ''
+labels: ''
+assignees: ''
+---
+
 <!--
 Thanks for raising a Spring Boot issue. Please take the time to review the following
 categories as some of them do not apply here.