diff --git a/.sync.yml b/.sync.yml
index ebc7f65712..1c2c6c0fc2 100644
--- a/.sync.yml
+++ b/.sync.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Gemfile:
       ref: 20ee04ba1234e9e83eb2ffb5056e23d641c7a018
       condition: Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup) >= Gem::Version.new('2.2.2')
 Rakefile:
+  extras:
+    "FastGettext.default_text_domain = 'default-text-domain'"
   changelog_user: puppetlabs
 spec/spec_helper.rb:
   mock_with: ":rspec"
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index adbbe6d0a4..4f6e33b02d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ group :development do
   gem "puppet-module-win-default-r#{minor_version}", '~> 0.4',   require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
   gem "puppet-module-win-dev-r#{minor_version}", '~> 0.4',       require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
   gem "github_changelog_generator",                              require: false, git: 'https://github.com/skywinder/github-changelog-generator', ref: '20ee04ba1234e9e83eb2ffb5056e23d641c7a018' if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup) >= Gem::Version.new('2.2.2')
-  gem 'ed25519', '>= 1.2', '< 2.0'
-  gem 'bcrypt_pbkdf', '>= 1.0', '< 2.0'
 end
 
 puppet_version = ENV['PUPPET_GEM_VERSION']
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 96f6c89175..30e64c2d88 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -86,3 +86,4 @@ EOM
   end
 end
 
+FastGettext.default_text_domain = 'default-text-domain'
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 690ac4ec2a..a6163dfab3 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       "version_requirement": ">= 5.5.10 < 7.0.0"
     }
   ],
-  "pdk-version": "1.17.0",
+  "pdk-version": "1.18.0",
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#master",
-  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-g88b05c7"
+  "template-ref": "heads/master-0-g9c14433"
 }