diff --git a/lib/notifiers/notifiers.go b/lib/notifiers/notifiers.go
index 537d9bf9..03323345 100644
--- a/lib/notifiers/notifiers.go
+++ b/lib/notifiers/notifiers.go
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ import (
 	smpb "cloud.google.com/go/secretmanager/apiv1/secretmanagerpb"
 	"cloud.google.com/go/storage"
 	log "github.com/golang/glog"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/protoadapt"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/prototext"
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/cel"
 	"github.com/google/cel-go/checker/decls"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/prototext"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/protoadapt"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
@@ -453,7 +453,12 @@ func validateConfig(cfg *Config) error {
 }
 
 func validateTemplate(s string) error {
-	_, err := template.New("").Parse(s)
+	_, err := template.New("").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
+		"replace": func(s, old, new string) string {
+			return strings.ReplaceAll(s, old, new)
+		},
+	}).Parse(s)
+
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/notifiers/notifiers_test.go b/lib/notifiers/notifiers_test.go
index aea81e85..e8a18de7 100644
--- a/lib/notifiers/notifiers_test.go
+++ b/lib/notifiers/notifiers_test.go
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/protoadapt"
 
 	cbpb "cloud.google.com/go/cloudbuild/apiv1/v2/cloudbuildpb"
-	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
 )
@@ -833,9 +833,10 @@ func TestReceiverWithIgnoredBadMessage(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestParseTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
+	validTemplate := `{{.Build.Status}} {{ replace "bye world" "bye" "hello"}}`
 	validFakeFactory := &fakeGCSReaderFactory{
 		data: map[string]string{
-			"gs://path/to/my/template.yaml": "{{.Build.Status}}",
+			"gs://path/to/my/template.yaml": validTemplate,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range []struct {
@@ -850,14 +851,14 @@ func TestParseTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 				Type: "golang",
 				URI:  "gs://path/to/my/template.yaml",
 			},
-			want: "{{.Build.Status}}",
+			want: validTemplate,
 		}, {
 			name: "valid content",
 			tmpl: &Template{
 				Type:    "golang",
-				Content: "{{.Build.Status}}",
+				Content: validTemplate,
 			},
-			want: "{{.Build.Status}}",
+			want: validTemplate,
 		}, {
 			name: "invalid URI",
 			tmpl: &Template{