diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml b/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml
index bb47db657f05..115dd9790748 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-freeze.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   code-freeze:
-    uses: NVIDIA/NeMo-FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_code_freeze.yml@v0.17.1
+    uses: NVIDIA/NeMo-FW-CI-templates/.github/workflows/_code_freeze.yml@v0.17.2
     with:
       library-name: NeMo-Toolkit
       python-package: nemo