diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index 60e52e12e..27c6da8df 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
    and tested.
  - fix: lack of testing for valid object creation
  - fix: No mention of intermediate upgrade step in gotcha's
+ - fix: A newly released version of Html::Template fixes a bug with global
+   variables and nested loops.  testEnvironment.pl has been updated to
+   require that it be used.
 
 7.3.8
  - Fixed a template variable rewriting problem with HTML::Template::Expr
diff --git a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
index 4d01b59db..7c0241060 100644
--- a/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
+++ b/sbin/testEnvironment.pl
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ checkModule("Log::Log4perl",0.51);
 checkModule("Net::LDAP",0.25);
 checkModule("HTML::Highlight",0.20);
 checkModule("HTML::TagFilter",0.07);
-checkModule("HTML::Template",2.7);
+checkModule("HTML::Template",2.9);
 checkModule("HTML::Template::Expr",0.05,2);
 checkModule("Parse::PlainConfig",1.1);
 checkModule("XML::RSSLite",0.11);