diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/src/actions/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/src/actions/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
index edc5c3ff77..2c1ecd06f9 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/src/actions/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend-module-cookiecutter/src/actions/fetch/cookiecutter.test.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ describe('fetch:cookiecutter', () => {
         },
       },
       templateInfo: {
-        name: 'lols',
+        entityRef: 'template:default/cookiecutter',
         baseUrl: 'somebase',
       },
       workspacePath: mockTmpDir,
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts
index f0002ac0a5..2c7eb26d5b 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-common/src/TaskSpec.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@ export type TemplateMetadata = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Information about a template that is stored on a task specification
+ * Information about a template that is stored on a task specification.
+ * Includes a stringified entityRef, and the baseUrl which is usually the relative path of the template definition
  *
  * @public
  */
 export type TemplateInfo = {
-  name: string;
+  entityRef: string;
   baseUrl?: string;
 };