diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 72757da88..18999a606 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ GO_LICENSES_PACKAGE ?= github.com/google/go-licenses@v1.6.0 # renovate: datasour
 GOVULNCHECK_PACKAGE ?= golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@v1 # renovate: datasource=go
 ACTIONLINT_PACKAGE ?= github.com/rhysd/actionlint/cmd/actionlint@v1.6.27 # renovate: datasource=go
 DEADCODE_PACKAGE ?= golang.org/x/tools/internal/cmd/deadcode@v0.14.0 # renovate: datasource=go
-GOMOCK_PACKAGE ?= go.uber.org/mock/mockgen@latest
+GOMOCK_PACKAGE ?= go.uber.org/mock/mockgen@v0.4.0 # renovate: datasource=go
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE ?= gitea/gitea
 DOCKER_TAG ?= latest
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ help:
 	@echo " - generate-license                 update license files"
 	@echo " - generate-gitignore               update gitignore files"
 	@echo " - generate-manpage                 generate manpage"
+	@echo " - generate-gomock                  generate gomock files"
 	@echo " - generate-forgejo-api             generate the forgejo API from spec"
 	@echo " - forgejo-api-validate             check if the forgejo API matches the specs"
 	@echo " - generate-swagger                 generate the swagger spec from code comments"
@@ -784,7 +785,6 @@ generate-backend: $(TAGS_PREREQ) generate-go
 generate-go: $(TAGS_PREREQ)
 	@echo "Running go generate..."
 	@CC= GOOS= GOARCH= CGO_ENABLED=0 $(GO) generate -tags '$(TAGS)' ./...
-	$(GO) run $(GOMOCK_PACKAGE) -package mock -destination ./modules/queue/mock/redisuniversalclient.go  github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 UniversalClient
 
 .PHONY: merge-locales
 merge-locales:
@@ -971,6 +971,10 @@ generate-license:
 generate-gitignore:
 	$(GO) run build/generate-gitignores.go
 
+.PHONY: generate-gomock
+generate-gomock:
+	$(GO) run $(GOMOCK_PACKAGE) -package mock -destination ./modules/queue/mock/redisuniversalclient.go  github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 UniversalClient
+
 .PHONY: generate-images
 generate-images: | node_modules
 	npm install --no-save fabric@6.0.0-beta20 imagemin-zopfli@7