diff --git a/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go b/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go
index dac7fe89514..7763902b454 100644
--- a/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go
+++ b/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const goModTmpl = `module {{ .Repo }}
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.19.4
+	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.19.x
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go b/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go
index 477ffd9fcbe..c6cd37e7425 100644
--- a/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go
+++ b/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const goModTmpl = `module {{ .Repo }}
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.19.4
+	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.19.x
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go b/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go
index 0d9ed7f1f9d..36c70de6569 100644
--- a/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go
+++ b/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const goModTmpl = `module {{ .Repo }}
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.19.4
+	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.19.x
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.6.0
 )
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 1b19e75cf30..423d679adc9 100644
--- a/version/version.go
+++ b/version/version.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 //var needs to be used instead of const for ldflags
 var (
-	Version           = "v0.19.4"
+	Version           = "v0.19.4+git"
 	GitVersion        = "unknown"
 	GitCommit         = "unknown"
 	KubernetesVersion = "unknown"