diff --git a/substrate/scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/publish.yml b/substrate/scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/publish.yml
index c02b50e0cb..8f7a619f8b 100644
--- a/substrate/scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/publish.yml
+++ b/substrate/scripts/ci/gitlab/pipeline/publish.yml
@@ -147,3 +147,17 @@ publish-draft-release:
   script:
     - ./scripts/ci/gitlab/publish_draft_release.sh
   allow_failure:                   true
+
+# Ref: https://github.com/paritytech/opstooling/issues/111
+update-node-template:
+  stage:                           publish
+  extends:                         .kubernetes-env
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^polkadot-v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/ # i.e. polkadot-v1.0.99, polkadot-v2.1rc1
+  script:
+    - git clone --depth=1 --branch="$PIPELINE_SCRIPTS_TAG" https://github.com/paritytech/pipeline-scripts
+    - ./pipeline-scripts/update_substrate_template.sh
+      --repo-name "substrate-node-template"
+      --template-path "bin/node-template"
+      --github-api-token "$GITHUB_TOKEN"
+      --polkadot-branch "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"