diff --git a/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go b/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go
index 74eb7c3..c3fb6e0 100644
--- a/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go
+++ b/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/makefile.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ undeploy: ## Undeploy controller from the K8s cluster specified in ~/.kube/confi
 
 CONTROLLER_GEN = $(shell pwd)/bin/controller-gen
 controller-gen: ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
-	$(call go-get-tool,$(CONTROLLER_GEN),sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@v0.4.1)
+	$(call go-get-tool,$(CONTROLLER_GEN),sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@v0.9.0)
 
 KUSTOMIZE = $(shell pwd)/bin/kustomize
 kustomize: ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ TMP_DIR=$$(mktemp -d) ;\
 cd $$TMP_DIR ;\
 go mod init tmp ;\
 echo "Downloading $(2)" ;\
-GOBIN=$(PROJECT_DIR)/bin go get $(2) ;\
+GOBIN=$(PROJECT_DIR)/bin go install $(2) ;\
 rm -rf $$TMP_DIR ;\
 }
 endef