diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e6b3089dd..f48e8897e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## UNRELEASED - CLI 0.14.0
+
+- fix: Lookup of 'latest' SDK when no Modus SDK is referenced [#625](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/625)
+
 ## UNRELEASED - AssemblyScript SDK 0.14.2
 
 - chore: Export base Message class in OpenAI chat SDK [#616](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/616)
diff --git a/cli/src/util/appinfo.ts b/cli/src/util/appinfo.ts
index e2e0c3238..5fa2a6c6c 100644
--- a/cli/src/util/appinfo.ts
+++ b/cli/src/util/appinfo.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import semver from "semver";
 import * as fs from "./fs.js";
 import * as vi from "./versioninfo.js";
 import { SDK } from "../custom/globals.js";
+import { isOnline } from "./index.js";
 
 export type ModusAppInfo = {
   name: string;
@@ -20,6 +21,22 @@ export type ModusAppInfo = {
 };
 
 export async function getAppInfo(appPath: string): Promise<ModusAppInfo> {
+  const appInfo = await getInfoFromApp(appPath);
+
+  if (appInfo.sdkVersion == "latest") {
+    const online = await isOnline();
+    const version = online ? await vi.getLatestSdkVersion(appInfo.sdk, false) : await vi.getLatestInstalledSdkVersion(appInfo.sdk, false);
+    if (version) {
+      appInfo.sdkVersion = version;
+    } else {
+      throw new Error(`Could not determine the latest version of the ${appInfo.sdk} SDK`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return appInfo;
+}
+
+async function getInfoFromApp(appPath: string): Promise<ModusAppInfo> {
   if (await fs.exists(path.join(appPath, "package.json"))) {
     return await getAssemblyScriptAppInfo(appPath);
   }
diff --git a/sdk/go/doc.go b/sdk/go/doc.go
index 06a77aed1..483307373 100644
--- a/sdk/go/doc.go
+++ b/sdk/go/doc.go
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
-package main
+package modus
diff --git a/sdk/go/templates/default/go.mod b/sdk/go/templates/default/go.mod
index 81f6a0924..b968efaed 100644
--- a/sdk/go/templates/default/go.mod
+++ b/sdk/go/templates/default/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module my-modus-app
 
 go 1.23.0
+
+require github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/sdk/go v0.14.2
diff --git a/sdk/go/templates/default/go.sum b/sdk/go/templates/default/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e634a5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/go/templates/default/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/sdk/go v0.14.2 h1:u8apLIaxQlE9sGVmhWNwWQCuvFIctZyse83nJiGB1/A=
+github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/sdk/go v0.14.2/go.mod h1:VDL2kAYHQtNEr7lxPynbchZ6HizLSSQ9cG4LrDnq3Vg=
diff --git a/sdk/go/templates/default/main.go b/sdk/go/templates/default/main.go
index cbb31ed4b..0575f4f68 100644
--- a/sdk/go/templates/default/main.go
+++ b/sdk/go/templates/default/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	_ "github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/sdk/go"
+)
 
 func SayHello(name *string) string {