diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile b/ci/Dockerfile
index e50f48d18..9b08ea5ee 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="cyclonedx" \
       org.opencontainers.image.authors="Prabhu Subramanian <prabhu@appthreat.com>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/cyclonedx/cdxgen" \
       org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/cyclonedx/cdxgen" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="9.7.0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="9.8.x" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="cyclonedx" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="cdxgen" \
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-deno b/ci/Dockerfile-deno
index 4c0eea786..3c11ef7c1 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile-deno
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-deno
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="cyclonedx" \
       org.opencontainers.image.authors="Prabhu Subramanian <prabhu@appthreat.com>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/cyclonedx/cdxgen" \
       org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/cyclonedx/cdxgen" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="9.7.0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="9.8.x" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="cyclonedx" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="cdxgen" \
diff --git a/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64 b/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64
index 9fdcea9f7..049b3de89 100644
--- a/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64
+++ b/ci/Dockerfile-ppc64
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ LABEL maintainer="cyclonedx" \
       org.opencontainers.image.authors="Prabhu Subramanian <prabhu@appthreat.com>" \
       org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/cyclonedx/cdxgen" \
       org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/cyclonedx/cdxgen" \
-      org.opencontainers.image.version="9.7.0" \
+      org.opencontainers.image.version="9.8.x" \
       org.opencontainers.image.vendor="cyclonedx" \
       org.opencontainers.image.licenses="Apache-2.0" \
       org.opencontainers.image.title="cdxgen" \
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 41bc5d446..f1466cc37 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2681,7 +2681,9 @@ export const createGoBom = async (path, options) => {
           }
         } else {
           shouldManuallyParse = true;
-          console.error("go unexpectedly didn't return any output");
+          console.error(
+            "go unexpectedly didn't return any output. Check if the correct version of golang is installed."
+          );
           options.failOnError && process.exit(1);
         }
       }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3fcbabbd7..2613793c1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@cyclonedx/cdxgen",
-  "version": "9.8.3",
+  "version": "9.8.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@cyclonedx/cdxgen",
-      "version": "9.8.3",
+      "version": "9.8.4",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@babel/parser": "^7.22.16",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9b820dbda..a3d50a3a2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cyclonedx/cdxgen",
-  "version": "9.8.3",
+  "version": "9.8.4",
   "description": "Creates CycloneDX Software Bill-of-Materials (SBOM) from source or container image",
   "homepage": "http://github.com/cyclonedx/cdxgen",
   "author": "Prabhu Subramanian <prabhu@appthreat.com>",