diff --git a/lib/MetaCPAN/Query/Release.pm b/lib/MetaCPAN/Query/Release.pm
index 1a517f6c0..9b550d43c 100644
--- a/lib/MetaCPAN/Query/Release.pm
+++ b/lib/MetaCPAN/Query/Release.pm
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@ sub author_status {
 
         my ( $id_2, $id_1 ) = $id =~ /^((\w)\w)/;
         $status->{links} = {
-            cpan_directory => "http://cpan.org/authors/id/$id_1/$id_2/$id",
-            cpants         => "http://cpants.cpanauthors.org/author/$id",
+            cpan_directory =>
+                "https://www.cpan.org/authors/id/$id_1/$id_2/$id",
+            backpan_directory =>
+                "https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/$id_1/$id_2/$id",
+            cpants => "https://cpants.cpanauthors.org/author/$id",
             cpantesters_reports =>
-                "http://cpantesters.org/author/$id_1/$id.html",
-            cpantesters_matrix => "http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?author=$id",
-            metacpan_explorer  =>
+                "https://www.cpantesters.org/author/$id_1/$id.html",
+            cpantesters_matrix =>
+                "https://matrix.cpantesters.org/?author=$id",
+            metacpan_explorer =>
                 "https://explorer.metacpan.org/?url=/author/$id",
             repology => "https://repology.org/maintainer/$id%40cpan",
         };
diff --git a/t/server/controller/author.t b/t/server/controller/author.t
index ac736094d..9006bb76e 100644
--- a/t/server/controller/author.t
+++ b/t/server/controller/author.t
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ test_psgi app, sub {
     is_deeply(
         [ sort keys %{$links} ],
         [
-            qw< cpan_directory cpantesters_matrix cpantesters_reports cpants metacpan_explorer repology>
+            qw< backpan_directory cpan_directory cpantesters_matrix cpantesters_reports cpants metacpan_explorer repology>
         ],
         'links has the correct keys'
     );