diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/Makefile b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/Makefile
index 2bc38a3648..fba0479e77 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/memcached-operator/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 # Set the Operator SDK version to use. By default, what is installed on the system is used.
 # This is useful for CI or a project to utilize a specific version of the operator-sdk toolkit.
-OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.37.0
+OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.38.0
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= controller:latest
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
diff --git a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/Makefile b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/Makefile
index 94e24a66c8..d8cddd7afe 100644
--- a/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/go/v4/monitoring/memcached-operator/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 # Set the Operator SDK version to use. By default, what is installed on the system is used.
 # This is useful for CI or a project to utilize a specific version of the operator-sdk toolkit.
-OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.37.0
+OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.38.0
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= controller:latest
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
diff --git a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile
index d0ad765f60..f0666eb0ba 100644
--- a/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/helm/memcached-operator/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ endif
 
 # Set the Operator SDK version to use. By default, what is installed on the system is used.
 # This is useful for CI or a project to utilize a specific version of the operator-sdk toolkit.
-OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.37.0
+OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.38.0
 
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= controller:latest