diff --git a/go/dagger.json b/go/dagger.json
index 1dacef8..7e1afe7 100644
--- a/go/dagger.json
+++ b/go/dagger.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "go",
-  "engineVersion": "v0.18.12",
+  "engineVersion": "v0.18.14",
   "sdk": {
     "source": "go"
   },
diff --git a/go/generate.go b/go/generate.go
index 18120b0..c5a832b 100644
--- a/go/generate.go
+++ b/go/generate.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
@@ -59,32 +60,34 @@ func (g *Generate) Report(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 // Validate no change to the filesystem after running all generate directives.
-func (g *Generate) Diff(ctx context.Context) (*dagger.Directory, error) {
+func (g *Generate) Diff(ctx context.Context) error {
 	before := g.Ctr.Directory("/src")
 
 	cmds, err := g.Report(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 	fmt.Println(strings.Join(cmds, "\n"))
 
 	after := g.Ctr.Directory("/src")
 
-	beforeDigest, err := before.Digest(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	afterDigest, err := after.Digest(ctx)
+	stdout, err := dag.Container().
+		From("alpine").
+		WithExec([]string{"apk", "add", "diffutils"}).
+		WithMountedDirectory("/before", before).
+		WithMountedDirectory("/after", after).
+		WithExec([]string{"diff", "-r", "-y", "--suppress-common-lines", "/before", "/after"}).
+		Stdout(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return err
 	}
 
-	if beforeDigest == afterDigest {
-		return dag.Directory(), nil
+	fmt.Println(stdout)
+	if stdout != "" {
+		return errors.New("generate resulted in difference before and after")
 	}
 
-	return before.Diff(after), nil
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Return all generate directives which would be ran.
diff --git a/go/library.go b/go/library.go
index dde06cf..1f41f29 100644
--- a/go/library.go
+++ b/go/library.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 
 	"dagger/go/internal/dagger"
 )
@@ -94,21 +93,7 @@ func (lib *Library) Generate(
 	// +default="./..."
 	pkg string,
 ) error {
-	diff, err := lib.Module.Generate(pkg).Diff(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	entries, err := diff.Entries(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if len(entries) > 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("forgot to run go generate: %v", entries)
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return lib.Module.Generate(pkg).Diff(ctx)
 }
 
 // Validate no necessary changes for go.mod or go.sum.
diff --git a/go/tests/dagger.json b/go/tests/dagger.json
index ea1cdde..08ea1bd 100644
--- a/go/tests/dagger.json
+++ b/go/tests/dagger.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "go-tests",
-  "engineVersion": "v0.18.12",
+  "engineVersion": "v0.18.14",
   "sdk": {
     "source": "go"
   },