diff --git a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py
index c352e67f89..bbc20927c0 100644
--- a/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py
+++ b/client/ayon_core/plugins/publish/integrate_hero_version.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ class IntegrateHeroVersion(pyblish.api.InstancePlugin):
                 repre_entity["context"] = repre_context
                 repre_entity["attrib"] = {
                     "path": str(template_filled),
-                    "template": hero_template
+                    "template": hero_template.template
                 }
 
                 dst_paths = []