diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-go.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint-go.yaml
index ea4d2195a..0f49ceb39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint-go.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-go.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: '1.22'
           cache: false
+
+      - name: Check `builtins` directory
+        # if it has any changes in the 'builtins' dir after running `go generate`, echo an error and fail the workflow
+        run: |
+          go generate ./builtin/gen
+          git diff --exit-code builtin/gen || (echo "\n\n\nbuiltin/gen directory is not up to date, run 'go generate ./...' to update it" && exit 1)
+
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
diff --git a/builtin/gen/bindata.go b/builtin/gen/bindata.go
index 8f1ffbc5d..c0724a53d 100644
--- a/builtin/gen/bindata.go
+++ b/builtin/gen/bindata.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Package gen Code generated by go-bindata. (@generated) DO NOT EDIT.
+// Code generated by go-bindata. DO NOT EDIT.
 // sources:
 // compiled/Authority.abi
 // compiled/Authority.bin-runtime
@@ -76,32 +76,21 @@ type bindataFileInfo struct {
 	modTime time.Time
 }
 
-// Name return file name
 func (fi bindataFileInfo) Name() string {
 	return fi.name
 }
-
-// Size return file size
 func (fi bindataFileInfo) Size() int64 {
 	return fi.size
 }
-
-// Mode return file mode
 func (fi bindataFileInfo) Mode() os.FileMode {
 	return fi.mode
 }
-
-// Mode return file modify time
 func (fi bindataFileInfo) ModTime() time.Time {
 	return fi.modTime
 }
-
-// IsDir return file whether a directory
 func (fi bindataFileInfo) IsDir() bool {
-	return fi.mode&os.ModeDir != 0
+	return false
 }
-
-// Sys return file is sys mode
 func (fi bindataFileInfo) Sys() interface{} {
 	return nil
 }
@@ -794,11 +783,13 @@ var _bindata = map[string]func() (*asset, error){
 // directory embedded in the file by go-bindata.
 // For example if you run go-bindata on data/... and data contains the
 // following hierarchy:
-//     data/
-//       foo.txt
-//       img/
-//         a.png
-//         b.png
+//
+//	data/
+//	  foo.txt
+//	  img/
+//	    a.png
+//	    b.png
+//
 // then AssetDir("data") would return []string{"foo.txt", "img"}
 // AssetDir("data/img") would return []string{"a.png", "b.png"}
 // AssetDir("foo.txt") and AssetDir("notexist") would return an error
diff --git a/builtin/gen/gen.go b/builtin/gen/gen.go
index d08c2f179..ce5fed8e1 100644
--- a/builtin/gen/gen.go
+++ b/builtin/gen/gen.go
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 package gen
 
 //go:generate rm -rf ./compiled/
-//go:generate solc --optimize-runs 200 --overwrite --bin-runtime --abi -o ./compiled authority.sol energy.sol executor.sol extension.sol extension-v2.sol measure.sol params.sol prototype.sol
-//go:generate go-bindata -nometadata -ignore=_ -pkg gen -o bindata.go compiled/
+//go:generate docker run -v ./:/solidity ethereum/solc:0.4.24 --optimize-runs 200 --overwrite --bin-runtime --abi -o /solidity/compiled authority.sol energy.sol executor.sol extension.sol extension-v2.sol measure.sol params.sol prototype.sol
+//go:generate go run github.com/go-bindata/go-bindata/go-bindata@v1.0.0 -nometadata -ignore=_ -pkg gen -o bindata.go compiled/
+//go:generate go fmt