diff --git a/MANUAL.txt b/MANUAL.txt
index aa5eef671..cdacf5760 100644
--- a/MANUAL.txt
+++ b/MANUAL.txt
@@ -1315,6 +1315,9 @@ LaTeX variables are used when [creating a PDF].
 :   allows font encoding to be specified through `fontenc` package (with `pdflatex`);
     default is `T1` (see guide to [LaTeX font encodings])
 
+`microtypeoptions`
+:    options to pass to the microtype package
+
 `colorlinks`
 :   add color to link text; automatically enabled if any of `linkcolor`, `citecolor`,
     `urlcolor`, or `toccolor` are set
diff --git a/data/templates b/data/templates
index 64a97848c..2dc4054e7 160000
--- a/data/templates
+++ b/data/templates
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 64a97848c4969276dfa0251f5b67ce2680ee042b
+Subproject commit 2dc4054e7c8809ca3fe0628cf1372fbe34df2a1b
diff --git a/tests/lhs-test.latex b/tests/lhs-test.latex
index 8234fce8f..52e4f738c 100644
--- a/tests/lhs-test.latex
+++ b/tests/lhs-test.latex
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
 % use microtype if available
 \IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{%
-\usepackage{microtype}
+\usepackage[]{microtype}
 \UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
 }{}
 \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}
diff --git a/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs b/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
index 37135ad5c..6f58740a4 100644
--- a/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
+++ b/tests/lhs-test.latex+lhs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
 % use microtype if available
 \IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{%
-\usepackage{microtype}
+\usepackage[]{microtype}
 \UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
 }{}
 \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}
diff --git a/tests/writer.latex b/tests/writer.latex
index 7784f0d01..62ddf0d80 100644
--- a/tests/writer.latex
+++ b/tests/writer.latex
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
 % use microtype if available
 \IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{%
-\usepackage{microtype}
+\usepackage[]{microtype}
 \UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
 }{}
 \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}
diff --git a/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex b/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
index b04b007c4..327c4db8e 100644
--- a/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
+++ b/tests/writers-lang-and-dir.latex
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \IfFileExists{upquote.sty}{\usepackage{upquote}}{}
 % use microtype if available
 \IfFileExists{microtype.sty}{%
-\usepackage{microtype}
+\usepackage[]{microtype}
 \UseMicrotypeSet[protrusion]{basicmath} % disable protrusion for tt fonts
 }{}
 \usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref}