diff --git a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/index.ts b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/index.ts
index be9f7a0d6a..edac9c505a 100644
--- a/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/index.ts
+++ b/packages/catalog-model/src/kinds/index.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ export type {
 } from './SystemEntityV1alpha1';
 export { templateEntityV1beta2Validator } from './TemplateEntityV1beta2';
 export type { TemplateEntityV1beta2 } from './TemplateEntityV1beta2';
+export { templateEntityV1beta3Validator } from './TemplateEntityV1beta3';
+export type { TemplateEntityV1beta3 } from './TemplateEntityV1beta3';
 export type { KindValidator } from './types';
 export { userEntityV1alpha1Validator } from './UserEntityV1alpha1';
 export type {
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts
index bcabc00f32..18a8ad2a27 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ import {
   systemEntityV1alpha1Validator,
   TemplateEntityV1beta2,
   templateEntityV1beta2Validator,
+  TemplateEntityV1beta3,
+  templateEntityV1beta3Validator,
   UserEntity,
   userEntityV1alpha1Validator,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ export class BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
     resourceEntityV1alpha1Validator,
     groupEntityV1alpha1Validator,
     locationEntityV1alpha1Validator,
+    templateEntityV1beta3Validator,
+
+    // TODO: remove once beta3 is stable
     templateEntityV1beta2Validator,
     userEntityV1alpha1Validator,
     systemEntityV1alpha1Validator,
@@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ export class BuiltinKindsEntityProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
      * Emit relations for the Template kind
      */
     if (entity.kind === 'Template') {
-      const template = entity as TemplateEntityV1beta2;
+      const template = entity as TemplateEntityV1beta2 | TemplateEntityV1beta3;
       doEmit(
         template.spec.owner,
         { defaultKind: 'Group', defaultNamespace: selfRef.namespace },
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/fixtures/test-v1beta3/template.yaml b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/fixtures/test-v1beta3/template.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b885357ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/fixtures/test-v1beta3/template.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1beta3
+kind: Template
+metadata:
+  name: test-v1beta3
+  title: Test v1beta3
+  description: Test V1 Beta 3 Demo Templates
+spec:
+  type: website
+  parameters:
+  - name: Enter some stuff
+    description: Enter some stuff
+    properties:
+      inputString:
+        type: string
+      inputObject:
+        type: object
+        properties:
+          first:
+            type: string
+          second:
+            type: number
+  steps:
+  - id: debug
+    name: Debug
+    action: debug:log
+    input:
+      message: ${{ parameters.inputString }}
+      extra: ${{ parameters.inputObject }}
+
+    
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/log.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/log.ts
index 557190dbbc..9bf9b7fb90 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/log.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/debug/log.ts
@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@ export function createDebugLogAction() {
             title: 'List all files in the workspace, if true.',
             type: 'boolean',
           },
+          extra: {
+            title: 'Extra info',
+          },
         },
       },
     },
     async handler(ctx) {
+      ctx.logger.info(JSON.stringify(ctx.input, null, 2));
+
       if (ctx.input?.message) {
         ctx.logStream.write(ctx.input.message);
       }