diff --git a/cli/module_generate.go b/cli/module_generate.go
index 52c5ac90b89..79f4c19195d 100644
--- a/cli/module_generate.go
+++ b/cli/module_generate.go
@@ -787,6 +787,15 @@ func generateGolangStubs(module modulegen.ModuleInputs) error {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "cannot generate go stubs -- unable to sort imports")
 	}
 
+	// run go mod tidy
+	if module.Language == golang {
+		tidyCmd := exec.Command("go", "mod", "tidy")
+		tidyCmd.Dir = module.ModuleName
+		if err := tidyCmd.Run(); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to run go mod tidy: %w", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/cli/module_generate/_templates/go/tmpl-go.mod b/cli/module_generate/_templates/go/tmpl-go.mod
index 4256aaa08eb..f06a3844dcd 100644
--- a/cli/module_generate/_templates/go/tmpl-go.mod
+++ b/cli/module_generate/_templates/go/tmpl-go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module {{.ModuleLowercase}}
 
-go 1.23
+go 1.25