diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 8f9ce5e5d..0459ba4a6 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-240-gd3a60ef
+2021.08.26-241-g9cfc63e
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
index 59fe1519d..c791bdc33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-branch.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install python dependencies
         run: |
           echo ::group::PYDEPS
-          pip install bump2version
+          pip install bump2version jinja2 pyyaml
           echo ::endgroup::
 
       - name: Setting secrets
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify that branch name matches current version string on main branch
         run: |
           X_Y_VERSION=$(grep version setup.py | sed -rn 's/version="(.*)\.0((a[0-9]+)|(b[0-9]+))?\.dev",/\1/p' | awk '{$1=$1};1')
-          if [[ "$X_Y_VERSION" != "${{ github.event.inputs.name }}" ]]
+          if [[ "$X_Y_VERSION" != "${{ inputs.name }}" ]]
           then
             echo "Branch name doesn't match the current version string $X_Y_VERSION."
             exit 1
           fi
 
-      - name: Create ${{ github.event.inputs.name }} release branch
+      - name: Create ${{ inputs.name }} release branch
         run: |
-          git checkout -b ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}
-          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.name }}
+          git checkout -b ${{ inputs.name }}
+          git push origin ${{ inputs.name }}
 
       - name: Bump version on main branch
         run: |
diff --git a/template_config.yml b/template_config.yml
index 8fd6ed6e7..05827e2d4 100644
--- a/template_config.yml
+++ b/template_config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This config represents the latest values used when running the plugin-template. Any settings that
 # were not present before running plugin-template have been added with their default values.
 
-# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-240-gd3a60ef
+# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-241-g9cfc63e
 
 additional_repos: []
 api_root: /pulp/
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ ci_update_branches:
 - '0.16'
 - '0.17'
 ci_update_docs: true
+ci_update_release_behavior: null
 cli_package: pulp-cli
 cli_repo: https://github.com/pulp/pulp-cli.git
 core_import_allowed: []