diff --git a/Composer/packages/client/src/shell/utils.ts b/Composer/packages/client/src/shell/utils.ts
index 6ecf068bd4..ec170d4c7f 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/client/src/shell/utils.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/client/src/shell/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { LgMetaData, LgTemplateRef, LgType, extractTemplateNameFromExpression } from '@bfc/shared';
+import { LgMetaData, LgTemplateRef, LgType } from '@bfc/shared';
 import { LgTemplate, MicrosoftIDialog, ShellApi } from '@botframework-composer/types';
 
 type SerializableLg = {
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const serializeLgTemplate = (
     return '';
   }
 
+  const exprRegex = /^\${(.*)\(\)}$/;
   const serializableLg: SerializableLg = {
     originalId: fromId,
     mainTemplateBody: lgTemplate?.body,
@@ -43,8 +44,9 @@ export const serializeLgTemplate = (
           ? (lgTemplate.properties[responseType] as string[])
           : ([lgTemplate.properties[responseType]] as string[]);
         for (const subTemplateItem of subTemplateItems) {
-          const subTemplateId = extractTemplateNameFromExpression(subTemplateItem.trim());
-          if (subTemplateId) {
+          const matched = subTemplateItem.trim().match(exprRegex);
+          if (matched && matched.length > 1) {
+            const subTemplateId = matched[1];
             const subTemplate = lgTemplates.find((x) => x.name === subTemplateId);
             if (subTemplate) {
               if (!serializableLg.relatedLgTemplateBodies) {
diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/ModalityPivot.tsx b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/ModalityPivot.tsx
index bd14f2db0f..5b9a8b95b4 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/ModalityPivot.tsx
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/ModalityPivot.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { CodeEditorSettings, LgTemplate, TelemetryClient, extractTemplateNameFromExpression } from '@bfc/shared';
+import { CodeEditorSettings, LgTemplate, TelemetryClient } from '@bfc/shared';
 import { FluentTheme, FontSizes } from '@uifabric/fluent-theme';
 import formatMessage from 'format-message';
 import { IconButton } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/Button';
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ import mergeWith from 'lodash/mergeWith';
 
 import { LGOption } from '../utils';
 import { ItemWithTooltip } from '../components/ItemWithTooltip';
-import { getTemplateId, structuredResponseToString } from '../utils/structuredResponse';
+import {
+  extractTemplateNameFromExpression,
+  getTemplateId,
+  structuredResponseToString,
+} from '../utils/structuredResponse';
 
 import { AttachmentModalityEditor } from './modalityEditors/AttachmentModalityEditor';
 import { SpeechModalityEditor } from './modalityEditors/SpeechModalityEditor';
diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/constants.ts b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/constants.ts
index f3c9d0b1bf..1408bfee0a 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/constants.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/constants.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export type LgCardTemplateType = typeof lgCardAttachmentTemplates[number];
 export const cardTemplates: Record<LgCardTemplateType, string> = {
   adaptive: `> To learn more Adaptive Cards format, read the documentation at
 > https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/adaptive-cards/getting-started/bots
-- \${{
+- \`\`\`\${json({
   "$schema": "http://adaptivecards.io/schemas/adaptive-card.json",
   "version": "1.2",
   "type": "AdaptiveCard",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const cardTemplates: Record<LgCardTemplateType, string> = {
       "isSubtle": false
     }
   ]
-}}`,
+})}\`\`\``,
   hero: `[HeroCard
   title =
   subtitle =
diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/modalityEditors/AttachmentModalityEditor.tsx b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/modalityEditors/AttachmentModalityEditor.tsx
index 7955b77be4..2da8010773 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/modalityEditors/AttachmentModalityEditor.tsx
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/lg/modalityEditors/AttachmentModalityEditor.tsx
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 import formatMessage from 'format-message';
 import React from 'react';
 import { IDropdownOption, DropdownMenuItemType } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/Dropdown';
-import { CodeEditorSettings, extractTemplateNameFromExpression } from '@bfc/shared';
+import { CodeEditorSettings } from '@bfc/shared';
 
