diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 50128a8a..b11f949e 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-259-ge0f38f0
+2021.08.26-265-gbdd41dd
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8c2b4571..0570a373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ on:
     inputs:
       release:
         description: "Release tag (e.g. 3.2.1)"
-      before_script:
-        description: |
-          Bash code to run before bindings and docs are built. This should only be used when re-running
-          a workflow to correct some aspect of the docs. e.g.: git checkout origin/3.14 CHANGES.rst
-        required: false
 
 env:
   RELEASE_WORKFLOW: true
@@ -134,10 +129,6 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits_url }}
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: Additional before_script
-        run: ${{ github.event.inputs.before_script }}
-        shell: bash
-
       - name: Install Python client
         run: .github/workflows/scripts/install_python_client.sh
         shell: bash
@@ -275,16 +266,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish client to rubygems
         run: bash .github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh
 
-      - name: Update GitHub
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          set -euv
-          export COMMIT_MSG=$(git log --format=%B --no-merges -1)
-          export GH_ISSUES=$(echo $COMMIT_MSG | grep -o "GH Issues: .*" | awk '{print $3}')
-          pip install pygithub
-
-          echo "GH Issues $GH_ISSUES"
-          python .ci/scripts/update_github.py
-
       - name: Create release on GitHub
         run: bash .github/workflows/scripts/create_release_from_tag.sh ${{ github.event.inputs.release }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/create_release_from_tag.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/create_release_from_tag.sh
index 328454e0..4de7777d 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/create_release_from_tag.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/create_release_from_tag.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-set -e
+set -eu
 
-curl -s -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases \
+curl -s -X "POST https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/releases" \
 -H "Authorization: token $RELEASE_TOKEN" \
 -d @- << EOF
 {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/push_branch_and_tag_to_github.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/push_branch_and_tag_to_github.sh
index 2f13c78d..83e390f5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/push_branch_and_tag_to_github.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/push_branch_and_tag_to_github.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-set -e
 
-BRANCH_NAME=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | sed -rn 's/refs\/heads\/(.*)/\1/p')
+# WARNING: DO NOT EDIT!
+#
+# This file was generated by plugin_template, and is managed by it. Please use
+# './plugin-template --github pulp_gem' to update this file.
+#
+# For more info visit https://github.com/pulp/plugin_template
 
-ref_string=$(git show-ref --tags | grep refs/tags/$1)
+set -eu
 
-SHA=${ref_string:0:40}
+BRANCH_NAME="$(echo "$GITHUB_REF" | sed -rn 's/refs\/heads\/(.*)/\1/p')"
 
-remote_repo=https://pulpbot:${RELEASE_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git
+remote_repo="https://pulpbot:${RELEASE_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
 
-git push "${remote_repo}" $BRANCH_NAME
-
-curl -s -X POST https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/git/refs \
--H "Authorization: token $RELEASE_TOKEN" \
--d @- << EOF
-{
-  "ref": "refs/tags/$1",
-  "sha": "$SHA"
-}
-EOF
+git push "${remote_repo}" "$BRANCH_NAME" "$1"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index 6f4d05d1..aee99d3f 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ fi
 REPORTED_STATUS="$(pulp status)"
 
 if [[ "${RELEASE_WORKFLOW:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
+  # TODO Move this to prerelease checks
   REPORTED_VERSION="$(echo $REPORTED_STATUS | jq --arg plugin gem --arg legacy_plugin pulp_gem -r '.versions[] | select(.component == $plugin or .component == $legacy_plugin) | .version')"
   response=$(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null https://pypi.org/project/pulp-gem/$REPORTED_VERSION/)
   if [ "$response" == "200" ];
@@ -117,19 +118,15 @@ fi
 if [ -f $FUNC_TEST_SCRIPT ]; then
   source $FUNC_TEST_SCRIPT
 else
-
-    if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "Gem Nightly CI/CD" ]] || [[ "${RELEASE_WORKFLOW:-false}" == "true" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" == "Gem Nightly CI/CD" ]]
+    then
         cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_gem.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8 --nightly"
         cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_gem.tests.functional -m 'not parallel' --nightly"
 
-    
     else
         cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_gem.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8"
         cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --pyargs pulp_gem.tests.functional -m 'not parallel'"
-
-    
     fi
-
 fi
 
 if [ -f $POST_SCRIPT ]; then
diff --git a/docs/template_gitref b/docs/template_gitref
index 50128a8a..b11f949e 100644
--- a/docs/template_gitref
+++ b/docs/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-259-ge0f38f0
+2021.08.26-265-gbdd41dd
diff --git a/template_config.yml b/template_config.yml
index a290338a..007d580e 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@2021.08.26-248-g4bfc3e1
+# generated with plugin_template@2021.08.26-265-gbdd41dd
 
 additional_repos: []
 api_root: /pulp/
@@ -36,15 +36,8 @@ lint_requirements: true
 noissue_marker: '[noissue]'
 parallel_test_workers: 8
 plugin_app_label: gem
-plugin_camel: PulpGem
-plugin_camel_short: Gem
-plugin_caps: PULP_GEM
-plugin_caps_short: GEM
-plugin_dash: pulp-gem
-plugin_dash_short: gem
 plugin_default_branch: main
 plugin_name: pulp_gem
-plugin_snake: pulp_gem
 post_job_template: null
 pre_job_template: null
 publish_docs_to_pulpprojectdotorg: true
@@ -69,7 +62,6 @@ pypi_username: None
 python_version: '3.8'
 release_email: pulp-infra@redhat.com
 release_user: pulpbot
-run_pulpcore_tests_for_plugins: false
 single_commit_check: true
 stalebot: true
 stalebot_days_until_close: 30
@@ -84,6 +76,5 @@ test_lowerbounds: true
 test_performance: false
 test_reroute: true
 test_s3: true
-update_github: true
 use_issue_template: true