diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/constants/index.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/constants/index.ts
index 83916f0cb679f..557899e322ae7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/constants/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/constants/index.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ export const MAX_TEMPLATE_KEY_LENGTH = 36 as const; // uuidv4 length
 export const MAX_TEMPLATE_NAME_LENGTH = 50 as const;
 export const MAX_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH = 1000 as const;
 export const MAX_TEMPLATES_LENGTH = 10 as const;
+export const MAX_TEMPLATE_TAG_LENGTH = 50 as const;
+export const MAX_TAGS_PER_TEMPLATE = 10 as const;
 
 /**
  * Cases features
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.test.ts
index b8ecbe59224bf..1932398507dda 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.test.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ import {
   MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH,
   MAX_LENGTH_PER_TAG,
   MAX_TAGS_PER_CASE,
+  MAX_TAGS_PER_TEMPLATE,
   MAX_TEMPLATES_LENGTH,
   MAX_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH,
   MAX_TEMPLATE_KEY_LENGTH,
   MAX_TEMPLATE_NAME_LENGTH,
+  MAX_TEMPLATE_TAG_LENGTH,
   MAX_TITLE_LENGTH,
 } from '../../../constants';
 import { CaseSeverity } from '../../domain';
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ describe('configure', () => {
             key: 'template_key_1',
             name: 'Template 1',
             description: 'this is first template',
+            tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
             caseFields: {
               title: 'case using sample template',
             },
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ describe('configure', () => {
             key: 'template_key_2',
             name: 'Template 2',
             description: 'this is second template',
+            tags: [],
             caseFields: null,
           },
         ],
@@ -222,6 +226,7 @@ describe('configure', () => {
             key: 'template_key_1',
             name: 'Template 1',
             description: 'this is first template',
+            tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
             caseFields: {
               title: 'case using sample template',
             },
@@ -247,6 +252,7 @@ describe('configure', () => {
         key: 'template_key_1',
         name: 'Template 1',
         description: 'this is first template',
+        tags: [],
         caseFields: {
           title: 'case using sample template',
         },
@@ -511,6 +517,7 @@ describe('configure', () => {
       key: 'template_key_1',
       name: 'Template 1',
       description: 'this is first template',
+      tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
       caseFields: {
         title: 'case using sample template',
       },
@@ -596,6 +603,30 @@ describe('configure', () => {
       ).toContain('The length of the description is too long. The maximum length is 1000.');
     });
 
+    it(`throws an error when there are more than ${MAX_TAGS_PER_TEMPLATE} tags`, async () => {
+      const tags = Array(MAX_TAGS_PER_TEMPLATE + 1).fill('foobar');
+
+      expect(
+        PathReporter.report(TemplateConfigurationRt.decode({ ...defaultRequest, tags }))
+      ).toContain(
+        `The length of the field template's tags is too long. Array must be of length <= 10.`
+      );
+    });
+
+    it(`throws an error when the a tag is more than ${MAX_TEMPLATE_TAG_LENGTH} characters`, async () => {
+      const tag = 'a'.repeat(MAX_TEMPLATE_TAG_LENGTH + 1);
+
+      expect(
+        PathReporter.report(TemplateConfigurationRt.decode({ ...defaultRequest, tags: [tag] }))
+      ).toContain(`The length of the template's tag is too long. The maximum length is 50.`);
+    });
+
+    it(`throws an error when the a tag is empty string`, async () => {
+      expect(
+        PathReporter.report(TemplateConfigurationRt.decode({ ...defaultRequest, tags: [''] }))
+      ).toContain(`The template's tag field cannot be an empty string.`);
+    });
+
     describe('caseFields', () => {
       it('removes foo:bar attributes from caseFields', () => {
         const query = TemplateConfigurationRt.decode({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.ts
index db3ce3276c4c1..b8973f1ca9ab2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/api/configure/v1.ts
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import {
   MAX_CUSTOM_FIELDS_PER_CASE,
   MAX_CUSTOM_FIELD_KEY_LENGTH,
   MAX_CUSTOM_FIELD_LABEL_LENGTH,
+  MAX_TAGS_PER_TEMPLATE,
   MAX_TEMPLATES_LENGTH,
   MAX_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH,
   MAX_TEMPLATE_KEY_LENGTH,
   MAX_TEMPLATE_NAME_LENGTH,
+  MAX_TEMPLATE_TAG_LENGTH,
 } from '../../../constants';
 import { limitedArraySchema, limitedStringSchema, regexStringRt } from '../../../schema';
 import { CustomFieldTextTypeRt, CustomFieldToggleTypeRt } from '../../domain';
@@ -69,32 +71,51 @@ export const CustomFieldsConfigurationRt = limitedArraySchema({
   fieldName: 'customFields',
 });
 
