diff --git a/authority/provisioners.go b/authority/provisioners.go
index 273612365..0d38f6678 100644
--- a/authority/provisioners.go
+++ b/authority/provisioners.go
@@ -754,13 +754,17 @@ func provisionerOptionsToLinkedca(p *provisioner.Options) (*linkedca.Template, *
 		}
 
 		if p.X509.Template != "" {
-			x509Template.Template = []byte(p.SSH.Template)
+			x509Template.Template = []byte(p.X509.Template)
 		} else if p.X509.TemplateFile != "" {
 			filename := step.Abs(p.X509.TemplateFile)
 			if x509Template.Template, err = os.ReadFile(filename); err != nil {
 				return nil, nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error reading x509 template")
 			}
 		}
+
+		if p.X509.TemplateData != nil {
+			x509Template.Data = p.X509.TemplateData
+		}
 	}
 
 	if p.SSH != nil && p.SSH.HasTemplate() {
@@ -777,6 +781,10 @@ func provisionerOptionsToLinkedca(p *provisioner.Options) (*linkedca.Template, *
 				return nil, nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "error reading ssh template")
 			}
 		}
+
+		if p.SSH.TemplateData != nil {
+			sshTemplate.Data = p.SSH.TemplateData
+		}
 	}
 
 	var webhooks []*linkedca.Webhook