diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/simple/simple_auth_manager.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/simple/simple_auth_manager.py
index b3ce04a94b8ea..c1b9048a107be 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/simple/simple_auth_manager.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/auth/managers/simple/simple_auth_manager.py
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ def get_fastapi_app(self) -> FastAPI | None:
             StaticFiles(
                 directory=directory,
                 html=True,
+                follow_symlink=True,
             ),
             name="simple_auth_manager_ui_folder",
         )
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/app.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/app.py
index ad8938de994b6..89b0fca50620e 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/app.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/core_api/app.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def init_views(app: FastAPI) -> None:
             "/static/i18n/locales",
             StaticFiles(directory=Path(AIRFLOW_PATH) / "airflow/ui/public/i18n/locales"),
             name="dev_i18n_static",
+            follow_symlink=True,
         )
 
     app.mount(