diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
index affeca9..d15d148 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml
@@ -1,81 +1,86 @@
 name: "Auto release"
 
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 3 * * 6'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
   HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY: 7f3c63a70eecc61d635917de46bea4e6 
   HONEYCOMB_DATASET: litmus tests
   CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
 jobs:
   auto_release:
     name: "Automatic release prep"
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
     steps:
     - name: "Honeycomb: Start recording"
       uses: puppetlabs/kvrhdn-gha-buildevents@pdk-templates-v1
       with:
         apikey: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_WRITEKEY }}
         dataset: ${{ env.HONEYCOMB_DATASET }}
         job-status: ${{ job.status }}
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: start first step"
       run: |
         echo STEP_ID="auto-release" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo STEP_START=$(date +%s) >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: "Checkout Source"
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
         persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: "PDK Release prep"
       uses: docker://puppet/iac_release:ci
       with:
         args: 'release prep --force'
       env:
         CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
     - name: "Get Version"
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       id: gv
       run: |
         echo "::set-output name=ver::$(jq --raw-output .version metadata.json)"
 
     - name: "Commit changes"
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       run: |
         git config --local user.email "${{ github.repository_owner }}@users.noreply.github.com"
         git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
         git add .
         git commit -m "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
 
     - name: Create Pull Request
       id: cpr
       uses: puppetlabs/peter-evans-create-pull-request@v3
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         commit-message: "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
         branch: "release-prep"
         delete-branch: true
         title: "Release prep v${{ steps.gv.outputs.ver }}"
-        body: "Automated release-prep through [pdk-templates](https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/blob/main/moduleroot/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml.erb) from commit ${{ github.sha }}"
+        body: |
+          Automated release-prep through [pdk-templates](https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates/blob/main/moduleroot/.github/workflows/auto_release.yml.erb) from commit ${{ github.sha }}. 
+          Please verify before merging:
+          - [ ] last [nightly](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/nightly.yml) run is green
+          - [ ] [Changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) is readable and has no unlabeled pull requests
+          - [ ] Ensure the [changelog](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/CHANGELOG.md) version and [metadata](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/blob/release-prep/metadata.json) version match
         labels: "maintenance"
 
     - name: PR outputs
       if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs' }}
       run: |
         echo "Pull Request Number - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-number }}"
         echo "Pull Request URL - ${{ steps.cpr.outputs.pull-request-url }}"
 
     - name: "Honeycomb: Record finish step"
       if: ${{ always() }}
       run: |
         buildevents step $TRACE_ID $STEP_ID $STEP_START 'Finished auto release workflow'
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index beb483a..135373d 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,73 +1,63 @@
 source ENV['GEM_SOURCE'] || 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 def location_for(place_or_version, fake_version = nil)
   git_url_regex = %r{\A(?<url>(https?|git)[:@][^#]*)(#(?<branch>.*))?}
   file_url_regex = %r{\Afile:\/\/(?<path>.*)}
 
   if place_or_version && (git_url = place_or_version.match(git_url_regex))
     [fake_version, { git: git_url[:url], branch: git_url[:branch], require: false }].compact
   elsif place_or_version && (file_url = place_or_version.match(file_url_regex))
     ['>= 0', { path: File.expand_path(file_url[:path]), require: false }]
   else
     [place_or_version, { require: false }]
   end
 end
 
 ruby_version_segments = Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup).segments
 minor_version = ruby_version_segments[0..1].join('.')
 
 group :development do
   gem "json", '= 2.0.4',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create('~> 2.4.2').satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
   gem "json", '= 2.1.0',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 2.5.0', '< 2.7.0']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
   gem "json", '= 2.3.0',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 2.7.0', '< 2.8.0']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
   gem "puppet-module-posix-default-r#{minor_version}", '~> 1.0', require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
   gem "puppet-module-posix-dev-r#{minor_version}", '~> 1.0',     require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
   gem "puppet-module-win-default-r#{minor_version}", '~> 1.0',   require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
   gem "puppet-module-win-dev-r#{minor_version}", '~> 1.0',       require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
-  gem "github_changelog_generator",                              git: 'https://github.com/carabasdaniel/github-changelog-generator.git', require: false
+  gem "github_changelog_generator",                              require: false
 end
 group :system_tests do
   gem "puppet-module-posix-system-r#{minor_version}", '~> 1.0', require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
   gem "puppet-module-win-system-r#{minor_version}", '~> 1.0',   require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
 end
 
 puppet_version = ENV['PUPPET_GEM_VERSION']
 facter_version = ENV['FACTER_GEM_VERSION']
 hiera_version = ENV['HIERA_GEM_VERSION']
 
 gems = {}
 
 gems['puppet'] = location_for(puppet_version)
 
 # If facter or hiera versions have been specified via the environment
 # variables
 
 gems['facter'] = location_for(facter_version) if facter_version
 gems['hiera'] = location_for(hiera_version) if hiera_version
 
-if Gem.win_platform? && puppet_version =~ %r{^(file:///|git://)}
-  # If we're using a Puppet gem on Windows which handles its own win32-xxx gem
-  # dependencies (>= 3.5.0), set the maximum versions (see PUP-6445).
-  gems['win32-dir'] =      ['<= 0.4.9', require: false]
-  gems['win32-eventlog'] = ['<= 0.6.5', require: false]
-  gems['win32-process'] =  ['<= 0.7.5', require: false]
-  gems['win32-security'] = ['<= 0.2.5', require: false]
-  gems['win32-service'] =  ['0.8.8', require: false]
-end
-
 gems.each do |gem_name, gem_params|
   gem gem_name, *gem_params
 end
 
