diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_empty/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_empty/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
index 87ca932..4963389 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_empty/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_empty/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ lof: true
 lot: true
 toc: true
 dropVISClogo: false
-use-old-csl-refs: "`r yaml::as.yaml(rmarkdown::pandoc_version() < '3.1.7', handlers = list(logical = yaml::verbatim_logical))`"
+use-old-csl-refs: !expr yaml::as.yaml(rmarkdown::pandoc_version() < '3.1.7', handlers = list(logical = yaml::verbatim_logical))
 output: 
   VISCtemplates::visc_pdf_document: default
   VISCtemplates::visc_word_document: default
diff --git a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_report/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_report/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
index ca21a60..21e01a8 100644
--- a/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_report/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
+++ b/inst/rmarkdown/templates/visc_report/skeleton/skeleton.Rmd
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ lof: true
 lot: true
 toc: true
 dropVISClogo: false
-use-old-csl-refs: "`r yaml::as.yaml(rmarkdown::pandoc_version() < '3.1.7', handlers = list(logical = yaml::verbatim_logical))`"
+use-old-csl-refs: !expr yaml::as.yaml(rmarkdown::pandoc_version() < '3.1.7', handlers = list(logical = yaml::verbatim_logical))
 output: 
   VISCtemplates::visc_pdf_document: default
   VISCtemplates::visc_word_document: default