 import {
   AttachmentsStructuredResponseItem,
   AttachmentLayoutStructuredResponseItem,
   CommonModalityEditorProps,
 } from '../types';
+import { extractTemplateNameFromExpression } from '../../utils/structuredResponse';
 
 import { ModalityEditorContainer } from './ModalityEditorContainer';
 import { AttachmentArrayEditor } from './AttachmentArrayEditor';
@@ -45,11 +46,7 @@ const AttachmentModalityEditor = React.memo(
       (newItems: string[]) => {
         setItems(newItems);
         onUpdateResponseTemplate({
-          Attachments: {
-            kind: 'Attachments',
-            value: newItems.map((item) => `\${json(${item}())}`),
-            valueType: 'direct',
-          },
+          Attachments: { kind: 'Attachments', value: newItems.map((item) => `\${${item}()}`), valueType: 'direct' },
         });
       },
       [setItems, onUpdateResponseTemplate]
diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/utils/structuredResponse.ts b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/utils/structuredResponse.ts
index b5040f272e..500f6f41f2 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/utils/structuredResponse.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/code-editor/src/utils/structuredResponse.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { LgTemplate, extractTemplateNameFromExpression } from '@bfc/shared';
+import { LgTemplate } from '@bfc/shared';
 
 import { activityTemplateType } from '../lg/constants';
 import {
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
 } from '../lg/types';
 
 const subTemplateNameRegex = /\${(.*)}/;
+const templateNameExtractRegex = /\${(.*)(\(.*\))\s*}/;
 const defaultIndent = '    ';
 
 const getStructuredResponseHelper = (value: unknown, kind: 'Text' | 'Speak' | 'Attachments') => {
@@ -112,6 +113,14 @@ export const getStructuredResponseFromTemplate = (lgTemplate?: LgTemplate): Part
   return Object.keys(structuredResponse).length ? structuredResponse : undefined;
 };
 
+/**
+ * Extracts template name from an LG expression
+ * ${templateName(params)} => templateName
+ * @param expression Expression to extract template name from.
+ */
+export const extractTemplateNameFromExpression = (expression: string): string | undefined =>
+  expression.match(templateNameExtractRegex)?.[1]?.trim();
+
 export const structuredResponseToString = (structuredResponse: PartialStructuredResponse): string => {
   const keys = Object.keys(structuredResponse);
 
diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/shared/__tests__/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.test.ts b/Composer/packages/lib/shared/__tests__/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.test.ts
index 853164b297..0ef0643726 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/shared/__tests__/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.test.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/shared/__tests__/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { parseTemplateBody, extractTemplateNameFromExpression } from '../../../src';
+import { parseTemplateBody } from '../../../src';
 
 const normalTemplateBody = `- variation0
 - variation1
@@ -87,14 +87,4 @@ describe('lgStringUtils', () => {
     expect(items.length).toBe(0);
     expect(items).toEqual([]);
   });
-
-  it('extractTemplateNameFromExpression: Extracts template name from an LG expression', () => {
-    const templateName = extractTemplateNameFromExpression('${templateName()}');
-    expect(templateName).toEqual('templateName');
-  });
-
-  it('extractTemplateNameFromExpression: Extracts template name from an LG expression in json method', () => {
-    const templateName = extractTemplateNameFromExpression('${json(templateName())}');
-    expect(templateName).toEqual('templateName');
-  });
 });
diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/index.ts b/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/index.ts
index 386f45cefd..665d823de7 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/index.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/index.ts
@@ -7,9 +7,4 @@ export { default as LgTemplateRef } from './models/LgTemplateRef';
 export { default as LgType } from './models/LgType';
 export { extractLgTemplateRefs } from './parsers/parseLgTemplateRef';
 export { LgNamePattern } from './parsers/lgPatterns';
-export {
-  TemplateBodyItem,
-  parseTemplateBody,
-  templateBodyItemsToString,
-  extractTemplateNameFromExpression,
-} from './stringBuilders/lgStringUtils';
+export { TemplateBodyItem, parseTemplateBody, templateBodyItemsToString } from './stringBuilders/lgStringUtils';
diff --git a/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.ts b/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.ts
index 9bf959abf1..d907bb6bbe 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/lib/shared/src/lgUtils/stringBuilders/lgStringUtils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+/* eslint-disable security/detect-unsafe-regex */
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
-/* eslint-disable security/detect-unsafe-regex */
 
