diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7efacb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+## Changes:
+- ...
+
+
+## TODO:
+- [ ] Update the version of pephub in the `__version__.py` file
+- [ ] Update the changelog
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pephub/const.py b/pephub/const.py
index 89af9111..d54c536a 100644
--- a/pephub/const.py
+++ b/pephub/const.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
 CALLBACK_ENDPOINT = "/auth/callback"
 
-DEFAULT_PEP_SCHEMA = "databio/pep-2.1.0"
+DEFAULT_PEP_SCHEMA = "databio/pep:2.1.0"
 DEFAULT_TAG = "default"
 
 DEFAULT_QDRANT_SCORE_THRESHOLD = (
diff --git a/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py b/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py
index f0a249b6..4f831af7 100644
--- a/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py
+++ b/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ async def create_pep(
                     tag=tag,
                     description=description,
                     is_private=is_private,
-                    pep_schema=pep_schema or "databio/pep-2.1.0",
+                    pep_schema=pep_schema or "databio/pep:2.1.0",
                 )
             except ProjectUniqueNameError:
                 raise HTTPException(
diff --git a/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx b/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx
index 381de3b8..cad4afc7 100644
--- a/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/forms/project-upload-form.tsx
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export const ProjectUploadForm = ({ onHide, defaultNamespace }: Props) => {
                 isPrivate,
                 description,
                 files: uploadFiles,
-                pepSchema: pepSchema || 'databio/pep-2.1.0',
+                pepSchema: pepSchema || 'databio/pep:2.1.0',
               },
               {
                 onSuccess: () => {