diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0e6b530..2aeab8e 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ group :development do
   gem "json", '= 1.8.1',                                         require: false if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup) == Gem::Version.new('2.1.9')
   gem "json", '= 2.0.4',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create('~> 2.4.2').satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
   gem "json", '= 2.1.0',                                         require: false if Gem::Requirement.create(['>= 2.5.0', '< 2.7.0']).satisfied_by?(Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION.dup))
+  gem "rb-readline", '= 0.5.5',                                  require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
   gem "puppet-module-posix-default-r#{minor_version}", '~> 0.3', require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
   gem "puppet-module-posix-dev-r#{minor_version}", '~> 0.3',     require: false, platforms: [:ruby]
   gem "puppet-module-win-default-r#{minor_version}", '~> 0.3',   require: false, platforms: [:mswin, :mingw, :x64_mingw]
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 70212d5..9b1298b 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     "logstash",
     "elastic"
   ],
-  "pdk-version": "1.11.0",
-  "template-url": "pdk-default#1.11.0",
-  "template-ref": "1.11.0-0-g67637d4"
+  "pdk-version": "1.12.0",
+  "template-url": "pdk-default#1.12.0",
+  "template-ref": "1.12.0-0-g55d9ae2"
 }
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3ac4f0d..feb5720 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
   end
 end
 
+# read default_facts and merge them over what is provided by facterdb
+default_facts.each do |fact, value|
+  add_custom_fact fact, value
+end
+
 RSpec.configure do |c|
   c.default_facts = default_facts
   c.before :each do