diff --git a/bin/build_devel.sh b/bin/build_devel.sh
index dfa9383..7a9ab32 100755
--- a/bin/build_devel.sh
+++ b/bin/build_devel.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ APPDIR=$(readlink -f "$BINDIR/..")
 
 # compile the executable
 cd "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"
-go clean && go generate && go build
+go clean && go generate && go build -mod vendor
 mv "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat/cheat" "$APPDIR/dist/cheat"
 
 # display a build checksum
diff --git a/bin/build_release.sh b/bin/build_release.sh
index b43043f..f4b2208 100755
--- a/bin/build_release.sh
+++ b/bin/build_release.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ cd "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"
 go clean && go generate
 
 # compile AMD64 for Linux, OSX, and Windows
-env GOOS=darwin  GOARCH=amd64 go build -o "$APPDIR/dist/cheat-darwin-amd64"  "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"
-env GOOS=linux   GOARCH=amd64 go build -o "$APPDIR/dist/cheat-linux-amd64"   "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"
-env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o "$APPDIR/dist/cheat-win-amd64.exe" "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"
+env GOOS=darwin  GOARCH=amd64 go build -mod vendor -o \
+  "$APPDIR/dist/cheat-darwin-amd64"  "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"
+
+env GOOS=linux   GOARCH=amd64 go build -mod vendor -o \
+  "$APPDIR/dist/cheat-linux-amd64"   "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"
+
+env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -mod vendor -o \
+  "$APPDIR/dist/cheat-win-amd64.exe" "$APPDIR/cmd/cheat"