diff --git a/_data/metadata.json b/_data/metadata.json
index 24113d7..5b9517f 100755
--- a/_data/metadata.json
+++ b/_data/metadata.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "title": "Your Blog Name",
   "url": "https://example.com/",
+  "language": "en",
   "description": "I am writing about my experiences as a naval navel-gazer.",
   "feed": {
     "subtitle": "I am writing about my experiences as a naval navel-gazer.",
diff --git a/feed/json.njk b/feed/json.njk
index 0658efa..b8b9f75 100644
--- a/feed/json.njk
+++ b/feed/json.njk
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ permalink: "{{ metadata.jsonfeed.path }}"
 eleventyExcludeFromCollections: true
 ---
 {
-  "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1",
+  "version": "https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1",
   "title": "{{ metadata.title }}",
+  "language" "{{ metadata.language }}",
   "home_page_url": "{{ metadata.url }}",
   "feed_url": "{{ metadata.jsonfeed.url }}",
   "description": "{{ metadata.description }}",