diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go
index c6ea57b6..3e878d75 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package dev
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails/internal"
+	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/internal/gomod"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -106,6 +108,12 @@ func AddSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) error {
 			return err
 		}
 
+		// Update go.mod to use current wails version
+		err = syncGoModVersion(cwd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
 		// Run go mod tidy to ensure we're up to date
 		err = runCommand(cwd, false, "go", "mod", "tidy")
 		if err != nil {
@@ -194,6 +202,27 @@ func AddSubcommand(app *clir.Cli, w io.Writer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func syncGoModVersion(cwd string) error {
+	gomodFilename := filepath.Join(cwd, "go.mod")
+	gomodData, err := os.ReadFile(gomodFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	outOfSync, err := gomod.GoModOutOfSync(gomodData, internal.Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !outOfSync {
+		return nil
+	}
+	LogGreen("Updating go.mod to use Wails '%s'", internal.Version)
+	newGoData, err := gomod.UpdateGoModVersion(gomodData, internal.Version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return os.WriteFile(gomodFilename, newGoData, 0755)
+}
+
 func runCommand(dir string, exitOnError bool, command string, args ...string) error {
 	LogGreen("Executing: " + command + " " + strings.Join(args, " "))
 	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/version.go b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf95c295
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package internal
+
+var Version = "v2.0.0-beta.4"
diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/main.go b/v2/cmd/wails/main.go
index b250ab47..e69db18d 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/wails/main.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/main.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/cmd/wails/internal"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/internal/colour"
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func fatal(message string) {
 func banner(_ *clir.Cli) string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s\n",
 		colour.Yellow("Wails CLI"),
-		colour.DarkRed(version))
+		colour.DarkRed(internal.Version))
 }
 
 func printFooter() {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	var err error
 
-	app := clir.NewCli("Wails", "Go/HTML Appkit", version)
+	app := clir.NewCli("Wails", "Go/HTML Appkit", internal.Version)
 
 	app.SetBannerFunction(banner)
 	defer printFooter()
@@ -61,14 +62,14 @@ func main() {
 		fatal(err.Error())
 	}
 
-	err = update.AddSubcommand(app, os.Stdout, version)
+	err = update.AddSubcommand(app, os.Stdout, internal.Version)
 	if err != nil {
 		fatal(err.Error())
 	}
 
 	command := app.NewSubCommand("version", "The Wails CLI version")
 	command.Action(func() error {
-		println(version)
+		println(internal.Version)
 		return nil
 	})
 
diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/version.go b/v2/cmd/wails/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ce1a8369..00000000
--- a/v2/cmd/wails/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-var version = "v2.0.0-beta.4"
diff --git a/v2/go.mod b/v2/go.mod
index 728bf0af..a7f5bd59 100644
--- a/v2/go.mod
+++ b/v2/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/wzshiming/ctc v1.2.3
 	github.com/xyproto/xpm v1.2.1
 	github.com/ztrue/tracerr v0.3.0
-	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/mod v0.4.1
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.0
diff --git a/v2/internal/gomod/gomod.go b/v2/internal/gomod/gomod.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a482b5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/internal/gomod/gomod.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package gomod
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"golang.org/x/mod/modfile"
+)
+
+func GetWailsVersionFromModFile(goModText []byte) (*semver.Version, error) {
+	file, err := modfile.Parse("", goModText, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for _, req := range file.Require {
+		if req.Syntax == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if len(req.Syntax.Token) < 3 {
+			continue
+		}
+		if req.Syntax.Token[1] == "github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2" {
+			version := req.Syntax.Token[2]
+			return semver.NewVersion(version)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func GoModOutOfSync(goModData []byte, currentVersion string) (bool, error) {
+	gomodversion, err := GetWailsVersionFromModFile(goModData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	result, err := semver.NewVersion(currentVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("Unable to parse Wails version: %s", currentVersion)
+	}
+
+	return !gomodversion.Equal(result), nil
+}
+
+func UpdateGoModVersion(goModText []byte, currentVersion string) ([]byte, error) {
+	file, err := modfile.Parse("", goModText, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = file.AddRequire("github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2", currentVersion)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return file.Format()
+}
diff --git a/v2/internal/gomod/gomod_test.go b/v2/internal/gomod/gomod_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..346ae775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/internal/gomod/gomod_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package gomod
+
+import (
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const basic string = `module changeme
+
+go 1.17
+
+require github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2 v2.0.0-beta.4
+
+require (
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fasthttp/websocket v0.0.0-20200320073529-1554a54587ab // indirect
+	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5 // indirect
+	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gofiber/websocket/v2 v2.0.8 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
+	github.com/jchv/go-winloader v0.0.0-20210711035445-715c2860da7e // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/debme v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/go-ansi-parser v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/go-common-file-dialog v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/go-webview2 v0.0.0-20211007092718-65d2f028ef2d // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/gosod v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/slicer v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/typescriptify-golang-structs v0.1.7 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/webview2runtime v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/winc v0.0.0-20210921073452-54963136bf18 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210706143420-7d21f8c997e2 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/savsgio/gotils v0.0.0-20200117113501-90175b0fbe3f // indirect
+	github.com/tkrajina/go-reflector v0.5.5 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.28.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6 // indirect
+)
+
+//replace github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2 v2.0.0-beta.4 => C:\Users\leaan\Documents\wails-v2-beta\wails\v2
+`
+
+func TestGetWailsVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		goModText []byte
+		want      *semver.Version
+		wantErr   bool
+	}{
+		{"basic", []byte(basic), semver.MustParse("v2.0.0-beta.4"), false},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := GetWailsVersionFromModFile(tt.goModText)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("GetWailsVersion() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("GetWailsVersion() got = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+const basicUpdated string = `module changeme
+
+go 1.17
+
+require github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2 v2.0.0-beta.5
+
+require (
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fasthttp/websocket v0.0.0-20200320073529-1554a54587ab // indirect
+	github.com/gabriel-vasile/mimetype v1.3.1 // indirect
+	github.com/go-ole/go-ole v1.2.5 // indirect
+	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.17.0 // indirect
+	github.com/gofiber/websocket/v2 v2.0.8 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.12 // indirect
+	github.com/jchv/go-winloader v0.0.0-20210711035445-715c2860da7e // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.12.2 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/debme v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/go-ansi-parser v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/go-common-file-dialog v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/go-webview2 v0.0.0-20211007092718-65d2f028ef2d // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/gosod v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/slicer v1.5.0 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/typescriptify-golang-structs v0.1.7 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/webview2runtime v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/leaanthony/winc v0.0.0-20210921073452-54963136bf18 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210706143420-7d21f8c997e2 // indirect
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
+	github.com/savsgio/gotils v0.0.0-20200117113501-90175b0fbe3f // indirect
+	github.com/tkrajina/go-reflector v0.5.5 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.28.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210510120150-4163338589ed // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210927094055-39ccf1dd6fa6 // indirect
+)
+
+//replace github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2 v2.0.0-beta.4 => C:\Users\leaan\Documents\wails-v2-beta\wails\v2
+`
+
+func TestUpdateGoModVersion(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		goModText      []byte
+		currentVersion string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		want    []byte
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{"basic", args{[]byte(basic), "v2.0.0-beta.5"}, []byte(basicUpdated), false},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := UpdateGoModVersion(tt.args.goModText, tt.args.currentVersion)
+			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("UpdateGoModVersion() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("UpdateGoModVersion() got = %v, want %v", string(got), string(tt.want))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}