diff --git a/.github/workflows/misc-sync-templates.yml b/.github/workflows/misc-sync-templates.yml
index a8093e8e90f11..d307926dcb95b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/misc-sync-templates.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/misc-sync-templates.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ jobs:
 
       # 2. Yanking the template out of the monorepo workspace.
 
+      - name: Replace dev-dependencies path references to workspace references
+        run: find . -type f -name 'Cargo.toml' -exec sed -i'' -E "s/path = \"\.\.\/.*"/workspace = true/g" {} \; 
+        working-directory: polkadot-sdk/templates/${{ matrix.template }}/
       - name: Create a new workspace Cargo.toml
         run: |
           cat << EOF > Cargo.toml