 export type TemplateBodyItem = {
   kind: 'newline' | 'variation' | 'comment';
@@ -106,17 +106,3 @@ export const templateBodyItemsToString = (items: TemplateBodyItem[]) =>
       }
     })
     .join('\n');
-
-const templateNameExtractRegex = /\${(?<templateName>.*)(\(.*\))\s*}/;
-const jsonTemplateNameExtractRegex = /\${json\((?<templateName>.*)(\(.*\))\s*}/;
-
-/**
- * Extracts template name from an LG expression
- * ${templateName(params)} => templateName
- * ${json(templateName(params))} => templateName
- * @param expression Expression to extract template name from.
- */
-export const extractTemplateNameFromExpression = (expression: string): string | undefined =>
-  expression.startsWith('${json(')
-    ? expression.match(jsonTemplateNameExtractRegex)?.groups?.templateName?.trim()
-    : expression.match(templateNameExtractRegex)?.groups?.templateName?.trim();
diff --git a/Composer/packages/test-utils/src/react/jest.config.ts b/Composer/packages/test-utils/src/react/jest.config.ts
index 859544db5c..7c960ed249 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/test-utils/src/react/jest.config.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/test-utils/src/react/jest.config.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const babelConfig = {
     require.resolve('@babel/plugin-transform-runtime'),
     require.resolve('@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining'),
     require.resolve('@babel/plugin-proposal-nullish-coalescing-operator'),
-    require.resolve('@babel/plugin-transform-named-capturing-groups-regex'),
   ],
 };
 
diff --git a/Composer/packages/ui-plugins/lg/src/LgWidget/useLgTemplate.ts b/Composer/packages/ui-plugins/lg/src/LgWidget/useLgTemplate.ts
index fab82af0ef..8c924725f6 100644
--- a/Composer/packages/ui-plugins/lg/src/LgWidget/useLgTemplate.ts
+++ b/Composer/packages/ui-plugins/lg/src/LgWidget/useLgTemplate.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 // Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-import { LgTemplateRef, parseTemplateBody, extractTemplateNameFromExpression } from '@bfc/shared';
+import { LgTemplateRef, parseTemplateBody } from '@bfc/shared';
 import { LgTemplate, useShellApi } from '@bfc/extension-client';
 
 import { locateLgTemplatePosition } from '../locateLgTemplatePosition';
 
+const exprRegex = /^\${(.*)\(\)}$/;
+
 const getAttachmentDisplayText = (template: LgTemplate) => {
   const cardType = template.properties?.$type as string;
   const title = (template.properties?.title as string) ?? '';
@@ -29,9 +31,10 @@ const getLgTemplateTextData = (
         if (responseType === 'Text' || responseType === 'Speak') {
           const subTemplateItem = template.properties[responseType];
           if (subTemplateItem && typeof subTemplateItem === 'string') {
-            const subTemplateId = extractTemplateNameFromExpression(subTemplateItem.trim());
+            const matched = subTemplateItem.trim().match(exprRegex);
             //If it's a template
-            if (subTemplateId) {
+            if (matched && matched.length > 1) {
+              const subTemplateId = matched[1];
               const subTemplate = templates.find((x) => x.name === subTemplateId);
               // If found template and it matches auto-generated names
               if (subTemplate) {
@@ -54,9 +57,10 @@ const getLgTemplateTextData = (
             : [template.properties[responseType]]) as string[];
           const subTemplateItem = subTemplateItems[0];
           if (subTemplateItem && typeof subTemplateItem === 'string') {
-            const subTemplateId = extractTemplateNameFromExpression(subTemplateItem.trim());
-            // If it's a template
-            if (subTemplateId) {
+            const matched = subTemplateItem.trim().match(exprRegex);
+            //If it's a template
+            if (matched && matched.length > 1) {
+              const subTemplateId = matched[1];
               const subTemplate = templates.find((x) => x.name === subTemplateId);
               if (subTemplate) {
                 acc[responseType] = {