diff --git a/config/feature_flags/development/project_templates_without_min_access.yml b/config/feature_flags/development/project_templates_without_min_access.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5de9ba18191dd2f55ba9cb67ddbe2137d609e521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/feature_flags/development/project_templates_without_min_access.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+name: project_templates_without_min_access
+introduced_by_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/132025
+rollout_issue_url: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/425452
+milestone: '16.5'
+type: development
+group: group::source code
+default_enabled: false
diff --git a/ee/app/helpers/ee/projects_helper.rb b/ee/app/helpers/ee/projects_helper.rb
index 9698c85051488384b51bc9525ade6045063afbfe..c909543ca838fab3ca5ee907aef547373afb949c 100644
--- a/ee/app/helpers/ee/projects_helper.rb
+++ b/ee/app/helpers/ee/projects_helper.rb
@@ -167,14 +167,22 @@ def membership_locked?
     end
 
     def group_project_templates_count(group_id)
-      projects_not_aimed_for_deletions_for(group_id).count do |project|
-        can?(current_user, :download_code, project)
+      if ::Feature.enabled?(:project_templates_without_min_access, current_user)
+        projects_not_aimed_for_deletions_for(group_id).count do |project|
+          can?(current_user, :download_code, project)
+        end
+      else
+        projects_not_aimed_for_deletions_for(group_id).count
       end
     end
 
-    def group_project_templates(group_id)
-      projects_not_aimed_for_deletions_for(group_id).select do |project|
-        can?(current_user, :download_code, project)
+    def group_project_templates(group)
+      if ::Feature.enabled?(:project_templates_without_min_access, current_user)
+        projects_not_aimed_for_deletions_for(group.id).select do |project|
+          can?(current_user, :download_code, project)
+        end
+      else
+        group.projects.not_aimed_for_deletion
       end
     end
 
diff --git a/ee/app/models/ee/user.rb b/ee/app/models/ee/user.rb
index 0032c3761b6b2a33529913b393323b9828375858..ceee5bda8a0c11af8d8309a5f423150d56aea0f7 100644
--- a/ee/app/models/ee/user.rb
+++ b/ee/app/models/ee/user.rb
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ def search_membership_ancestry
     def available_subgroups_with_custom_project_templates(group_id = nil)
       found_groups = GroupsWithTemplatesFinder.new(self, group_id).execute
 
-      ::GroupsFinder.new(self)
+      params = ::Feature.enabled?(:project_templates_without_min_access, self) ? {} : { min_access_level: ::Gitlab::Access::DEVELOPER }
+
+      ::GroupsFinder.new(self, params)
         .execute
         .where(id: found_groups.select(:custom_project_templates_group_id))
         .preload(:projects)
diff --git a/ee/app/views/users/available_group_templates.html.haml b/ee/app/views/users/available_group_templates.html.haml
index 94e818252f5b75d181e82990c4ef28730bf4aefc..4f08d6e56c59486c2273098346c5d4de56b19a3a 100644
--- a/ee/app/views/users/available_group_templates.html.haml
+++ b/ee/app/views/users/available_group_templates.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .custom-project-templates
   - if @groups_with_project_templates.present?
     - @groups_with_project_templates.each do |group|
-      - projects = group_project_templates(group.id)
+      - projects = group_project_templates(group)
       .template-group-options.js-template-group-options{ class: ('expanded border-top-0' if @groups_with_project_templates.first == group) }
         .template-header.d-flex.align-items-center
           .template-subgroup.d-flex.flex-fill.align-items-center
diff --git a/ee/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb b/ee/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
index 70dce29dbe35c3000d5f63ab0e97f026b8f8be43..e127ecae24858438c33bfc9e7f13a373402640c4 100644
--- a/ee/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/helpers/projects_helper_spec.rb
@@ -172,6 +172,16 @@
       specify do
         expect(helper.group_project_templates_count(parent_group.id)).to eq 0
       end
+
+      context 'when feature flag "project_templates_without_min_access" is disabled' do
+        before do
+          stub_feature_flags(project_templates_without_min_access: false)
+        end
+
+        specify do
+          expect(helper.group_project_templates_count(parent_group.id)).to eq 1
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     context 'when there are multiple groups' do
@@ -234,6 +244,16 @@
       specify do
         expect(helper.group_project_templates(parent_group)).to be_empty
       end
+
+      context 'when feature flag "project_templates_without_min_access" is disabled' do
+        before do
+          stub_feature_flags(project_templates_without_min_access: false)
+        end
+
+        specify do
+          expect(helper.group_project_templates(parent_group)).to be_empty
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/models/ee/user_spec.rb b/ee/spec/models/ee/user_spec.rb
index 3243dc335cecaa32d64ee195c05af0587e2f44e4..94bff23b6c5c1ff74d61ddf884ca71ce802a14cf 100644
--- a/ee/spec/models/ee/user_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/models/ee/user_spec.rb
@@ -765,25 +765,76 @@
         it 'only templates in publicly visible groups with projects are available' do
           expect(available_subgroups).to match_array([subgroup_1, subsubgroup_1, subsubgroup_4])
         end
+
+        context 'when feature flag "project_templates_without_min_access" is disabled' do
+          before do
+            stub_feature_flags(project_templates_without_min_access: false)
+          end
+
+          it 'returns an empty collection' do
+            expect(available_subgroups).to be_empty
+          end
+        end
       end
 
       context 'when a user is a member of the groups' do
         subject(:available_subgroups) { user.available_subgroups_with_custom_project_templates }
 
-        where(:access_level) do
-          [:guest, :reporter, :developer, :maintainer, :owner]
+        context 'when the access level is not sufficient' do
+          where(:access_level) do
+            [:guest, :reporter]
+          end
+
+          with_them do
+            before do
+              group_1.add_member(user, access_level)
+              group_2.add_member(user, access_level)
+              group_3.add_member(user, access_level)
+              group_4.add_member(user, access_level)
+            end
+
+            it 'the templates in groups with projects are available' do
+              expect(available_subgroups).to match_array([subgroup_1, subgroup_2, subsubgroup_1, subsubgroup_4])
+            end
+
+            context 'when feature flag "project_templates_without_min_access" is disabled' do
+              before do
+                stub_feature_flags(project_templates_without_min_access: false)
+              end
+
+              it 'returns an empty collection' do
+                expect(available_subgroups).to be_empty
+              end
+            end
+          end
         end
 
-        with_them do
-          before do
-            group_1.add_member(user, access_level)
-            group_2.add_member(user, access_level)
-            group_3.add_member(user, access_level)
-            group_4.add_member(user, access_level)
+        context 'when the access level is enough' do
+          where(:access_level) do
+            [:developer, :maintainer, :owner]
           end
 
-          it 'the templates in groups with projects are available' do
-            expect(available_subgroups).to match_array([subgroup_1, subgroup_2, subsubgroup_1, subsubgroup_4])
+          with_them do
+            before do
+              group_1.add_member(user, access_level)
+              group_2.add_member(user, access_level)
+              group_3.add_member(user, access_level)
+              group_4.add_member(user, access_level)
+            end
+
+            it 'the templates in groups with projects are available' do
+              expect(available_subgroups).to match_array([subgroup_1, subgroup_2, subsubgroup_1, subsubgroup_4])
+            end
+
+            context 'when feature flag "project_templates_without_min_access" is disabled' do
+              before do
+                stub_feature_flags(project_templates_without_min_access: false)
+              end
+
+              it 'the templates in groups with projects are available' do
+                expect(available_subgroups).to match_array([subgroup_1, subgroup_2, subsubgroup_1, subsubgroup_4])
+              end
+            end
           end
         end
       end