diff --git a/components/public-api/go.mod b/components/public-api/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..424dcb4f4e7b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/public-api/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module github.com/gitpod-io/gitpod/public-api-codegen
+
+go 1.18
+
+require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0
diff --git a/components/public-api/go.sum b/components/public-api/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..231604f73816a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/public-api/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
+github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
+golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
diff --git a/components/public-api/go/v1/pagination.pb.go b/components/public-api/go/v1/pagination.pb.go
index be83af29f1abd4..988976bb73fe18 100644
--- a/components/public-api/go/v1/pagination.pb.go
+++ b/components/public-api/go/v1/pagination.pb.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.27.1
-// 	protoc        v3.19.1
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.28.0
+// 	protoc        v3.20.0
 // source: gitpod/v1/pagination.proto
 
 package v1
diff --git a/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds.pb.go b/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds.pb.go
index 57c498fa4a0117..b0a91bdfca77ee 100644
--- a/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds.pb.go
+++ b/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds.pb.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.27.1
-// 	protoc        v3.19.1
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.28.0
+// 	protoc        v3.20.0
 // source: gitpod/v1/prebuilds.proto
 
 package v1
diff --git a/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds_grpc.pb.go b/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds_grpc.pb.go
index 78d126adadee39..986b55d77ba9d4 100644
--- a/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds_grpc.pb.go
+++ b/components/public-api/go/v1/prebuilds_grpc.pb.go
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go-grpc. DO NOT EDIT.
+// versions:
+// - protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.2.0
+// - protoc             v3.20.0
+// source: gitpod/v1/prebuilds.proto
 
 package v1
 
diff --git a/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces.pb.go b/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces.pb.go
index bec1a3e75ab8be..5667c4c9cc87e3 100644
--- a/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces.pb.go
+++ b/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces.pb.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.27.1
-// 	protoc        v3.19.1
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.28.0
+// 	protoc        v3.20.0
 // source: gitpod/v1/workspaces.proto
 
 package v1
diff --git a/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces_grpc.pb.go b/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces_grpc.pb.go
index 22141f6f9bb887..93665d28faeb04 100644
--- a/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces_grpc.pb.go
+++ b/components/public-api/go/v1/workspaces_grpc.pb.go
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 // See License-AGPL.txt in the project root for license information.
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go-grpc. DO NOT EDIT.
+// versions:
+// - protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.2.0
+// - protoc             v3.20.0
+// source: gitpod/v1/workspaces.proto
 
 package v1
 
diff --git a/components/public-api/tools.go b/components/public-api/tools.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..527b3c62e07f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/public-api/tools.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package public_api_codegen
+
+import (
+	_ "google.golang.org/protobuf/cmd/protoc-gen-go"
+	_ "google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
+)
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js
index 7a9d59743b0a54..93350dc151cf67 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/pagination_pb.js
@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@
 
 var jspb = require('google-protobuf');
 var goog = jspb;
-var global = (function() {
-  if (this) { return this; }
-  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') { return window; }
-  if (typeof global !== 'undefined') { return global; }
-  if (typeof self !== 'undefined') { return self; }
-  return Function('return this')();
-}.call(null));
+var global = (function() { return this || window || global || self || Function('return this')(); }).call(null);
 
 goog.exportSymbol('proto.gitpod.v1.Pagination', null, global);
 /**
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js
index 96f347ca7a17e5..ed96faf7c1fd7b 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/prebuilds_pb.js
@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@
 
 var jspb = require('google-protobuf');
 var goog = jspb;
-var global = (function() {
-  if (this) { return this; }
-  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') { return window; }
-  if (typeof global !== 'undefined') { return global; }
-  if (typeof self !== 'undefined') { return self; }
-  return Function('return this')();
-}.call(null));
+var global = (function() { return this || window || global || self || Function('return this')(); }).call(null);
 
 var gitpod_v1_workspaces_pb = require('../../gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js');
 goog.object.extend(proto, gitpod_v1_workspaces_pb);
diff --git a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js
index cea17ad62ef192..f04f652887faf2 100644
--- a/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js
+++ b/components/public-api/typescript/src/gitpod/v1/workspaces_pb.js
@@ -13,13 +13,7 @@
 
 var jspb = require('google-protobuf');
 var goog = jspb;
-var global = (function() {
-  if (this) { return this; }
-  if (typeof window !== 'undefined') { return window; }
-  if (typeof global !== 'undefined') { return global; }
-  if (typeof self !== 'undefined') { return self; }
-  return Function('return this')();
-}.call(null));
+var global = (function() { return this || window || global || self || Function('return this')(); }).call(null);
 
 var google_protobuf_timestamp_pb = require('google-protobuf/google/protobuf/timestamp_pb.js');
 goog.object.extend(proto, google_protobuf_timestamp_pb);