diff --git a/gstreamer/Gir.toml b/gstreamer/Gir.toml
index 7de0639fd..bd10916e3 100644
--- a/gstreamer/Gir.toml
+++ b/gstreamer/Gir.toml
@@ -1796,6 +1796,36 @@ final_type = true
     # static pad template manual
     manual = true
 
+    [[object.function]]
+    name = "get_caps"
+    # directly access the field
+    manual = true
+
+    [[object.function]]
+    name = "get_documentation_caps"
+    # directly access the field
+    manual = true
+
+    [[object.property]]
+    name = "name-template"
+    # directly access the field and borrow the string
+    manual = true
+
+    [[object.property]]
+    name = "direction"
+    # directly access the field
+    manual = true
+
+    [[object.property]]
+    name = "presence"
+    # directly access the field
+    manual = true
+
+    [[object.property]]
+    name = "gtype"
+    # directly access the field
+    manual = true
+
 [[object]]
 name = "Gst.ParseContext"
 status = "manual"
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/auto/pad_template.rs b/gstreamer/src/auto/pad_template.rs
index d019f0263..9b6b781df 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/auto/pad_template.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/auto/pad_template.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ use glib::object::ObjectType as ObjectType_;
 use glib::signal::connect_raw;
 use glib::signal::SignalHandlerId;
 use glib::translate::*;
-use glib::StaticType;
 use std::boxed::Box as Box_;
 use std::mem::transmute;
 
@@ -68,24 +67,6 @@ impl PadTemplate {
         }
     }
 
-    #[doc(alias = "gst_pad_template_get_caps")]
-    #[doc(alias = "get_caps")]
-    pub fn caps(&self) -> Caps {
-        unsafe { from_glib_full(ffi::gst_pad_template_get_caps(self.to_glib_none().0)) }
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(any(feature = "v1_18", feature = "dox"))]
-    #[cfg_attr(feature = "dox", doc(cfg(feature = "v1_18")))]
-    #[doc(alias = "gst_pad_template_get_documentation_caps")]
-    #[doc(alias = "get_documentation_caps")]
-    pub fn documentation_caps(&self) -> Caps {
-        unsafe {
-            from_glib_full(ffi::gst_pad_template_get_documentation_caps(
-                self.to_glib_none().0,
-            ))
-        }
-    }
-
     #[doc(alias = "gst_pad_template_pad_created")]
     pub fn pad_created(&self, pad: &impl IsA<Pad>) {
         unsafe {
@@ -105,23 +86,6 @@ impl PadTemplate {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn direction(&self) -> PadDirection {
-        glib::ObjectExt::property(self, "direction")
-    }
-
-    pub fn gtype(&self) -> glib::types::Type {
-        glib::ObjectExt::property(self, "gtype")
-    }
-
-    #[doc(alias = "name-template")]
-    pub fn name_template(&self) -> Option<glib::GString> {
-        glib::ObjectExt::property(self, "name-template")
-    }
-
-    pub fn presence(&self) -> PadPresence {
-        glib::ObjectExt::property(self, "presence")
-    }
-
     #[doc(alias = "pad-created")]
     pub fn connect_pad_created<F: Fn(&Self, &Pad) + Send + Sync + 'static>(
         &self,
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/pad_template.rs b/gstreamer/src/pad_template.rs
index 0da10caf1..74b1e93e5 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/pad_template.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/pad_template.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 // Take a look at the license at the top of the repository in the LICENSE file.
 
+use crate::Caps;
+use crate::PadDirection;
+use crate::PadPresence;
 use crate::PadTemplate;
 use crate::StaticPadTemplate;
+use glib::prelude::*;
 use glib::translate::*;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
 
 impl PadTemplate {
     #[doc(alias = "gst_pad_template_new_from_static_pad_template_with_gtype")]
@@ -21,4 +26,57 @@ impl PadTemplate {
             .ok_or_else(|| glib::bool_error!("Failed to create PadTemplate"))
         }
     }
+
+    #[doc(alias = "gst_pad_template_get_caps")]
+    #[doc(alias = "get_caps")]
+    pub fn caps(&self) -> &Caps {
+        unsafe {
+            let templ = &*(self.as_ptr() as *const ffi::GstPadTemplate);
+            &*(&templ.caps as *const *mut ffi::GstCaps as *const Caps)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(any(feature = "v1_18", feature = "dox"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "dox", doc(cfg(feature = "v1_18")))]
+    #[doc(alias = "gst_pad_template_get_documentation_caps")]
+    #[doc(alias = "get_documentation_caps")]
+    pub fn documentation_caps(&self) -> &Caps {
+        unsafe {
+            let templ = &*(self.as_ptr() as *const ffi::GstPadTemplate);
+            if !templ.ABI.abi.documentation_caps.is_null() {
+                &*(&templ.ABI.abi.documentation_caps as *const *mut ffi::GstCaps as *const Caps)
+            } else {
+                &*(&templ.caps as *const *mut ffi::GstCaps as *const Caps)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn direction(&self) -> PadDirection {
+        unsafe {
+            let templ = &*(self.as_ptr() as *const ffi::GstPadTemplate);
+            from_glib(templ.direction)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn gtype(&self) -> glib::types::Type {
+        unsafe {
+            let templ = &*(self.as_ptr() as *const ffi::GstPadTemplate);
+            from_glib(templ.ABI.abi.gtype)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[doc(alias = "name-template")]
+    pub fn name_template(&self) -> &str {
+        unsafe {
+            let templ = &*(self.as_ptr() as *const ffi::GstPadTemplate);
+            CStr::from_ptr(templ.name_template).to_str().unwrap()
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn presence(&self) -> PadPresence {
+        unsafe {
+            let templ = &*(self.as_ptr() as *const ffi::GstPadTemplate);
+            from_glib(templ.presence)
+        }
+    }
 }