diff --git a/.sync.yml b/.sync.yml
index b07489745b..a4a0e35fef 100644
--- a/.sync.yml
+++ b/.sync.yml
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@
     sudo: required
     stage: acceptance
   simplecov: true
+  notifications:
+    slack:
+      secure: sulU0RHAFNMVQyQnqcyRHLRjL7Zl1Ao7ywuObL/qTsCiIweRsFiHX0BdTrurxobhjgdHQizx9G2IakkvhE120AOlLbCV9Nw45tvyuzdV4HhdPSKtwdWWKXgU4IvP2tSblZ4hCOEG4CuEKPvFtoY8UEW2ODmvvwFlQz+GOYOBYMw=
 appveyor.yml:
   delete: true
 Gemfile:
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e0bd4b2bff..bd02c5ea2c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ cache: bundler
 before_install:
   - bundle -v
   - rm -f Gemfile.lock
-  - gem update --system $RUBYGEMS_VERSION
+  - "# Update system gems if requested. This is useful to temporarily workaround troubles in the test runner"
+  - "# See https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/commit/705154d5c437796b821691b707156e1b056d244f for an example of how this was used"
+  - '[ -z "$RUBYGEMS_VERSION" ] || gem update --system $RUBYGEMS_VERSION'
   - gem --version
   - bundle -v
 script:
@@ -138,6 +140,8 @@ branches:
     - release
 notifications:
   email: false
+  slack:
+    secure: sulU0RHAFNMVQyQnqcyRHLRjL7Zl1Ao7ywuObL/qTsCiIweRsFiHX0BdTrurxobhjgdHQizx9G2IakkvhE120AOlLbCV9Nw45tvyuzdV4HhdPSKtwdWWKXgU4IvP2tSblZ4hCOEG4CuEKPvFtoY8UEW2ODmvvwFlQz+GOYOBYMw=
 deploy:
   provider: puppetforge
   user: puppet
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 9f2f422454..85ed89d66f 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
       "version_requirement": ">= 5.5.10 < 7.0.0"
     }
   ],
-  "pdk-version": "1.14.1",
+  "pdk-version": "1.15.0",
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#master",
-  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-g643529a"
+  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-gcaed9d7"
 }