diff --git a/ansible/vagrant.yml b/ansible/vagrant.yml
index ea4d326..5b2898d 100644
--- a/ansible/vagrant.yml
+++ b/ansible/vagrant.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         - markdown
         - ipython[notebook]==2.4.1
         - beautifulsoup4
-        - cookiecutter==1.1.0
+        - cookiecutter==1.2.1
         - tzlocal
       sudo: yes
 
diff --git a/cookiecutter-new-post/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter-new-post/cookiecutter.json
index a881d55..981aabd 100644
--- a/cookiecutter-new-post/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter-new-post/cookiecutter.json
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@
 	"repo_name": "content",
 	"title": "Title",
 	"slug": "{{ cookiecutter.title|lower|replace(' ', '-')|replace('ä', 'ae')|replace('ö', 'oe')|replace('ü', 'ue')|replace('ß', 'ss') }}",
-	"tags": "tags, goes, here"
+	"tags": "tags, goes, here",
+	"date": "{{ cookieicutter. date }}"
 }