diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index cf503a2c7b07..77205206e1f0 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -231,12 +231,7 @@
       framework in current .NET SDKs.
     -->
     <MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>17.1.0-preview-20211109-03</MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>
-    <!--
-      Also use a newer, publicly-released version of the templating engine than the Arcade default.
-      https://github.com/dotnet/templating/blob/main/docs/Localization.md recommends updating the version when
-      preview or stable versions are released to NuGet.org.
-    -->
-    <MicrosoftTemplateEngineAuthoringTasksVersion>8.0.100-alpha.1.22607.1</MicrosoftTemplateEngineAuthoringTasksVersion>
+    <MicrosoftTemplateEngineAuthoringTasksVersion>8.0.100-rtm.23479.1</MicrosoftTemplateEngineAuthoringTasksVersion>
     <!--
       Versions of Microsoft.CodeAnalysis packages referenced by analyzers shipped in the SDK.
       This need to be pinned since they're used in 3.1 apps and need to be loadable in VS 2019.