diff --git a/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.go b/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.go
index 4367c9832..59ce16a77 100644
--- a/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.go
+++ b/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	SnapshotEnable      bool   `mapstructure:"snapshot_enable"`
 	SnapshotName        string `mapstructure:"snapshot_name"`
 	SnapshotDescription string `mapstructure:"snapshot_description"`
-	ReregisterVM        bool   `mapstructure:"reregister_vm" default:true`
+	ReregisterVM        bool   `mapstructure:"reregister_vm" default:"true"`
 
 	ctx interpolate.Context
 }
diff --git a/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.hcl2spec.go b/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.hcl2spec.go
index 10896c626..f58baf089 100644
--- a/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.hcl2spec.go
+++ b/post-processor/vsphere-template/post-processor.hcl2spec.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type FlatConfig struct {
 	SnapshotEnable      *bool             `mapstructure:"snapshot_enable" cty:"snapshot_enable"`
 	SnapshotName        *string           `mapstructure:"snapshot_name" cty:"snapshot_name"`
 	SnapshotDescription *string           `mapstructure:"snapshot_description" cty:"snapshot_description"`
-	ReregisterVM        *bool             `mapstructure:"reregister_vm" cty:"reregister_vm"`
+	ReregisterVM        *bool             `mapstructure:"reregister_vm" default:"true" cty:"reregister_vm"`
 }
 
 // FlatMapstructure returns a new FlatConfig.
diff --git a/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go b/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
index 369988c12..d1f5d12af 100644
--- a/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
+++ b/post-processor/vsphere-template/step_mark_as_template.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func (s *stepMarkAsTemplate) Run(ctx context.Context, state multistep.StateBag)
 	folder := state.Get("folder").(*object.Folder)
 	dcPath := state.Get("dcPath").(string)
 
-
 	vm, err := findRuntimeVM(cli, dcPath, s.VMName, s.RemoteFolder)
 	if err != nil {
 		state.Put("error", err)