diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5af7da4ecc25a..dca9ebdce5f06 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -978,3 +978,4 @@ $ node --inspect-brk /path/to/aws-cdk/node_modules/.bin/jest -i -t 'TESTNAME'
 * [Workshop](https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-cdk-intro-workshop): source for https://cdkworkshop.com
 * [Developer Guide](https://github.com/awsdocs/aws-cdk-guide): markdown source for developer guide
 * [jsii](https://github.com/aws/jsii): the technology we use for multi-language support. If you are looking to help us support new languages, start there.
+
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java
index f96ca04987f31..e095565be7920 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // import software.amazon.awscdk.assertions.Template;
 // import java.io.IOException;
 
-// import java.util.Map;
+// import java.util.HashMap;
 
 // import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 //         Template template = Template.fromStack(stack);
 
-//         template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", Map.of(
-//             "VisibilityTimeout", 300
-//          ));
+//         template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", new HashMap<String, Number>() {{
+//           put("VisibilityTimeout", 300);
+//         }});
 //     }
 // }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/requirements.template.txt b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/requirements.template.txt
index e14ce6e77e499..87cbb00cfac55 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/requirements.template.txt
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/requirements.template.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-aws-cdk.core>=%cdk-version%,
-aws-cdk.assertions>=%cdk-version%,
+aws-cdk.core>=%cdk-version%
+aws-cdk.assertions>=%cdk-version%
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/tests/unit/test_%name.PythonModule%_stack.template.py b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/tests/unit/test_%name.PythonModule%_stack.template.py
index 94f2234e02aa6..1b0e4b66e9aaa 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/tests/unit/test_%name.PythonModule%_stack.template.py
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/app/python/tests/unit/test_%name.PythonModule%_stack.template.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 # example tests. To run these tests, uncomment this file along with the example
 # resource in %name.PythonModule%/%name.PythonModule%_stack.py
-# def test_sqs_queue_created():
+def test_sqs_queue_created():
 #     app = core.App()
 #     stack = %name.PascalCased%Stack(app, "%name.StackName%")
 #     template = assertions.Template.from_stack(stack)
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 #     template.has_resource_properties("AWS::SQS::Queue", {
 #         "VisibilityTimeout": 300
 #     })
+  pass
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java
index b648a3a72dc46..5cbbe8a127e4f 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v1/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import software.amazon.awscdk.assertions.Match;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ public void testStack() throws IOException {
 
         Template template = Template.fromStack(stack);
 
-        template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", Map.of(
-            "VisibilityTimeout", 300
-        ));
+        template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", new HashMap<String, Number>() {{
+          put("VisibilityTimeout", 300);
+        }});
         template.resourceCountIs("AWS::SNS::Topic", 1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java
index 5e9d7806654d0..564b1682848ca 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%Test.template.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // import software.amazon.awscdk.assertions.alpha.Template;
 // import java.io.IOException;
 
-// import java.util.Map;
+// import java.util.HashMap;
 
 // import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 
 //         Template template = Template.fromStack(stack);
 
-//         template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", Map.of(
-//             "VisibilityTimeout", 300
-//         ));
+//         template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", new HashMap<String, Number>() {{
+//           put("VisibilityTimeout", 300);
+//         }});
 //     }
 // }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java
index c728c6eb6323c..1cd39ad8da3bb 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk/lib/init-templates/v2/sample-app/java/src/test/java/com/myorg/%name.PascalCased%StackTest.template.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import software.amazon.awscdk.assertions.alpha.Match;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ public void testStack() throws IOException {
 
         Template template = Template.fromStack(stack);
 
-        template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", Map.of(
-            "VisibilityTimeout", 300
-        ));
+        template.hasResourceProperties("AWS::SQS::Queue", new HashMap<String, Number>() {{
+          put("VisibilityTimeout", 300);
+        }});
 
         template.resourceCountIs("AWS::SNS::Topic", 1);
     }