diff --git a/components/google_drive/actions/create-file-from-template/create-file-from-template.mjs b/components/google_drive/actions/create-file-from-template/create-file-from-template.mjs
index 529923991dbaa..bbc13b23d724b 100644
--- a/components/google_drive/actions/create-file-from-template/create-file-from-template.mjs
+++ b/components/google_drive/actions/create-file-from-template/create-file-from-template.mjs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import Mustaches from "google-docs-mustaches";
 import googleDrive from "../../google_drive.app.mjs";
+import { parseObjectEntries } from "../../common/utils.mjs";
 
 const MODE_GOOGLE_DOC = "Google Doc";
 const MODE_PDF = "Pdf";
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ export default {
   key: "google_drive-create-file-from-template",
   name: "Create New File From Template",
   description: "Create a new Google Docs file from a template. Optionally include placeholders in the template document that will get replaced from this action. [See documentation](https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-docs-mustaches)",
-  version: "0.1.16",
+  version: "0.1.17",
   annotations: {
     destructiveHint: true,
     openWorldHint: true,
@@ -17,10 +18,20 @@ export default {
   type: "action",
   props: {
     googleDrive,
+    drive: {
+      propDefinition: [
+        googleDrive,
+        "watchedDrive",
+      ],
+      optional: true,
+    },
     templateId: {
       propDefinition: [
         googleDrive,
         "fileId",
+        (c) => ({
+          drive: c.drive,
+        }),
       ],
       description:
         "Select the template document you'd like to use as the template, or use a custom expression to reference a document ID from a previous step. Template documents should contain placeholders in the format `{{xyz}}`.",
@@ -29,6 +40,9 @@ export default {
       propDefinition: [
         googleDrive,
         "folderId",
+        (c) => ({
+          drive: c.drive,
+        }),
       ],
       description:
         "Select the folder of the newly created Google Doc and/or PDF, or use a custom expression to reference a folder ID from a previous step.",
@@ -65,19 +79,38 @@ export default {
       mode: this.mode,
     };
 
+    const isSharedDrive = this.drive && this.drive !== "My Drive";
+
     const client = new Mustaches.default({
       token: () => this.googleDrive.$auth.oauth_access_token,
     });
 
+    // COPY THE TEMPLATE
+
+    const drive = this.googleDrive.drive();
+    const copiedTemplate = await drive.files.copy({
+      fileId: this.templateId,
+      requestBody: {
+        name: "template-copy",
+        parents: [
+          "root",
+        ],
+      },
+      supportsAllDrives: true,
+    });
+    const templateId = copiedTemplate.data.id;
+
     /* CREATE THE GOOGLE DOC */
 
     let googleDocId;
     try {
       googleDocId = await client.interpolate({
-        source: this.templateId,
-        destination: this.folderId,
+        source: templateId,
+        destination: !isSharedDrive
+          ? this.folderId
+          : undefined,
         name: this.name,
-        data: this.replaceValues,
+        data: parseObjectEntries(this.replaceValues),
       });
     } catch (e) {
       const {
@@ -93,22 +126,56 @@ export default {
 
     /* CREATE THE PDF */
 
+    let pdfId;
     if (this.mode.includes(MODE_PDF)) {
-      const pdfId = await client.export({
+      pdfId = await client.export({
         file: googleDocId,
         mimeType: "application/pdf",
         name: this.name,
-        destination: this.folderId,
+        destination: !isSharedDrive
+          ? this.folderId
+          : undefined,
       });
       result["pdfId"] = pdfId;
     }
 
+    // MOVE FILE(S) TO SHARED DRIVE
+
+    if (isSharedDrive) {
+      if (this.mode.includes(MODE_GOOGLE_DOC)) {
+        const file = await this.googleDrive.getFile(googleDocId);
+        await this.googleDrive.updateFile(googleDocId, {
+          fields: "*",
+          removeParents: file.parents.join(","),
+          addParents: this.folderId || this.drive,
+          supportsAllDrives: true,
+        });
+      }
+
+      if (pdfId) {
+        const pdf = await this.googleDrive.getFile(pdfId);
+        await this.googleDrive.updateFile(pdfId, {
+          fields: "*",
+          removeParents: pdf.parents.join(","),
+          addParents: this.folderId || this.drive,
+          supportsAllDrives: true,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
     /* REMOVE THE GOOGLE DOC */
 
     if (!this.mode.includes(MODE_GOOGLE_DOC)) {
       await this.googleDrive.deleteFile(googleDocId);
     }
 
+    // REMOVE THE COPIED TEMPLATE
+
+    await drive.files.delete({
+      fileId: templateId,
+      supportsAllDrives: true,
+    });
+
     $.export("$summary", "New file successfully created");
     return result;
   },
diff --git a/components/google_drive/package.json b/components/google_drive/package.json
index c61df3a50cb9e..ef2890c90152c 100644
--- a/components/google_drive/package.json
+++ b/components/google_drive/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pipedream/google_drive",
-  "version": "1.3.0",
+  "version": "1.3.1",
   "description": "Pipedream Google_drive Components",
   "main": "google_drive.app.mjs",
   "keywords": [