diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index fe7a8b1..cdd65d2 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	"settings": {
 		"terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
 			"bash": {
-				"path": "bash",
+				"path": "bash"
 			}
 		}
 	},
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
index 3799f04..501dc1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
@@ -2,91 +2,14 @@ name: "Auto release"
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6 
-  HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
-  CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Module version to be released. Must be a valid semver string. (1.2.3)"
+        required: true
 
 jobs:
-  auto_release:
-    name: "Automatic release prep"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    steps:
-    
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
-      uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
-      with:
-        apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
-        dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
-        job-status: ${{ job.status }}
-
-    - name: "Honeycomb: start first step"
-      run: |
-        echo STEP_ID="auto-release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: "Checkout Source"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        persist-credentials: false
-
-    # We use the dev tools image here because the PDK image does not have the
-    # build tools necessary to compile native extensions.
-    - name: "PDK Release prep"
-      uses: docker://puppet/puppet-dev-tools:4.x
-      with:
-        args: 'pdk release prep --force --debug'
-      env:
-        CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    - name: "Get Version"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      id: gv
-      run: |
-        echo "::set-output name=ver::$(jq --raw-output .version metadata.json)"
-
-    - name: "Check if a release is necessary"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
-      id: check
-      run: |
-        git diff --quiet CHANGELOG.md && echo "::set-output name=release::false" || echo "::set-output name=release::true"
-
-    - name: "Commit changes"
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
-      run: |
-        git config --local user.email "${{ github.repository_owner }}@users.noreply.github.com"
-        git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
-        git add .
-        git commit -m "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-
-    - name: Create Pull Request
-      id: cpr
-      uses: puppetlabs/peter-evans-create-pull-request@v3
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
-      with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        commit-message: "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-        branch: "release-prep"
-        delete-branch: true
-        title: "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-        body: |
-          Automated release-prep through [pdk-templates](https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/blob/main/moduleroot/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml.erb) from commit ${{ github.sha }}. 
-          Please verify before merging:
-          - [ ] last [nightly](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/nightly.yml) run is green
-          - [ ] [Changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) is readable and has no unlabeled pull requests
-          - [ ] Ensure the [changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) version and [metadata](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/metadata.json) version match
-        labels: "maintenance"
-
-    - name: PR outputs
-      if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' && steps.check.outputs.release == 'true' }}
-      run: |
-        echo "Pull Request Number - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
-        echo "Pull Request URL - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-url }}"
- 
-    - name: "Honeycomb: Record finish step"
-      if: ${{ always() }}
-      run: |
-        buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Finished auto release workflow'
+  release_prep:
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_release_prep.yml@main"
+    with:
+      version: "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+    secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d9604ad..0b7b8a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,44 +4,6 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   
 jobs:
-  create-github-release:
-    name: Deploy GitHub Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-          clean: true
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Get Version
-        id: gv
-        run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=ver::$(jq --raw-output .version metadata.json)"
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        id: create_release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: "v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-
-  deploy-forge:
-    name: Deploy to Forge
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-          clean: true
-      - name: "PDK Build"
-        uses: docker://puppet/pdk:nightly
-        with:
-          args: 'build'
-      - name: "Push to Forge"
-        uses: docker://puppet/pdk:nightly
-        with:
-          args: 'release publish --forge-token ${{ secrets.FORGE_API_KEY }} --force'
+  release: 
+    uses: "puppetlabs/cat-github-actions/.github/workflows/module_release.yml@main"
+    secrets: "inherit"
diff --git a/.sync.yml b/.sync.yml
index 8df567d..e59781f 100644
--- a/.sync.yml
+++ b/.sync.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ Gemfile:
       - gem: beaker-module_install_helper
       - gem: beaker-puppet_install_helper
       - gem: nokogiri
+    ":system_tests":
+      - gem: voxpupuli-acceptance
 
 appveyor.yml:
   delete: true
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 6a6c641..e5d4603 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ group :development do
   gem "json", '= 2.5.1',                                                        require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 3.0.0', '< 3.0.5']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
   gem "json", '= 2.6.1',                                                        require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 3.1.0', '< 3.1.3']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
   gem "json", '= 2.6.3',                                                        require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 3.2.0', '< 4.0.0']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
-  gem "voxpupuli-puppet-lint-plugins", '~> 3.1',                                require: false
+  gem "voxpupuli-puppet-lint-plugins", '~> 4.0',                                require: false
   gem "facterdb", '~> 1.18',                                                    require: false
   gem "metadata-json-lint", '>= 2.0.2', '< 4.0.0',                              require: false
-  gem "puppetlabs_spec_helper", '>= 3.0.0', '< 5.0.0',                          require: false
+  gem "puppetlabs_spec_helper", '~> 5.0',                                       require: false
   gem "rspec-puppet-facts", '~> 2.0',                                           require: false
   gem "codecov", '~> 0.2',                                                      require: false
   gem "dependency_checker", '~> 0.2',                                           require: false
-  gem "parallel_tests", '~> 3.4',                                               require: false
+  gem "parallel_tests", '= 3.12.1',                                             require: false
   gem "pry", '~> 0.10',                                                         require: false
   gem "simplecov-console", '~> 0.5',                                            require: false
   gem "puppet-debugger", '~> 1.0',                                              require: false
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ group :development do
   gem "nokogiri",                                                               require: false
 end
 group :system_tests do
-  gem "puppet_litmus", '< 1.0.0', require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
+  gem "puppet_litmus", '< 1.0.0', require: false, platforms: [:ruby, :x64_mingw]
   gem "serverspec", '~> 2.41',    require: false
   gem "voxpupuli-acceptance"
 end
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 10ddd14..0968702 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ require 'bundler'
 require 'puppet_litmus/rake_tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet_litmus').any?
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
 require 'puppet-syntax/tasks/puppet-syntax'
-require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-blacksmith').any?
 require 'github_changelog_generator/task' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('github_changelog_generator').any?
 require 'puppet-strings/tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-strings').any?
 require 'voxpupuli/acceptance/rake'
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 4f8304b..0543d65 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       "version_requirement": ">= 6.0.0 < 9.0.0"
     }
   ],
-  "pdk-version": "2.6.1",
-  "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#2.7.1",
-  "template-ref": "tags/2.7.1-0-g9a16c87"
+  "pdk-version": "3.0.0",
+  "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#2.7.5",
+  "template-ref": "tags/2.7.5-0-ge5b0114"
 }