diff --git a/pkg/gotemplate/new.go b/pkg/gotemplate/new.go
index d6f24802..40c7a1f3 100644
--- a/pkg/gotemplate/new.go
+++ b/pkg/gotemplate/new.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func (gt *GT) LoadConfigValuesInteractively() (*OptionValues, error) {
 
 func (gt *GT) loadOptionValueInteractively(option *Option, optionValues *OptionValues) interface{} {
 	if !option.ShouldDisplay(optionValues) {
-		return nil
+		return option.Default(optionValues)
 	}
 
 	val, err := gt.readOptionValue(option, optionValues)
diff --git a/pkg/gotemplate/new_test.go b/pkg/gotemplate/new_test.go
index a0605b3a..cfe43e7e 100644
--- a/pkg/gotemplate/new_test.go
+++ b/pkg/gotemplate/new_test.go
@@ -424,7 +424,8 @@ func TestGT_LoadConfigValuesInteractively(t *testing.T) {
 
 		optionValues, err := gt.LoadConfigValuesInteractively()
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, len(optionValues.Base), 0)
+		// the default value should be used in the optionValues in case there are dependent options
+		require.Equal(t, len(optionValues.Base), 1)
 		require.NotContains(t, out.String(), dependentOptionName)
 	})