diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 3bd596120..f611ab383 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ In addition, various properties of the spinners and pulse can be customized with
 
 * Fixed #3833: When `width` is provided to `textAreaInput()`, we now correctly set the width of the `<textarea>` element. (#3838)
 
+* `shiny::shinyAppTemplate()` no longer errors without a call to `library(shiny)`. (#3870)
 
 # shiny 1.7.4.1
 
diff --git a/inst/app_template/tests/testthat/test-shinytest2.R b/inst/app_template/tests/testthat/test-shinytest2.R
index 83452bc86..41f6cf944 100644
--- a/inst/app_template/tests/testthat/test-shinytest2.R
+++ b/inst/app_template/tests/testthat/test-shinytest2.R
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ test_that("Initial snapshot values are consistent", {
   app$expect_values()
 }){{
 if (isTRUE(module)) {
-HTML('
+shiny::HTML('
 
 
 test_that("Module values are consistent", {