-export const TemplateConfigurationRt = rt.strict({
-  /**
-   * key of template
-   */
-  key: regexStringRt({
-    codec: limitedStringSchema({ fieldName: 'key', min: 1, max: MAX_TEMPLATE_KEY_LENGTH }),
-    pattern: '^[a-z0-9_-]+$',
-    message: `Key must be lower case, a-z, 0-9, '_', and '-' are allowed`,
-  }),
-  /**
-   * name of template
-   */
-  name: limitedStringSchema({ fieldName: 'name', min: 1, max: MAX_TEMPLATE_NAME_LENGTH }),
-  /**
-   * description of templates
-   */
-  description: limitedStringSchema({
-    fieldName: 'description',
-    min: 1,
-    max: MAX_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH,
+export const TemplateConfigurationRt = rt.intersection([
+  rt.strict({
+    /**
+     * key of template
+     */
+    key: regexStringRt({
+      codec: limitedStringSchema({ fieldName: 'key', min: 1, max: MAX_TEMPLATE_KEY_LENGTH }),
+      pattern: '^[a-z0-9_-]+$',
+      message: `Key must be lower case, a-z, 0-9, '_', and '-' are allowed`,
+    }),
+    /**
+     * name of template
+     */
+    name: limitedStringSchema({ fieldName: 'name', min: 1, max: MAX_TEMPLATE_NAME_LENGTH }),
+    /**
+     * description of templates
+     */
+    description: limitedStringSchema({
+      fieldName: 'description',
+      min: 1,
+      max: MAX_TEMPLATE_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH,
+    }),
+    /**
+     * case fields
+     */
+    caseFields: rt.union([rt.null, CaseBaseOptionalFieldsRequestRt]),
   }),
-  /**
-   * case fields
-   */
-  caseFields: rt.union([rt.null, CaseBaseOptionalFieldsRequestRt]),
-});
+  rt.exact(
+    rt.partial({
+      /**
+       * tags of templates
+       */
+      tags: limitedArraySchema({
+        codec: limitedStringSchema({
+          fieldName: `template's tag`,
+          min: 1,
+          max: MAX_TEMPLATE_TAG_LENGTH,
+        }),
+        min: 0,
+        max: MAX_TAGS_PER_TEMPLATE,
+        fieldName: `template's tags`,
+      }),
+    })
+  ),
+]);
 
 export const TemplatesConfigurationRt = limitedArraySchema({
   codec: TemplateConfigurationRt,
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.test.ts
index aa6b8a88d43ee..bab00c9c2fa2a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.test.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ describe('configure', () => {
     key: 'template_sample_1',
     name: 'Sample template 1',
     description: 'this is first sample template',
+    tags: ['foo', 'bar', 'foobar'],
     caseFields: {
       title: 'Case with sample template 1',
       description: 'case desc',
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ describe('configure', () => {
     key: 'template_sample_2',
     name: 'Sample template 2',
     description: 'this is second sample template',
+    tags: [],
     caseFields: {
       title: 'Case with sample template 2',
       tags: ['sample-2'],
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.ts
index 86c966b03ca9b..7a516d68ccea6 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/common/types/domain/configure/v1.ts
@@ -58,24 +58,34 @@ export const CustomFieldConfigurationRt = rt.union([
 
 export const CustomFieldsConfigurationRt = rt.array(CustomFieldConfigurationRt);
 
-export const TemplateConfigurationRt = rt.strict({
-  /**
-   * key of template
-   */
-  key: rt.string,
-  /**
-   * name of template
-   */
-  name: rt.string,
-  /**
-   * description of template
-   */
-  description: rt.string,
-  /**
-   * case fields of template
-   */
-  caseFields: rt.union([rt.null, CaseBaseOptionalFieldsRt]),
-});
+export const TemplateConfigurationRt = rt.intersection([
+  rt.strict({
+    /**
+     * key of template
+     */
+    key: rt.string,
+    /**
+     * name of template
+     */
+    name: rt.string,
+    /**
+     * description of template
+     */
+    description: rt.string,
+    /**
+     * case fields of template
+     */
+    caseFields: rt.union([rt.null, CaseBaseOptionalFieldsRt]),
+  }),
+  rt.exact(
+    rt.partial({
+      /**
+       * tags of template
+       */
+      tags: rt.array(rt.string),
+    })
+  ),
+]);
 
