diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7a6d4df..a6dd335 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ generate:
 	go run ./cmd/minimock/minimock.go -i ./tests.actor -o ./tests/actor_mock.go
 	go run ./cmd/minimock/minimock.go -i ./tests.formatterAlias -o ./tests/formatter_alias_mock.go
 	go run ./cmd/minimock/minimock.go -i ./tests.formatterType -o ./tests/formatter_type_mock.go
-	go run ./cmd/minimock/minimock.go -i ./tests.reader -o ./tests/reader_mock.go
+	go run ./cmd/minimock/minimock.go -i ./tests.reader -o ./tests/reader_mock.go -gr
 
 ./bin:
 	mkdir ./bin
diff --git a/cmd/minimock/minimock.go b/cmd/minimock/minimock.go
index 801ab0e..45fa916 100644
--- a/cmd/minimock/minimock.go
+++ b/cmd/minimock/minimock.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 
-	minimock "github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3"
+	"github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3"
 	"github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3/internal/types"
 	"github.com/hexdigest/gowrap/generator"
 	"github.com/hexdigest/gowrap/pkg"
@@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ var helpers = template.FuncMap{
 
 type (
 	options struct {
-		interfaces   []interfaceInfo
-		noGenerate   bool
-		suffix       string
-		mockNames    []string
-		packageNames []string
+		interfaces      []interfaceInfo
+		noGenerate      bool
+		suffix          string
+		mockNames       []string
+		packageNames    []string
+		goGenerateGoRun bool
 	}
 
 	interfaceInfo struct {
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ func run(opts *options) (err error) {
 				"GenerateInstruction": !opts.noGenerate,
 				"Version":             version,
 				"PackageName":         packageName,
+				"GenerateGoRun":       opts.goGenerateGoRun,
 			},
 			Vars:  map[string]interface{}{},
 			Funcs: helpers,
@@ -382,6 +384,8 @@ func processArgs(args []string, stdout, stderr io.Writer) (*options, error) {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
 
 	fs.BoolVar(&opts.noGenerate, "g", false, "don't put go:generate instruction into the generated code")
+	fs.BoolVar(&opts.goGenerateGoRun, "gr", false, `changes go:generate line from "//go:generate minimock args..." to  "//go:generate go run github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3/cmd/minimock", 
+useful while controlling minimock version with go mod`)
 	fs.StringVar(&opts.suffix, "s", "_mock_test.go", "mock file suffix")
 
 	input := fs.String("i", "*", "comma-separated names of the interfaces to mock, i.e fmt.Stringer,io.Reader\nuse io.* notation to generate mocks for all interfaces in the \"io\" package")
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e6985b..0078d61 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.3.8 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220411194840-2f41105eb62f // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ebe1077..4bc120e 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,14 +21,16 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.1 h1:geMPLpDpQOgVyCg5z5GoRwLHepNdb71NXb67XF
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.8.1/go.mod h1:JeRgkft04UBgHMgCIwADu4Pn6Mtm5d4nPKWu0nJ5d+o=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4 h1:6zppjxzCulZykYSLyVDYbneBfbaBIQPYMevg0bEwv2s=
-golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 h1:MUK/U/4lj1t1oPg0HfuXDN/Z1wv31ZJ/YcPiGccS4DU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.8 h1:nAL+RVCQ9uMn3vJZbV+MRnydTJFPf8qqY42YiA6MrqY=
-golang.org/x/text v0.3.8/go.mod h1:E6s5w1FMmriuDzIBO73fBruAKo1PCIq6d2Q6DHfQ8WQ=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12 h1:VveCTK38A2rkS8ZqFY25HIDFscX5X9OoEhJd3quQmXU=
-golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0 h1:LUYupSeNrTNCGzR/hVBk2NHZO4hXcVaW1k4Qx7rjPx8=
+golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0 h1:wsuoTGHzEhffawBOhz5CYhcrV4IdKZbEyZjBMuTp12o=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0 h1:BOw41kyTf3PuCW1pVQf8+Cyg8pMlkYB1oo9iJ6D/lKM=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Xwgl3UAJ/d3gWutnCtw505GrjyAbvKui8lOU390QaIU=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220411194840-2f41105eb62f h1:GGU+dLjvlC3qDwqYgL6UgRmHXhOOgns0bZu2Ty5mm6U=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220411194840-2f41105eb62f/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/internal/templates/header.tmpl b/internal/templates/header.tmpl
index 4f265a8..77a9f57 100644
--- a/internal/templates/header.tmpl
+++ b/internal/templates/header.tmpl
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 package {{$packageName}}
 
 {{if $.Options.HeaderVars.GenerateInstruction}}
+    {{if $.Options.HeaderVars.GenerateGoRun}}
+//go:generate go run github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3/cmd/minimock -i {{$.SourcePackage.PkgPath}}.{{$.Options.InterfaceName}} -o {{$.Options.HeaderVars.OutputFile}} -n {{(title (index $.Vars "MockName"))}} -p {{ $packageName }} -gr
+    {{else}}
 //go:generate minimock -i {{$.SourcePackage.PkgPath}}.{{$.Options.InterfaceName}} -o {{$.Options.HeaderVars.OutputFile}} -n {{(title (index $.Vars "MockName"))}} -p {{ $packageName }}
+    {{end}}
 {{end}}
 
 import (
diff --git a/tests/reader_mock.go b/tests/reader_mock.go
index 04decdd..72c00e7 100644
--- a/tests/reader_mock.go
+++ b/tests/reader_mock.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 package tests
 
-//go:generate minimock -i github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3/tests.reader -o reader_mock.go -n ReaderMock -p tests
+//go:generate go run github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3/cmd/minimock -i github.com/gojuno/minimock/v3/tests.reader -o reader_mock.go -n ReaderMock -p tests -gr
 
 import (
 	"sync"