diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0db23098e..3ed3980af 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# UV
+uv.lock
+
 # Terraform-related files
 *.tfstate
 *.tfstate.backup
diff --git a/tests/registry/test_templates.py b/tests/registry/test_templates.py
index 5a0b639b8..0588b41f1 100644
--- a/tests/registry/test_templates.py
+++ b/tests/registry/test_templates.py
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 import yaml
 
 from tracecat.registry.actions.models import TemplateAction
+from tracecat.registry.repository import Repository
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def registry():
+    registry = Repository()
+    registry.init(include_base=False, include_templates=True)
+    return registry
 
 
 @pytest.mark.anyio
@@ -12,9 +20,15 @@
     list(Path("registry/tracecat_registry/templates").rglob("*.yml")),
     ids=lambda path: str(path.parts[-2:]),
 )
-async def test_template_action_validation(file_path):
+async def test_template_action_validation(file_path, registry):
     with open(file_path) as file:
         template = yaml.safe_load(file)
+
+    # Test parsing
     action = TemplateAction(**template)
     assert action.type == "action"
     assert action.definition
+
+    # Test registration
+    registry.register_template_action(action)
+    assert action.definition.action in registry