diff --git a/benchmarks/go.mod b/benchmarks/go.mod
index a658079e..2e5a1358 100644
--- a/benchmarks/go.mod
+++ b/benchmarks/go.mod
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/otel-arrow v0.31.0
 	github.com/parquet-go/parquet-go v0.23.0
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel v0.0.8
 	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pdata v0.0.0
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.19.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.29.0
diff --git a/examples/jsonl/go.mod b/examples/jsonl/go.mod
index f6c32fd4..d15097f8 100644
--- a/examples/jsonl/go.mod
+++ b/examples/jsonl/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.23
 require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9
 )
diff --git a/examples/profile/go.mod b/examples/profile/go.mod
index 69344d32..817538c6 100644
--- a/examples/profile/go.mod
+++ b/examples/profile/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250630185457-6e76a2b096b5
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.6
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.4
 )
diff --git a/go/grpc/go.mod b/go/grpc/go.mod
index b9281721..6ccb6fee 100644
--- a/go/grpc/go.mod
+++ b/go/grpc/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22.7
 toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
diff --git a/go/otel/go.mod b/go/otel/go.mod
index 36f86c97..be26c5dd 100644
--- a/go/otel/go.mod
+++ b/go/otel/go.mod
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ go 1.22.7
 toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/grpc v0.0.7
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/grpc v0.0.8
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
 )
diff --git a/go/pdata/go.mod b/go/pdata/go.mod
index 555d210e..02cacaa3 100644
--- a/go/pdata/go.mod
+++ b/go/pdata/go.mod
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel v0.0.7
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel v0.0.8
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata v1.16.0
 	modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.0
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 1cb3e494..42be82ca 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -45,25 +45,27 @@ ifndef VERSION
 		@exit 1
 endif
 
+RELEASE_MODULES := go/pkg go/grpc go/otel go/pdata
+ALL_MODULES += $(RELEASE_MODULES) stefc stefc/generator/testdata examples/jsonl examples/profile otelcol benchmarks
+
 .PHONY: prepver
 prepver: verifyver
 	echo Updating to version ${VERSION}
-	cd go/grpc     && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION} && go mod tidy
+	cd go/grpc     && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION}
 	cd go/otel     && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION} \
-				   && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/grpc@${VERSION} && go mod tidy
+	               && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/grpc@${VERSION}
 	cd go/pdata    && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION} \
-				   && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel@${VERSION} && go mod tidy
-	cd stefc     && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION} && go mod tidy
-	cd examples/jsonl && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION} && go mod tidy
-	cd otelcol     && go mod tidy
-	cd benchmarks  && go mod tidy
-
-MODULES := go/pkg go/grpc go/otel go/pdata
+	               && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel@${VERSION}
+	cd stefc       && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION}
+	cd stefc/generator/testdata && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION}
+	cd examples/jsonl && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION}
+	cd examples/profile && go mod edit -require=github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg@${VERSION}
+	$(foreach gomod,$(ALL_MODULES),$(call exec-command,cd $(gomod) && go mod tidy))
 
 .PHONY: releasever
 releasever: verifyver
 	echo Tagging version $(VERSION)
-	$(foreach gomod,$(MODULES),$(call exec-command,git tag $(gomod)/$(VERSION) && git push origin $(gomod)/$(VERSION)))
+	$(foreach gomod,$(RELEASE_MODULES),$(call exec-command,git tag $(gomod)/$(VERSION) && git push origin $(gomod)/$(VERSION)))
 
 # Docs validation targets
 .PHONY: docs-validate docs-validate-html docs-validate-css docs-check-links docs-install-deps
diff --git a/otelcol/go.mod b/otelcol/go.mod
index 59796c22..aed2b7e8 100644
--- a/otelcol/go.mod
+++ b/otelcol/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ toolchain go1.23.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/grpc v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/grpc v0.0.8
 	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pdata v0.0.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector v0.120.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v1.26.0
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/filelogreceiver v0.120.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver v0.120.0
 	github.com/open-telemetry/otel-arrow v0.24.0
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel v0.0.7
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/otel v0.0.8
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component v0.120.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component/componentstatus v0.120.0
diff --git a/stefc/generator/generator_test.go b/stefc/generator/generator_test.go
index cb82e85e..db675862 100644
--- a/stefc/generator/generator_test.go
+++ b/stefc/generator/generator_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func TestGenerate(t *testing.T) {
 
 				// Run tests in the generated code
 				cmd := exec.Command("go", "test", "-v", genGo.OutputDir+"/...")
+				cmd.Dir = genGo.OutputDir
 				stdoutStderr, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 				if err != nil {
 					fmt.Printf("%s\n", stdoutStderr)
diff --git a/stefc/generator/testdata/go.mod b/stefc/generator/testdata/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7901372f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stefc/generator/testdata/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+module github.com/splunk/stef/stefc/generator/testdata
+
+go 1.24
+
+require (
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
+	modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.9
+)
+
+require (
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
+)
+
+replace github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg => ../../../go/pkg
diff --git a/stefc/generator/testdata/go.sum b/stefc/generator/testdata/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbf42673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stefc/generator/testdata/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8 h1:YcnTYrq7MikUT7k0Yb5eceMmALQPYBW/Xltxn0NAMnU=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec h1:W09IVJc94icq4NjY3clb7Lk8O1qJ8BdBEF8z0ibU0rE=
+github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20230129092748-24d4a6f8daec/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.9 h1:nG4cUEF0XUHxCR6NXFoV1iwL1Yp5/icUtQOrbNLGhpo=
+modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.9/go.mod h1:Xyvaj/0l3N2tUButg4o32FUWXhhQ9tCePmQwQYVJLXQ=
+modernc.org/mathutil v1.6.0 h1:fRe9+AmYlaej+64JsEEhoWuAYBkOtQiMEU7n/XgfYi4=
+modernc.org/mathutil v1.6.0/go.mod h1:Ui5Q9q1TR2gFm0AQRqQUaBWFLAhQpCwNcuhBOSedWPo=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0 h1:agBi9dp1I+eOnxXeiZawM8F4LawKv4NzGWSaLfyeNZA=
+modernc.org/strutil v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/mdcBmfOibveCTBxUl5B5l6W+TTH1FXPLHZE6bTosX0=
diff --git a/stefc/go.mod b/stefc/go.mod
index a8f69041..ad71fe52 100644
--- a/stefc/go.mod
+++ b/stefc/go.mod
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ module github.com/splunk/stef/stefc
 go 1.22.7
 
 require (
-	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.7
+	github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg v0.0.8
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
-	modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.8 // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/splunk/stef/go/pkg => ../go/pkg
diff --git a/stefc/go.sum b/stefc/go.sum
index 38579e20..809a6797 100644
--- a/stefc/go.sum
+++ b/stefc/go.sum
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.8 h1:z8srI8Lm9cP3QtGBexjhJb7OU4cSuYDh83iA8q995Ds=
-modernc.org/b/v2 v2.1.8/go.mod h1:Xyvaj/0l3N2tUButg4o32FUWXhhQ9tCePmQwQYVJLXQ=