diff --git a/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/q-a.yml b/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/q-a.yml
index 624057ae15..d0229b2d7b 100644
--- a/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/q-a.yml
+++ b/.github/DISCUSSION_TEMPLATE/q-a.yml
@@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ body:
   - type: markdown
     attributes:
       value: |
-        Thanks for your interest in 🦜️🔗 LangChain!
+        Thanks for your interest in LangChain 🦜️🔗!
 
         Please follow these instructions, fill every question, and do every step. 🙏
         
         We're asking for this because answering questions and solving problems in GitHub takes a lot of time --
-        this is time that we cannot spend on adding new features, fixing bugs, write documentation or reviewing pull requests.
+        this is time that we cannot spend on adding new features, fixing bugs, writing documentation or reviewing pull requests.
 
-        By asking questions in a structured way (following this) it will be much easier to help you.
+        By asking questions in a structured way (following this) it will be much easier for us to help you.
 
-        And there's a high chance that you will find the solution along the way and you won't even have to submit it and wait for an answer. 😎
+        There's a high chance that by following this process, you'll find the solution on your own, eliminating the need to submit a question and wait for an answer. 😎
 
-        As there are too many questions, we will **DISCARD** and close the incomplete ones. 
+        As there are many questions submitted every day, we will **DISCARD** and close the incomplete ones. 
         
         That will allow us (and others) to focus on helping people like you that follow the whole process. 🤓
         
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
index ea280821a6..707e6d0ae2 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug-report.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ body:
           required: true
         - label: I am sure that this is a bug in LangChain rather than my code.
           required: true
+        - label: The bug is not resolved by updating to the latest stable version of LangChain (or the specific integration package).
+          required: true
   - type: textarea
     id: reproduction
     validations:
diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/privileged.yml b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/privileged.yml
index 692a5bde60..787b8bdbab 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/privileged.yml
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/privileged.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ body:
         If you are not a LangChain maintainer or were not asked directly by a maintainer to create an issue, then please start the conversation in a [Question in GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/langchain-ai/langchain/discussions/categories/q-a) instead.
         
         You are a LangChain maintainer if you maintain any of the packages inside of the LangChain repository 
-        or are a regular contributor to LangChain with previous merged merged pull requests.
+        or are a regular contributor to LangChain with previous merged pull requests.
   - type: checkboxes
     id: privileged
     attributes: