diff --git a/network-api/networkapi/urls.py b/network-api/networkapi/urls.py
index 1c4abdf855b..26ce46fc26b 100644
--- a/network-api/networkapi/urls.py
+++ b/network-api/networkapi/urls.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
     path("footnotes/", include(footnotes_urls)),
 
     # redirect /pt to /pt-BR. See https://github.com/mozilla/foundation.mozilla.org/issues/5993
-    re_path(r'^pt/(?P<rest>.*)', RedirectView.as_view(url='/pt-BR/%(rest)s', query_string=True)),
+    re_path(r'^pt/(?P<rest>.*)', RedirectView.as_view(url='/pt-BR/%(rest)s', query_string=True, permanent=True)),
 ]))
 
 # Anything that needs to respect the localised