diff --git a/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/gomod.go b/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/gomod.go
index 51a64e4..898878e 100644
--- a/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/gomod.go
+++ b/internal/plugins/workload/v1/scaffolds/templates/gomod.go
@@ -9,11 +9,16 @@ import (
 
 var _ machinery.Template = &GoMod{}
 
+const (
+	GoVersion = "1.18"
+)
+
 // GoMod scaffolds a file that defines the project dependencies.
 type GoMod struct {
 	machinery.TemplateMixin
 	machinery.RepositoryMixin
 
+	GoVersion    string
 	Dependencies map[string]string
 }
 
@@ -23,19 +28,20 @@ type GoMod struct {
 // See https://github.com/vmware-tanzu-labs/operator-builder/issues/250
 func goModDependencyMap() map[string]string {
 	return map[string]string{
-		"github.com/go-logr/logr":                    "v0.4.0",
-		"github.com/nukleros/operator-builder-tools": "v0.2.0",
-		"github.com/onsi/ginkgo":                     "v1.16.4",
-		"github.com/onsi/gomega":                     "v1.15.0",
-		"github.com/spf13/cobra":                     "v1.2.1",
-		"github.com/stretchr/testify":                "v1.7.0",
+		"github.com/go-logr/logr":                    "v1.2.3",
+		"github.com/nukleros/operator-builder-tools": "v0.3.0",
+		"github.com/onsi/ginkgo":                     "v1.16.5",
+		"github.com/onsi/gomega":                     "v1.19.0",
+		"github.com/spf13/cobra":                     "v1.4.0",
+		"github.com/stretchr/testify":                "v1.7.3",
+		"google.golang.org/api":                      "v0.84.0",
 		"gopkg.in/yaml.v2":                           "v2.4.0",
-		"k8s.io/api":                                 "v0.22.2",
-		"k8s.io/apimachinery":                        "v0.22.2",
-		"k8s.io/client-go":                           "v0.22.2",
-		"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime":             "v0.10.2",
-		"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3":                 "v3.2.0",
-		"sigs.k8s.io/yaml":                           "v1.2.0",
+		"k8s.io/api":                                 "v0.24.2",
+		"k8s.io/apimachinery":                        "v0.24.2",
+		"k8s.io/client-go":                           "v0.24.2",
+		"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime":             "v0.12.1",
+		"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3":                 "v3.4.1",
+		"sigs.k8s.io/yaml":                           "v1.3.0",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -44,6 +50,7 @@ func (f *GoMod) SetTemplateDefaults() error {
 		f.Path = "go.mod"
 	}
 
+	f.GoVersion = GoVersion
 	f.Dependencies = goModDependencyMap()
 	f.TemplateBody = goModTemplate
 	f.IfExistsAction = machinery.OverwriteFile
@@ -54,11 +61,11 @@ func (f *GoMod) SetTemplateDefaults() error {
 const goModTemplate = `
 module {{ .Repo }}
 
-go 1.15
+go {{ .GoVersion }}
 
 require (
-	{{ range $k, $v := $.Dependencies }}
-	"{{ $k }}" {{ $v }}
+	{{ range $package, $version := $.Dependencies }}
+	"{{ $package }}" {{ $version }}
 	{{ end -}}
 )
 `