diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.js.handlebars
index 5ce21a49a..ae70b1702 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/dashboard.js.handlebars
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   {{/if}}
 
   {{#if Discourse.SiteSettings.version_checks}}
-    {{ render 'admin/templates/version_checks' controller }}
+    {{partial 'admin/templates/version_checks'}}
   {{/if}}
 
   <div class="dashboard-stats trust-levels">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
index 54e2a6d8b..ce1309827 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/helpers/application_helpers.js
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ Handlebars.registerHelper('customHTML', function(name, contextString, options) {
   var container = (options || contextString).data.keywords.controller.container;
 
   if (container.lookup('template:' + name)) {
-    return Ember.Handlebars.helpers.render.apply(this, arguments);
+    return Ember.Handlebars.helpers.partial.apply(this, arguments);
   }
 });