diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3fac268c..07322c37 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,12 +16,7 @@
 PWD := $(shell pwd)
 LOCAL_BIN ?= $(PWD)/bin
 
-# Keep an existing GOPATH, make a private one if it is undefined
-GOPATH_DEFAULT := $(PWD)/.go
-export GOPATH ?= $(GOPATH_DEFAULT)
-GOBIN_DEFAULT := $(GOPATH)/bin
-export GOBIN ?= $(GOBIN_DEFAULT)
-export PATH := $(LOCAL_BIN):$(GOBIN):$(PATH)
+export PATH := $(LOCAL_BIN):$(PATH)
 GOARCH = $(shell go env GOARCH)
 GOOS = $(shell go env GOOS)
 TESTARGS_DEFAULT := -v
diff --git a/build/common/Makefile.common.mk b/build/common/Makefile.common.mk
index 1f3d57fc..f50d31e8 100755
--- a/build/common/Makefile.common.mk
+++ b/build/common/Makefile.common.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ## CLI versions (with links to the latest releases)
 # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools/releases/latest
-CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION := v0.6.1
+CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION := v0.14.0
 # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/latest
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION := v5.3.0
 # https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/releases/latest
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ GOLANGCI_VERSION := v1.52.2
 # https://github.com/mvdan/gofumpt/releases/latest
 GOFUMPT_VERSION := v0.6.0
 # https://github.com/daixiang0/gci/releases/latest
-GCI_VERSION := v0.12.1
+GCI_VERSION := v0.12.3
 # https://github.com/securego/gosec/releases/latest
-GOSEC_VERSION := v2.18.2
+GOSEC_VERSION := v2.19.0
 # https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubebuilder/releases/latest
-KBVERSION := 3.12.0
+KBVERSION := 3.14.0
 # https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/latest
-ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION := 1.26.x
+ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION := 1.29.x
 
 LOCAL_BIN ?= $(error LOCAL_BIN is not set.)
 ifneq ($(findstring $(LOCAL_BIN), $(PATH)), $(LOCAL_BIN))
diff --git a/deploy/operator.yaml b/deploy/operator.yaml
index 69ae877b..cd63f52a 100644
--- a/deploy/operator.yaml
+++ b/deploy/operator.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ rules:
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: governance-policy-framework-addon
 rules:
 - apiGroups:
diff --git a/deploy/rbac/role.yaml b/deploy/rbac/role.yaml
index 054c6208..26c82ccb 100644
--- a/deploy/rbac/role.yaml
+++ b/deploy/rbac/role.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
-  creationTimestamp: null
   name: governance-policy-framework-addon
 rules:
 - apiGroups: