diff --git a/scripts/system_configs.yaml b/scripts/system_configs.yaml
index 7ca8850c..4bc08236 100644
--- a/scripts/system_configs.yaml
+++ b/scripts/system_configs.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   description: "Production Copier template source"
 
 - key: scheduler.service_template_ref
-  value: "0.3.4"
+  value: "0.3.5"
   category: scheduler
   description: "Pinned service-template release tag or commit"
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/template/test_stage5_mock_smoke.py b/tests/integration/template/test_stage5_mock_smoke.py
index 47b49c4a..5837ea98 100644
--- a/tests/integration/template/test_stage5_mock_smoke.py
+++ b/tests/integration/template/test_stage5_mock_smoke.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def test_production_template_is_loaded_from_system_config() -> None:
     template = load_production_template()
 
     assert template.source == "gh:vladmesh/service-template"
-    assert template.ref == "0.3.4"
+    assert template.ref == "0.3.5"
 
 
 def test_stage5_smoke_uses_an_isolated_workspace_and_project_name(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/live/pipeline_helpers.py b/tests/live/pipeline_helpers.py
index 4e4cd110..d4ebc4df 100644
--- a/tests/live/pipeline_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/live/pipeline_helpers.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 GITHUB_ORG = "project-factory-organization"
 TEMPLATE_REPO = "gh:vladmesh/service-template"
-TEMPLATE_REF = "0.3.4"
+TEMPLATE_REF = "0.3.5"
 ORCHESTRATOR_ROOT = resolve_repo_root(Path(__file__))
 
 # Timeouts (seconds)