diff --git a/.changes/cta-templates-missing.md b/.changes/cta-templates-missing.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a056fe2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/cta-templates-missing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-tauri-app": patch
+---
+
+CTA also needs the template directory published as it doesn't get bundled into the `dist` directory.
diff --git a/tooling/create-tauri-app/package.json b/tooling/create-tauri-app/package.json
index bddc5ca97..6874d1aa8 100644
--- a/tooling/create-tauri-app/package.json
+++ b/tooling/create-tauri-app/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
   "main": "bin/create-tauri-app.js",
   "files": [
     "bin",
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "src/templates"
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "create-tauri-app": "create-tauri-app",