diff --git a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyFreeform/EmptyFreeformRuleset.cs b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyFreeform/EmptyFreeformRuleset.cs
index 00754c6346..1e88f87f09 100644
--- a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyFreeform/EmptyFreeformRuleset.cs
+++ b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyFreeform/EmptyFreeformRuleset.cs
@@ -77,5 +77,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyFreeform
                 };
             }
         }
+
+        // Leave this line intact. It will bake the correct version into the ruleset on each build/release.
+        public override string RulesetAPIVersionSupported => CURRENT_RULESET_API_VERSION;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs
index 0522840e9e..2f6ba0dda6 100644
--- a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs
+++ b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs
@@ -49,5 +49,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon
         };
 
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new PippidonRulesetIcon(this);
+
+        // Leave this line intact. It will bake the correct version into the ruleset on each build/release.
+        public override string RulesetAPIVersionSupported => CURRENT_RULESET_API_VERSION;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling/EmptyScrollingRuleset.cs b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling/EmptyScrollingRuleset.cs
index c8f0c07724..a32586c414 100644
--- a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling/EmptyScrollingRuleset.cs
+++ b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-empty/osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling/EmptyScrollingRuleset.cs
@@ -54,5 +54,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.EmptyScrolling
             Text = ShortName[0].ToString(),
             Font = OsuFont.Default.With(size: 18),
         };
+
+        // Leave this line intact. It will bake the correct version into the ruleset on each build/release.
+        public override string RulesetAPIVersionSupported => CURRENT_RULESET_API_VERSION;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs
index 89246373ee..bde530feb8 100644
--- a/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs
+++ b/Templates/Rulesets/ruleset-scrolling-example/osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon/PippidonRuleset.cs
@@ -46,5 +46,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Pippidon
         };
 
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new PippidonRulesetIcon(this);
+
+        // Leave this line intact. It will bake the correct version into the ruleset on each build/release.
+        public override string RulesetAPIVersionSupported => CURRENT_RULESET_API_VERSION;
     }
 }