diff --git a/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go b/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go
index 9cd8368ef63..2b641f3fac4 100644
--- a/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go
+++ b/internal/scaffold/ansible/go_mod.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const goModTmpl = `module {{ .Repo }}
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.17.1
+	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.17.x
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.2
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go b/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go
index 0eb3dec4b65..d66a9eef754 100644
--- a/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go
+++ b/internal/scaffold/go_mod.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const goModTmpl = `module {{ .Repo }}
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.17.1
+	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.17.x
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.2
 )
 
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go b/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go
index 2e2eefd3691..3f3c1046624 100644
--- a/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go
+++ b/internal/scaffold/helm/go_mod.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const goModTmpl = `module {{ .Repo }}
 go 1.13
 
 require (
-	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.17.1
+	github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk v0.17.x
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.5.2
 )
 
diff --git a/version/version.go b/version/version.go
index 329993012ee..910fa6489c5 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           = "v0.17.1"
+	Version           = "v0.17.1+git"
 	GitVersion        = "unknown"
 	GitCommit         = "unknown"
 	KubernetesVersion = "unknown"