diff --git a/.sync.yml b/.sync.yml
index 48218bb4..e87c6c9f 100644
--- a/.sync.yml
+++ b/.sync.yml
@@ -9,25 +9,28 @@
     enabled: false
   simplecov: true
   before_install_pre:
-    - bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/tools/install-powershell.sh) -skip-sudo-check
-    - 'pwsh -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -Command \$PSVersionTable # Output the PowerShell Core version information'
-    - if [ $BUNDLER_VERSION ]; then
-        gem install -v $BUNDLER_VERSION bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri;
-      fi
+  - bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/master/tools/install-powershell.sh) -skip-sudo-check
+  - 'pwsh -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -Command \$PSVersionTable # Output the PowerShell Core version information'
+  - if [ $BUNDLER_VERSION ]; then gem install -v $BUNDLER_VERSION bundler --no-rdoc --no-ri; fi
   includes:
-    - os: osx
-      comment: test Mac OSX edition of PowerShell Core on a single job
-      env: PUPPET_GEM_VERSION="~> 6.0" CHECK=parallel_spec
-      rvm: 2.5.3
-      stage: acceptance
+  - os: osx
+    comment: test Mac OSX edition of PowerShell Core on a single job
+    env: PUPPET_GEM_VERSION="~> 6.0" CHECK=parallel_spec
+    rvm: 2.5.3
+    stage: acceptance
+  notifications:
+    slack:
+      secure: Yqv+S1Bwz19bor4xu3v7i5rLPzQuwTSZhO5wjsrX+jhKDN5/+e7e53x/v3Onjdrn9rjwFAxwzciAte0MO96xLFjyzWyUSziGur8/v3TcbRnnVQMOnIEj0HfmyLbx1cpxGK9V8MPsWQVAoHCklTtZIsRjMw0PcD8+aVKVF3NcBK4=
 appveyor.yml:
   simplecov: true
   install_post:
-    - 'ps: "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/raw/master/tools/install-powershell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing -OutFile install-pwsh.ps1"'
-    - 'ps: "& ./install-pwsh.ps1"'
-    - set PATH=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\powershell;%PATH%
-    - pwsh -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -Command $PSVersionTable
-    - powershell -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -Command $PSVersionTable
+  - >-
+    ps: "[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/raw/master/tools/install-powershell.ps1 -UseBasicParsing
+    -OutFile install-pwsh.ps1"
+  - 'ps: "& ./install-pwsh.ps1"'
+  - set PATH=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\powershell;%PATH%
+  - pwsh -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -Command $PSVersionTable
+  - powershell -NoProfile -NoLogo -NonInteractive -Command $PSVersionTable
 Gemfile:
   optional:
     ":development":
@@ -37,18 +40,18 @@ Gemfile:
       ref: 20ee04ba1234e9e83eb2ffb5056e23d641c7a018
       condition: Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup) >= Gem::Version.new('2.2.2')
   required:
-    ':system_tests':
-      - gem: 'puppet-module-posix-system-r#{minor_version}'
-        platforms: ruby
-      - gem: 'puppet-module-win-system-r#{minor_version}'
-        platforms:
-          - mswin
-          - mingw
-          - x64_mingw
-      - gem: beaker-testmode_switcher
-        version: '~> 0.4'
-      - gem: master_manipulator
-      - gem: puppet-blacksmith
-        version: '~> 3.4'
+    ":system_tests":
+    - gem: puppet-module-posix-system-r#{minor_version}
+      platforms: ruby
+    - gem: puppet-module-win-system-r#{minor_version}
+      platforms:
+      - mswin
+      - mingw
+      - x64_mingw
+    - gem: beaker-testmode_switcher
+      version: "~> 0.4"
+    - gem: master_manipulator
+    - gem: puppet-blacksmith
+      version: "~> 3.4"
 spec/spec_helper.rb:
   coverage_report: true
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 071477d9..08eee6f0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ before_install:
   - rm -f Gemfile.lock
   - "# Update system gems if requested. This is useful to temporarily workaround troubles in the test runner"
   - "# See https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/commit/705154d5c437796b821691b707156e1b056d244f for an example of how this was used"
-  - "# Ignore exit code of SIGPIPE'd yes to not fail with shell's pipefail set"
-  - '[ -z "$RUBYGEMS_VERSION" ] || (yes || true) | gem update --system $RUBYGEMS_VERSION'
+  - '[ -z "$RUBYGEMS_VERSION" ] || gem update --system $RUBYGEMS_VERSION'
   - gem --version
   - bundle -v
 script:
@@ -49,3 +48,5 @@ branches:
     - /^v\d/
 notifications:
   email: false
+  slack:
+    secure: Yqv+S1Bwz19bor4xu3v7i5rLPzQuwTSZhO5wjsrX+jhKDN5/+e7e53x/v3Onjdrn9rjwFAxwzciAte0MO96xLFjyzWyUSziGur8/v3TcbRnnVQMOnIEj0HfmyLbx1cpxGK9V8MPsWQVAoHCklTtZIsRjMw0PcD8+aVKVF3NcBK4=
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 38568494..ca6ed507 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@
   ],
   "pdk-version": "1.15.0",
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#master",
-  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-g5676b3f"
+  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-gcaed9d7"
 }