diff --git a/_layouts/default.html b/_layouts/default.html
index 0a5c1425e..20defc049 100644
--- a/_layouts/default.html
+++ b/_layouts/default.html
@@ -98,15 +98,13 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/main.css">
 
     {% if jekyll.environment == "production" %}
-      <!-- Google Analytics -->
+      <!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
+      <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id={{ site.google_analytics }}"></script>
       <script>
-        (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
-        (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
-        m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
-        })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
-
-        ga('create', '{{ site.google_analytics }}', 'auto');
-        ga('send', 'pageview');
+        window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
+        function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
+        gtag('js', new Date());
+        gtag('config', '{{ site.google_analytics }}');
       </script>
     {% endif %}
   </head>