diff --git a/.github/workflows/response_templates/mcopenapi_public.yml b/.github/workflows/response_templates/mcopenapi_public.yml
index 6d0f7a8108..4cc2651082 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/response_templates/mcopenapi_public.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/response_templates/mcopenapi_public.yml
@@ -2864,7 +2864,11 @@ components:
           type: number
           format: double
           example: 1690743671.0881049633
-      example: { "version": 2, "update_time": 1690743671.0881049633 }
+        description:
+          type: string
+          description: Description of the response template version.
+          example: "This is version 2 of the response template."
+      example: { "version": 2, "update_time": 1690743671.0881049633, "description": "This is version 2 of the response template." }
     ResponseTemplateManifest:
       type: object
       description: Response template manifest.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/response_templates/template_script.py b/.github/workflows/response_templates/template_script.py
index f49ba5e820..2f6b6ffe88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/response_templates/template_script.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/response_templates/template_script.py
@@ -32,21 +32,25 @@ def generate_manifest(directory, prefix, output_dir):
         template_mapping = _get_template_mapping(directory)
         for template_name, template_list in sorted(template_mapping.items(), key=lambda x: x[0]):
             out_template_name = f"{template_name}.json"
+            curr_template_name = template_name
 
             templates_version= []
             for _, file in template_list:
                 with open(file, 'r') as in_file:
                     content = in_file.read()
                     curr_template = json.loads(content)
-                    version = curr_template.get("version", "1.0")
+                    version = curr_template.get("version")
                     update_time = curr_template.get("update_time")
+                    description = curr_template.get("description")
+                    curr_template_name = curr_template.get("name", template_name)
                     curr_metadata = {
                         "version": version,
                         "update_time": update_time,
+                        "description": description,
                     }
                     templates_version.append(curr_metadata)
             response_templates.append({
-                "name": template_name,
+                "name": curr_template_name,
                 "versions": templates_version,
                 "link": f"{prefix}{out_template_name}"
             })