diff --git a/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/example/src/example/main.py b/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/example/src/example/main.py
index cdda9614..10973c67 100644
--- a/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/example/src/example/main.py
+++ b/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/example/src/example/main.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 called.
 """
 
-from importlib.metadata import metadata
+from importlib.metadata import metadata, version
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from safir.dependencies.http_client import http_client_dependency
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 app = FastAPI(
     title="example",
-    description=metadata("example").get("Summary", ""),
-    version=metadata("example").get("Version", "0.0.0"),
+    description=metadata("example")["Summary"],
+    version=version("example"),
     openapi_url=f"/{config.name}/openapi.json",
     docs_url=f"/{config.name}/docs",
     redoc_url=f"/{config.name}/redoc",
diff --git a/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/{{cookiecutter.name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/main.py b/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/{{cookiecutter.name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/main.py
index f7d5e179..618fe35e 100644
--- a/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/{{cookiecutter.name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/main.py
+++ b/project_templates/fastapi_safir_app/{{cookiecutter.name}}/src/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/main.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 called.
 """
 
-from importlib.metadata import metadata
+from importlib.metadata import metadata, version
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from safir.dependencies.http_client import http_client_dependency
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 
 app = FastAPI(
     title="{{ cookiecutter.name }}",
-    description=metadata("{{ cookiecutter.name }}").get("Summary", ""),
-    version=metadata("{{ cookiecutter.name }}").get("Version", "0.0.0"),
+    description=metadata("{{ cookiecutter.name }}")["Summary"],
+    version=version("{{ cookiecutter.name }}"),
     openapi_url=f"/{config.name}/openapi.json",
     docs_url=f"/{config.name}/docs",
     redoc_url=f"/{config.name}/redoc",
diff --git a/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE-0/bibentry.txt b/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE-0/bibentry.txt
index 6c83063e..3c91082a 100644
--- a/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE-0/bibentry.txt
+++ b/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE-0/bibentry.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
    author = { First Author },
     title = {Document Title},
      year = 2022,
-    month = Apr,
+    month = May,
    handle = {EXAMPLE-0},
       url = {https://example-0-0.lsst.io } }
diff --git a/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE/bibentry.txt b/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE/bibentry.txt
index 0e1a1950..aff946ca 100644
--- a/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE/bibentry.txt
+++ b/project_templates/latex_lsstdoc/EXAMPLE/bibentry.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
    author = { First Author },
     title = {Document Title},
      year = 2022,
-    month = Apr,
+    month = May,
    handle = {EXAMPLE},
       url = {https://example-.lsst.io } }
diff --git a/project_templates/technote_latex/testn-000/bibentry.txt b/project_templates/technote_latex/testn-000/bibentry.txt
index 56f51110..b62ffc64 100644
--- a/project_templates/technote_latex/testn-000/bibentry.txt
+++ b/project_templates/technote_latex/testn-000/bibentry.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
    author = { First Last },
     title = {Document Title},
      year = 2022,
-    month = Apr,
+    month = May,
    handle = {TESTN-000},
       url = {https://testn-000.lsst.io } }
diff --git a/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/bibentry.txt b/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/bibentry.txt
index 56f51110..b62ffc64 100644
--- a/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/bibentry.txt
+++ b/project_templates/technote_rst/testn-000/bibentry.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
    author = { First Last },
     title = {Document Title},
      year = 2022,
-    month = Apr,
+    month = May,
    handle = {TESTN-000},
       url = {https://testn-000.lsst.io } }
diff --git a/project_templates/test_report/TESTTR-0/bibentry.txt b/project_templates/test_report/TESTTR-0/bibentry.txt
index 301b2225..636c99e9 100644
--- a/project_templates/test_report/TESTTR-0/bibentry.txt
+++ b/project_templates/test_report/TESTTR-0/bibentry.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
    author = { First Author },
     title = {Document Title},
      year = 2022,
-    month = Apr,
+    month = May,
    handle = {TESTTR-0},
       url = {https://testtr-0.lsst.io } }