diff --git a/components/com_tags/views/tags/tmpl/default_items.php b/components/com_tags/views/tags/tmpl/default_items.php
index ec8c73ecccdd0..c01115bc56fde 100644
--- a/components/com_tags/views/tags/tmpl/default_items.php
+++ b/components/com_tags/views/tags/tmpl/default_items.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 			<?php if ((!empty($item->access)) && in_array($item->access, $this->user->getAuthorisedViewLevels())) : ?>
 				<li class="cat-list-row<?php echo $i % 2; ?>">
 					<h3>
-						<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($item->id . '-' . $item->alias)); ?>">
+						<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($item->id . ':' . $item->alias)); ?>">
 							<?php echo $this->escape($item->title); ?>
 						</a>
 					</h3>
diff --git a/layouts/joomla/content/tags.php b/layouts/joomla/content/tags.php
index 42551e01f0f76..ef2a6e0016bd4 100644
--- a/layouts/joomla/content/tags.php
+++ b/layouts/joomla/content/tags.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 				<?php $tagParams = new Registry($tag->params); ?>
 				<?php $link_class = $tagParams->get('tag_link_class', 'label label-info'); ?>
 				<li class="tag-<?php echo $tag->tag_id; ?> tag-list<?php echo $i; ?>" itemprop="keywords">
-					<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($tag->tag_id . '-' . $tag->alias)); ?>" class="<?php echo $link_class; ?>">
+					<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($tag->tag_id . ':' . $tag->alias)); ?>" class="<?php echo $link_class; ?>">
 						<?php echo $this->escape($tag->title); ?>
 					</a>
 				</li>
diff --git a/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/cloud.php b/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/cloud.php
index 1a526ba528360..09d4881c2ad01 100644
--- a/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/cloud.php
+++ b/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/cloud.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		endif;
 ?>
 		<span class="tag">
-			<a class="tag-name" style="font-size: <?php echo $fontsize . 'em'; ?>" href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($item->tag_id . '-' . $item->alias)); ?>">
+			<a class="tag-name" style="font-size: <?php echo $fontsize . 'em'; ?>" href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($item->tag_id . ':' . $item->alias)); ?>">
 				<?php echo htmlspecialchars($item->title, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></a>
 			<?php if ($display_count) : ?>
 				<span class="tag-count badge badge-info"><?php echo $item->count; ?></span>
diff --git a/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/default.php b/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/default.php
index 6c5ee2bae1472..fb93c0ca9e446 100644
--- a/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/default.php
+++ b/modules/mod_tags_popular/tmpl/default.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 	<ul>
 	<?php foreach ($list as $item) : ?>
 	<li>
-		<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($item->tag_id . '-' . $item->alias)); ?>">
+		<a href="<?php echo JRoute::_(TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($item->tag_id . ':' . $item->alias)); ?>">
 			<?php echo htmlspecialchars($item->title, ENT_COMPAT, 'UTF-8'); ?></a>
 		<?php if ($display_count) : ?>
 			<span class="tag-count badge badge-info"><?php echo $item->count; ?></span>
diff --git a/plugins/search/tags/tags.php b/plugins/search/tags/tags.php
index f026089bbafb8..09fd3e3e68a13 100644
--- a/plugins/search/tags/tags.php
+++ b/plugins/search/tags/tags.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public function onContentSearch($text, $phrase = '', $ordering = '', $areas = nu
 
 			foreach ($rows as $key => $row)
 			{
-				$rows[$key]->href       = TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($row->id);
+				$rows[$key]->href       = TagsHelperRoute::getTagRoute($row->slug);
 				$rows[$key]->text       = ($row->description !== '' ? $row->description : $row->title);
 				$rows[$key]->text      .= $row->note;
 				$rows[$key]->section    = $section;