 # Evaluate Gemfile.local and ~/.gemfile if they exist
 extra_gemfiles = [
   "#{__FILE__}.local",
   File.join(Dir.home, '.gemfile'),
 ]
 
 extra_gemfiles.each do |gemfile|
   if File.file?(gemfile) && File.readable?(gemfile)
     eval(File.read(gemfile), binding)
   end
 end
 # vim: syntax=ruby
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1b828da..2906c15 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,89 +1,88 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 require 'bundler'
 require 'puppet_litmus/rake_tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet_litmus').any?
 require 'puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks'
 require 'puppet-syntax/tasks/puppet-syntax'
 require 'puppet_blacksmith/rake_tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-blacksmith').any?
 require 'github_changelog_generator/task' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('github_changelog_generator').any?
 require 'puppet-strings/tasks' if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('puppet-strings').any?
 
 def changelog_user
   return unless Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog"
   returnVal = nil || JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['author']
   raise "unable to find the changelog_user in .sync.yml, or the author in metadata.json" if returnVal.nil?
   puts "GitHubChangelogGenerator user:#{returnVal}"
   returnVal
 end
 
 def changelog_project
   return unless Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog"
 
   returnVal = nil
   returnVal ||= begin
     metadata_source = JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['source']
     metadata_source_match = metadata_source && metadata_source.match(%r{.*\/([^\/]*?)(?:\.git)?\Z})
 
     metadata_source_match && metadata_source_match[1]
   end
 
   raise "unable to find the changelog_project in .sync.yml or calculate it from the source in metadata.json" if returnVal.nil?
 
   puts "GitHubChangelogGenerator project:#{returnVal}"
   returnVal
 end
 
 def changelog_future_release
   return unless Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog"
   returnVal = "v%s" % JSON.load(File.read('metadata.json'))['version']
   raise "unable to find the future_release (version) in metadata.json" if returnVal.nil?
   puts "GitHubChangelogGenerator future_release:#{returnVal}"
   returnVal
 end
 
 PuppetLint.configuration.send('disable_relative')
 
 if Bundler.rubygems.find_name('github_changelog_generator').any?
   GitHubChangelogGenerator::RakeTask.new :changelog do |config|
     raise "Set CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable eg 'export CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN=valid_token_here'" if Rake.application.top_level_tasks.include? "changelog" and ENV['CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN'].nil?
     config.user = "#{changelog_user}"
     config.project = "#{changelog_project}"
     config.future_release = "#{changelog_future_release}"
     config.exclude_labels = ['maintenance']
     config.header = "# Change log\n\nAll notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org)."
     config.add_pr_wo_labels = true
     config.issues = false
     config.merge_prefix = "### UNCATEGORIZED PRS; LABEL THEM ON GITHUB"
-    config.continue_with_errors = true
     config.configure_sections = {
       "Changed" => {
         "prefix" => "### Changed",
         "labels" => ["backwards-incompatible"],
       },
       "Added" => {
         "prefix" => "### Added",
         "labels" => ["enhancement", "feature"],
       },
       "Fixed" => {
         "prefix" => "### Fixed",
         "labels" => ["bug", "documentation", "bugfix"],
       },
     }
   end
 else
   desc 'Generate a Changelog from GitHub'
   task :changelog do
     raise <<EOM
 The changelog tasks depends on recent features of the github_changelog_generator gem.
 Please manually add it to your .sync.yml for now, and run `pdk update`:
 ---
 Gemfile:
   optional:
     ':development':
       - gem: 'github_changelog_generator'
         version: '~> 1.15'
         condition: "Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup) >= Gem::Version.new('2.3.0')"
 EOM
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index ade6b7a..51da667 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -1,108 +1,108 @@
 {
   "name": "puppetlabs-stdlib",
   "version": "7.0.0",
   "author": "puppetlabs",
   "summary": "Standard library of resources for Puppet modules.",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "source": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib",
   "project_page": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-stdlib",
   "issues_url": "https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/MODULES",
   "dependencies": [
 
   ],
   "operatingsystem_support": [
     {
       "operatingsystem": "RedHat",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7",
         "8"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "CentOS",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7",
         "8"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "OracleLinux",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Scientific",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "6",
         "7"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "SLES",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "12",
         "15"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Debian",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "8",
         "9",
         "10"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Ubuntu",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "14.04",
         "16.04",
         "18.04",
         "20.04"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Solaris",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "10",
         "11"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "Windows",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "2008",
         "2008 R2",
         "2012",
         "2012 R2",
         "2016",
         "2019",
         "7",
         "8.1",
         "10"
       ]
     },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "AIX",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [
         "5.3",
         "6.1",
         "7.1"
       ]
     }
   ],
   "requirements": [
     {
       "name": "puppet",
       "version_requirement": ">= 6.0.0 < 8.0.0"
     }
   ],
   "description": "Standard Library for Puppet Modules",
   "pdk-version": "1.18.1",
   "template-url": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/pdk-templates#main",
-  "template-ref": "heads/main-0-g7be43a3"
+  "template-ref": "heads/main-0-g12a5dea"
 }