diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c4215c938..b42d94d94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Use new dependency resolver for template contract - [#325](https://github.com/paritytech/cargo-contract/pull/325)
+
 ## [0.13.1] - 2021-08-03
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/templates/new/_Cargo.toml b/templates/new/_Cargo.toml
index 9ac4826bf..fab1c15d9 100644
--- a/templates/new/_Cargo.toml
+++ b/templates/new/_Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "{{name}}"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["[your_name] <[your_email]>"]
 edition = "2018"
+resolver = "2"
 
 [dependencies]
 ink_primitives = { version = "3.0.0-rc3", default-features = false }