diff --git a/news/changelog-1.7.md b/news/changelog-1.7.md
index 0e2e00ba705..5beb56c0863 100644
--- a/news/changelog-1.7.md
+++ b/news/changelog-1.7.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## In this release
 
+- ([#6607](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/6607)): Add missing beamer template update for beamer theme options: `colorthemeoptions`, `fontthemeoptions`, `innerthemeoptions` and `outerthemeoptions`.
 - ([#12625](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/12625)): Fire resize event on window when light/dark toggle is clicked, to tell widgets to resize.
 - ([#12657](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/12657)): Load Giscus in generated script tag, to avoid wrong-theming in Chrome.
 
diff --git a/src/resources/formats/beamer/pandoc/template.tex b/src/resources/formats/beamer/pandoc/template.tex
index 65883182679..3205847a524 100644
--- a/src/resources/formats/beamer/pandoc/template.tex
+++ b/src/resources/formats/beamer/pandoc/template.tex
@@ -72,19 +72,19 @@
 \usetheme[$for(themeoptions)$$themeoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$theme$}
 $endif$
 $if(colortheme)$
-\usecolortheme{$colortheme$}
+\usecolortheme[$for(colorthemeoptions)$$colorthemeoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$colortheme$}
 $endif$
 $if(fonttheme)$
-\usefonttheme{$fonttheme$}
+\usefonttheme[$for(fontthemeoptions)$$fontthemeoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$fonttheme$}
 $endif$
 $if(mainfont)$
 \usefonttheme{serif} % use mainfont rather than sansfont for slide text
 $endif$
 $if(innertheme)$
-\useinnertheme{$innertheme$}
+\useinnertheme[$for(innerthemeoptions)$$innerthemeoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$innertheme$}
 $endif$
 $if(outertheme)$
-\useoutertheme{$outertheme$}
+\useoutertheme[$for(outerthemeoptions)$$outerthemeoptions$$sep$,$endfor$]{$outertheme$}
 $endif$
 $font-settings.latex()$
 $common.latex()$
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@
 $after-header-includes.latex()$
 $hypersetup.latex()$
 
-$if(nocite-ids)$
-\nocite{$for(nocite-ids)$$it$$sep$, $endfor$}
-$endif$
-
 $before-title.tex()$
 
 $title.tex()$
diff --git a/src/resources/schema/document-options.yml b/src/resources/schema/document-options.yml
index 5170a8ac705..6a318ccd541 100644
--- a/src/resources/schema/document-options.yml
+++ b/src/resources/schema/document-options.yml
@@ -274,32 +274,60 @@
   schema: string
   tags:
     formats: [beamer]
-  description: The Beamer color theme for this presentation.
+  description: The Beamer color theme for this presentation, passed to `\usecolortheme`.
+
+- name: colorthemeoptions
+  schema:
+    maybeArrayOf: string
+  tags:
+    formats: [beamer]
+  description: The Beamer color theme options for this presentation, passed to `\usecolortheme`.
 
 - name: fonttheme
   schema: string
   tags:
     formats: [beamer]
-  description: The Beamer font theme for this presentation.
+  description: The Beamer font theme for this presentation, passed to `\usefonttheme`.
+
+- name: fontthemeoptions
+  schema:
+    maybeArrayOf: string
+  tags:
+    formats: [beamer]
+  description: The Beamer font theme options for this presentation, passed to `\usefonttheme`.
 
 - name: innertheme
   schema: string
   tags:
     formats: [beamer]
-  description: The Beamer inner theme for this presentation.
+  description: The Beamer inner theme for this presentation, passed to `\useinnertheme`.
+
+- name: innerthemeoptions
+  schema:
+    maybeArrayOf: string
+  tags:
+    formats: [beamer]
+  description: The Beamer inner theme options for this presentation, passed to `\useinnertheme`.
 
 - name: outertheme
   schema: string
   tags:
     formats: [beamer]
-  description: The Beamer outer theme for this presentation.
+  description: The Beamer outer theme for this presentation, passed to `\useoutertheme`.
+
+- name: outerthemeoptions
+  schema:
+    maybeArrayOf: string
+  tags:
+    formats: [beamer]
+  description: The Beamer outer theme options for this presentation, passed to `\useoutertheme`.
 
 - name: themeoptions
   schema:
     maybeArrayOf: string
   tags:
     formats: [beamer]
-  description: Options passed to LaTeX Beamer themes.
+  description: Options passed to LaTeX Beamer themes inside `\usetheme`.
 
 - name: section
   schema: number