 export const TemplatesConfigurationRt = rt.array(TemplateConfigurationRt);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/public/containers/mock.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/public/containers/mock.ts
index 7d5096842173b..2fdd82129825e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/public/containers/mock.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/public/containers/mock.ts
@@ -1190,12 +1190,14 @@ export const templatesConfigurationMock: CasesConfigurationUITemplate[] = [
     key: 'test_template_2',
     name: 'Second test template',
     description: 'This is a second test template',
+    tags: [],
     caseFields: {},
   },
   {
     key: 'test_template_3',
     name: 'Third test template',
     description: 'This is a third test template with few case fields',
+    tags: ['foo'],
     caseFields: {
       title: 'This is case title using a test template',
       severity: CaseSeverity.MEDIUM,
@@ -1206,6 +1208,7 @@ export const templatesConfigurationMock: CasesConfigurationUITemplate[] = [
     key: 'test_template_4',
     name: 'Fourth test template',
     description: 'This is a fourth test template',
+    tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
     caseFields: {
       title: 'Case with sample template 4',
       description: 'case desc',
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/client/configure/client.test.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/client/configure/client.test.ts
index 5bc8c4a19679a..f744b1b613edc 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/client/configure/client.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/client/configure/client.test.ts
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                 key: 'template_1',
                 name: 'template 1',
                 description: 'test',
+                tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                 caseFields: {
                   title: 'Case title',
                   description: 'This is test desc',
@@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                   key: 'template_1',
                   name: 'template 1',
                   description: 'test',
+                  tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                   caseFields: {
                     title: 'Case title',
                     description: 'This is test desc',
@@ -450,6 +452,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                 key: 'template_1',
                 name: 'template 1',
                 description: 'test',
+                tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                 caseFields: {
                   title: 'Case title',
                   description: 'This is test desc',
@@ -532,12 +535,14 @@ describe('client', () => {
                   key: 'template_1',
                   name: 'template 1',
                   description: 'test',
+                  tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                   caseFields: null,
                 },
                 {
                   key: 'template_1',
                   name: 'template 2',
                   description: 'test',
+                  tags: [],
                   caseFields: {
                     title: 'Case title',
                   },
@@ -798,6 +803,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                   key: 'template_1',
                   name: 'template 1',
                   description: 'this is test description',
+                  tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                   caseFields: null,
                 },
               ],
@@ -814,6 +820,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                     key: 'template_1',
                     name: 'template 1',
                     description: 'this is test description',
+                    tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                     caseFields: {
                       assignees: [{ uid: '1' }],
                     },
@@ -928,6 +935,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                   key: 'duplicated_key',
                   name: 'template 2',
                   description: 'test',
+                  tags: [],
                   caseFields: {
                     title: 'Case title',
                   },
@@ -957,6 +965,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
               key: 'template_1',
               name: 'template 1',
               description: 'test',
+              tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
               caseFields: {
                 customFields: [
                   {
@@ -1043,6 +1052,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                     key: 'template_1',
                     name: 'template 1',
                     description: 'this is test description',
+                    tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                     caseFields: {
                       customFields: [
                         {
@@ -1081,6 +1091,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                     key: 'template_1',
                     name: 'template 1',
                     description: 'test',
+                    tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
                     caseFields: {
                       customFields: [
                         {
@@ -1196,6 +1207,7 @@ describe('client', () => {
                     key: 'template_1',
                     name: 'template 1',
                     description: 'this is test description',
+                    tags: [],
                     caseFields: {
                       assignees: [{ uid: '1' }],
                     },
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/common/types/configure.ts b/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/common/types/configure.ts
index 3ecb13a6a9fc6..549e3c462f880 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/common/types/configure.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/cases/server/common/types/configure.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ type PersistedTemplatesConfiguration = Array<{
   key: string;
   name: string;
   description: string;
+  tags?: string[];
   caseFields?: CaseFieldsAttributes | null;
 }>;
 
diff --git a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/get_configure.ts b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/get_configure.ts
index 212bd68f46a54..5ccf9015839c7 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/get_configure.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/get_configure.ts
@@ -91,12 +91,14 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
             key: 'test_template_1',
             name: 'First test template',
             description: 'This is a first test template',
+            tags: [],
             caseFields: null,
           },
           {
             key: 'test_template_2',
             name: 'Second test template',
             description: 'This is a second test template',
+            tags: ['foobar'],
             caseFields: {
               title: 'Case with sample template 2',
               description: 'case desc',
diff --git a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/patch_configure.ts b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/patch_configure.ts
index 6e89a92b6cdb6..0b93aeb8c5ddd 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/patch_configure.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/patch_configure.ts
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
           key: 'test_template_1',
           name: 'First test template',
           description: 'This is a first test template',
+          tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
           caseFields: null,
         },
         {
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
           key: 'test_template_3',
           name: 'Third test template',
           description: 'This is a third test template',
+          tags: [],
           caseFields: {
             title: 'Case with sample template 3',
             tags: ['sample-3'],
diff --git a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/post_configure.ts b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/post_configure.ts
index 0f766525f03d3..8a81214f009d6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/post_configure.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/cases_api_integration/security_and_spaces/tests/common/configure/post_configure.ts
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
           key: 'test_template_2',
           name: 'Second test template',
           description: 'This is a second test template',
+          tags: ['foo', 'bar'],
           caseFields: {
             title: 'Case with sample template 2',
             description: 'case desc',
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ export default ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext): void => {
           key: 'test_template_3',
           name: 'Third test template',
           description: 'This is a third test template',
+          tags: ['foobar'],
           caseFields: {
             title: 'Case with sample template 3',
             tags: ['sample-3'],