diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e1a90ed31..48a5a930a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Unit tests
         run: make test
 
+  check-update-modules:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        with:
+          go-version: stable
+          cache: true
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/go.sum'
+      - name: Check Update Modules Command
+        run: make update-modules
+
   coverage:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 20
diff --git a/scripts/genmod/go.mod b/scripts/genmod/go.mod
index 4aec1af1a..63cb96c6b 100644
--- a/scripts/genmod/go.mod
+++ b/scripts/genmod/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module genmod
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	go.elastic.co/apm/v2 v2.1.0
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.5.1
 )
 
 replace go.elastic.co/apm/v2 => ../..
diff --git a/scripts/genmod/go.sum b/scripts/genmod/go.sum
index 5104fe5ab..2ce6d8fb0 100644
--- a/scripts/genmod/go.sum
+++ b/scripts/genmod/go.sum
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.0.0-20190425082905-87a4384529e0/go.mod h1:TjEm7ze935MbeOT/UhFTIMYKhuLP4wbCsTZCD3I8kEA=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3 h1:4jVXhlkAyzOScmCkXBTOLRLTz8EeU+eyjrwB/EPq0VU=
 github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.7.3/go.mod h1:cz+aTbrPOrUb4q7XlbU9ygM+/jj0fzG6c1xBZuNvfVA=
-github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema v1.2.4 h1:hNhW8e7t+H1vgY+1QeEQpveR6D4+OwKPXCfD2aieJis=
-github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema v1.2.4/go.mod h1:TEAUOeZSmIxTTuHatJzrvARHiuO9LYd+cIxzgEHCQI4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
diff --git a/scripts/genmod/main.go b/scripts/genmod/main.go
index 5ebd539d7..006688aeb 100644
--- a/scripts/genmod/main.go
+++ b/scripts/genmod/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"golang.org/x/mod/semver"
 
 	"go.elastic.co/apm/v2"
 )
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ func updateModule(dir string, gomod *GoMod, modules map[string]*GoMod) error {
 			"-require", require.Path + "@" + *versionFlag,
 			"-replace", require.Path + "=" + relDir,
 		}
-		if *goVersionFlag != "" {
+		if *goVersionFlag != "" && semver.Compare("v"+*goVersionFlag, "v"+gomod.Go) == 1 {
 			args = append(args, "-go", *goVersionFlag)
 		}
 		cmd := exec.Command("go", args...)