diff --git a/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/groupdoc.ts b/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/groupdoc.ts
index 81278fc7836..91c37ca20b3 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/groupdoc.ts
+++ b/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/groupdoc.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ interface City {
         </app-docsectiontext>
         <div class="card flex justify-center">
             <p-multiselect [options]="groupedCities" [group]="true" [(ngModel)]="selectedCities" placeholder="Select Cities" scrollHeight="250px" display="chip" styleClass="w-full md:w-80">
-                <ng-template let-group pTemplate="group">
+                <ng-template let-group #group>
                     <div class="flex items-center">
                         <img src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png" [class]="'mr-2 flag flag-' + group.value" style="width: 20px" />
                         <span>{{ group.label }}</span>
@@ -69,12 +69,9 @@ export class GroupDoc {
 
     code: Code = {
         basic: `<p-multiselect [options]="groupedCities" [group]="true" [(ngModel)]="selectedCities" placeholder="Select Cities" scrollHeight="250px" display="chip" styleClass="w-full md:w-80">
-    <ng-template let-group pTemplate="group">
+    <ng-template let-group #group>
         <div class="flex items-center">
-            <img
-                src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png"
-                [class]="'mr-2 flag flag-' + group.value"
-                style="width: 20px" />
+            <img src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png" [class]="'mr-2 flag flag-' + group.value" style="width: 20px" />
             <span>{{ group.label }}</span>
         </div>
     </ng-template>
@@ -82,15 +79,12 @@ export class GroupDoc {
 
         html: `<div class="card flex justify-center">
     <p-multiselect [options]="groupedCities" [group]="true" [(ngModel)]="selectedCities" placeholder="Select Cities" scrollHeight="250px" display="chip" styleClass="w-full md:w-80">
-            <ng-template let-group pTemplate="group">
-                <div class="flex items-center">
-                    <img
-                        src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png"
-                        [class]="'mr-2 flag flag-' + group.value"
-                        style="width: 20px" />
-                    <span>{{ group.label }}</span>
-                </div>
-            </ng-template>
+        <ng-template let-group #group>
+            <div class="flex items-center">
+                <img src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png" [class]="'mr-2 flag flag-' + group.value" style="width: 20px" />
+                <span>{{ group.label }}</span>
+            </div>
+        </ng-template>
     </p-multiselect>
 </div>`,
 
diff --git a/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/templatedoc.ts b/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/templatedoc.ts
index c2bf8a69206..404fe162698 100644
--- a/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/templatedoc.ts
+++ b/apps/showcase/doc/multiselect/templatedoc.ts
@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ interface Country {
         </app-docsectiontext>
         <div class="card flex justify-center">
             <p-multiselect [options]="countries" [(ngModel)]="selectedCountries" placeholder="Select Countries" optionLabel="name" styleClass="w-full md:w-80" display="chip">
-                <ng-template let-country pTemplate="item">
+                <ng-template let-country #item>
                     <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
                         <img src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png" [class]="'flag flag-' + country.code.toLowerCase()" style="width: 18px" />
                         <div>{{ country.name }}</div>
                     </div>
                 </ng-template>
-                <ng-template pTemplate="dropdownicon">
+                <ng-template #dropdownicon>
                     <i class="pi pi-map"></i>
                 </ng-template>
-                <ng-template pTemplate="filtericon">
+                <ng-template #filtericon>
                     <i class="pi pi-map-marker"></i>
                 </ng-template>
-                <ng-template pTemplate="header">
+                <ng-template #header>
                     <div class="font-medium px-3 py-2">Available Countries</div>
                 </ng-template>
-                <ng-template pTemplate="footer">
+                <ng-template #footer>
                     <div class="p-3 flex justify-between">
                         <p-button label="Add New" severity="secondary" text size="small" icon="pi pi-plus" />
                         <p-button label="Remove All" severity="danger" text size="small" icon="pi pi-times" />
@@ -62,34 +62,23 @@ export class TemplateDoc implements OnInit {
     }
 
     code: Code = {
-        basic: `<p-multiselect
-    [options]="countries"
-    [(ngModel)]="selectedCountries"
-    placeholder="Select Countries"
-    optionLabel="name"
-    styleClass="w-full md:w-80"
-    display="chip"
->
-    <ng-template let-country pTemplate="item">
+        basic: `<p-multiselect [options]="countries" [(ngModel)]="selectedCountries" placeholder="Select Countries" optionLabel="name" styleClass="w-full md:w-80" display="chip">
+    <ng-template let-country #item>
         <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-            <img
-                src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png"
-                [class]="'flag flag-' + country.code.toLowerCase()"
-                style="width: 18px"
-            />
+            <img src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png" [class]="'flag flag-' + country.code.toLowerCase()" style="width: 18px" />
             <div>{{ country.name }}</div>
         </div>
     </ng-template>
-    <ng-template pTemplate="dropdownicon">
+    <ng-template #dropdownicon>
         <i class="pi pi-map"></i>
     </ng-template>
-    <ng-template pTemplate="filtericon">
+    <ng-template #filtericon>
         <i class="pi pi-map-marker"></i>
     </ng-template>
-    <ng-template pTemplate="header">
+    <ng-template #header>
         <div class="font-medium px-3 py-2">Available Countries</div>
     </ng-template>
-    <ng-template pTemplate="footer">
+    <ng-template #footer>
         <div class="p-3 flex justify-between">
             <p-button label="Add New" severity="secondary" text size="small" icon="pi pi-plus" />
             <p-button label="Remove All" severity="danger" text size="small" icon="pi pi-times" />
@@ -98,34 +87,23 @@ export class TemplateDoc implements OnInit {
 </p-multiselect>`,
 
         html: `<div class="card flex justify-center">
-    <p-multiselect
-        [options]="countries"
-        [(ngModel)]="selectedCountries"
-        placeholder="Select Countries"
-        optionLabel="name"
-        styleClass="w-full md:w-80"
-        display="chip"
-    >
-        <ng-template let-country pTemplate="item">
+    <p-multiselect [options]="countries" [(ngModel)]="selectedCountries" placeholder="Select Countries" optionLabel="name" styleClass="w-full md:w-80" display="chip">
+        <ng-template let-country #item>
             <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-                <img
-                    src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png"
-                    [class]="'flag flag-' + country.code.toLowerCase()"
-                    style="width: 18px"
-                />
+                <img src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primeng/images/demo/flag/flag_placeholder.png" [class]="'flag flag-' + country.code.toLowerCase()" style="width: 18px" />
                 <div>{{ country.name }}</div>
             </div>
         </ng-template>
-        <ng-template pTemplate="dropdownicon">
+        <ng-template #dropdownicon>
             <i class="pi pi-map"></i>
         </ng-template>
-        <ng-template pTemplate="filtericon">
+        <ng-template #filtericon>
             <i class="pi pi-map-marker"></i>
         </ng-template>
-        <ng-template pTemplate="header">
+        <ng-template #header>
             <div class="font-medium px-3 py-2">Available Countries</div>
         </ng-template>
-        <ng-template pTemplate="footer">
+        <ng-template #footer>
             <div class="p-3 flex justify-between">
                 <p-button label="Add New" severity="secondary" text size="small" icon="pi pi-plus" />
                 <p-button label="Remove All" severity="danger" text size="small" icon="pi pi-times" />