diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index d216d469..43dbe9ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '>=1.21.3' 
+          go-version: '>=1.25.0' 
       - name: build
         run: make build
   testing:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-binaries-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
-          go-version: '>=1.21.3'
+          go-version: '>=1.25.0'
       - name: run tests
         run: make test
 
diff --git a/pkg/ocp/sources.go b/pkg/ocp/sources.go
index 15296c4e..351cfcdc 100644
--- a/pkg/ocp/sources.go
+++ b/pkg/ocp/sources.go
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ type SourceConfig struct {
 // GitConfig represents the git source control configuration for a source.
 type GitConfig struct {
 	Repo          string   `json:"repo"`
-	Reference     string   `json:"reference"`
+	Reference     string   `json:"reference,omitempty"`
 	Commit        string   `json:"commit,omitempty"`
-	Path          string   `json:"path"`
+	Path          string   `json:"path,omitempty"`
 	IncludedFiles []string `json:"included_files,omitempty"`
 	ExcludedFiles []string `json:"excluded_files,omitempty"`
 	CredentialID  string   `json:"credentials,omitempty"`
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ type GitConfig struct {
 // Datasource represents a datasource for a source.
 type Datasource struct {
 	Name           string                 `json:"name" yaml:"name"`
-	Path           string                 `json:"path" yaml:"path"`
+	Path           string                 `json:"path,omitempty" yaml:"path,omitempty"`
 	Type           string                 `json:"type" yaml:"type"`
 	TransformQuery string                 `json:"transform_query,omitempty" yaml:"transform_query,omitempty"`
 	Config         map[string]interface{} `json:"config,omitempty" yaml:"config,omitempty"`