diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2781dd2c..c2923f45 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 2.2.0 / ???
 
+* Fix a bug where old template versions were always fetched. (Nelson Morris)
 * Support `:java-agents` for tooling and instrumenting. (Phil Hagelberg)
 * Allow checkout dependencies to operate recursively. (Phil Hagelberg)
 * Introduce `:uberjar` profile. (Phil Hagelberg)
diff --git a/src/leiningen/new.clj b/src/leiningen/new.clj
index 18591207..f1007d38 100644
--- a/src/leiningen/new.clj
+++ b/src/leiningen/new.clj
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   (:import java.io.FileNotFoundException))
 
 (defn- fake-project [name]
-  {:templates [[(symbol name "lein-template") "(0.0.0,)"]]
+  {:templates [[(symbol name "lein-template") "RELEASE"]]
    :repositories {"clojars" {:url "http://clojars.org/repo/"}
                   "central" {:url "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2"}}})