diff --git a/default.json b/default.json
index 84ac91f..c45a9fb 100644
--- a/default.json
+++ b/default.json
@@ -161,7 +161,8 @@
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)",
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +'golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)'",
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +\"golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)\""
-         ]
+         ],
+         "versioningTemplate": "regex:^(?<major>\\d+)\\.(?<minor>\\d+)\\.?(?<patch>\\d+)?$"
       },
       {
          "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases",
diff --git a/file.json b/file.json
index e565d30..826d8b0 100644
--- a/file.json
+++ b/file.json
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)",
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +'golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)'",
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +\"golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)\""
-         ]
+         ],
+         "versioningTemplate": "regex:^(?<major>\\d+)\\.(?<minor>\\d+)\\.?(?<patch>\\d+)?$"
       },
       {
          "datasourceTemplate": "github-releases",
diff --git a/golang-go.json b/golang-go.json
index 017a659..e335803 100644
--- a/golang-go.json
+++ b/golang-go.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)",
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +'golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)'",
             " +(?:name|'name'|\"name\") *: +\"golang/go@(go)?(?<currentValue>[^'\" \\n]+)\""
-         ]
+         ],
+         "versioningTemplate": "regex:^(?<major>\\d+)\\.(?<minor>\\d+)\\.?(?<patch>\\d+)?$"
       }
    ]
 }
diff --git a/jsonnet/utils.libsonnet b/jsonnet/utils.libsonnet
index 0e3fdcc..6524f07 100644
--- a/jsonnet/utils.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/utils.libsonnet
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
   golangGo: $.prefixRegexManager("golang/go", "(go)?") + {
     extractVersionTemplate: "^go(?<version>.*)$",
     datasourceTemplate: "github-tags",
+    versioningTemplate: "regex:^(?<major>\\d+)\\.(?<minor>\\d+)\\.?(?<patch>\\d+)?$",
   },
   gopls: $.prefixRegexManager("golang/tools/gopls", "gopls/") + {
     packageNameTemplate: "golang/tools",