diff --git a/lib/pdk/version.rb b/lib/pdk/version.rb
index dfb5aa193..a9ff0b490 100644
--- a/lib/pdk/version.rb
+++ b/lib/pdk/version.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 module PDK
   VERSION = '3.0.1'.freeze
-  TEMPLATE_REF = '3.0.1'.freeze
+  TEMPLATE_REF = '3.0.1.1'.freeze
 end
diff --git a/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb b/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb
index 8b74c2d81..b2547e86d 100644
--- a/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb
+++ b/package-testing/spec/package/update_module_spec.rb
@@ -23,17 +23,6 @@
           create_remote_file(get_working_node, File.join(module_dir, 'metadata.json'), metadata.to_json)
 
           sync_yaml = YAML.safe_load(URI.open("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/#{mod}/main/.sync.yml").read)
-
-          sync_yaml['Gemfile'].each_key do |gem_type|
-            next unless sync_yaml['Gemfile'][gem_type].respond_to?(:each_key)
-
-            sync_yaml['Gemfile'][gem_type].each_key do |group|
-              sync_yaml['Gemfile'][gem_type][group].select! do |gem|
-                gem['gem'] =~ /\Apuppet-module-(?:posix|win)-system/
-              end
-            end
-          end
-
           create_remote_file(get_working_node, File.join(module_dir, '.sync.yml'), sync_yaml.to_yaml)
         end
 
diff --git a/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb b/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb
index a403c438c..7a9294e20 100644
--- a/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb
+++ b/package-testing/spec/package/version_selection_spec.rb
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
   # test cases to pass. If you are running integration testing prior to a release and its failing due to missing Puppet
   # gems, verify that the following versions are correct.
   test_cases = [
-    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', version: '7.28.0', expected_puppet: '7.28.0', expected_ruby: '2.7.8' },
-    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', version: '8.4.0', expected_puppet: '8.4.0', expected_ruby: '3.2.2' }
+    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', expected_puppet: '7.29.1', expected_ruby: '2.7.8' },
+    { envvar: 'PDK_PUPPET_VERSION', expected_puppet: '8.5.1', expected_ruby: '3.2.2' }
   ]
 
   before(:all) do
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
   end
 
   test_cases.each do |test_case|
-    context "Select Puppet #{test_case[:version]}" do
-      let(:env) { { test_case[:envvar] => test_case[:version] } }
+    context "Select Puppet #{test_case[:expected_puppet]}" do
+      let(:env) { { test_case[:envvar] => test_case[:expected_puppet] } }
       let(:cwd) { module_name }
 
       let(:expected_puppet) { Regexp.escape(test_case[:expected_puppet]) }