diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 39ff329adfc..33acde1a21d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -355,9 +355,11 @@ codegen: | protogen
 protogen: protoc-gen-go-tetragon ## Generate code based on .proto files.
 	# Need to call vendor twice here, once before and once after codegen the reason
 	# being we need to grab changes first plus pull in whatever gets generated here.
-	$(MAKE) vendor
+	$(MAKE) -C api vendor
 	$(MAKE) -C api
-	$(MAKE) vendor
+	$(GO) mod tidy
+	$(GO) mod vendor
+	$(GO) mod verify
 
 .PHONY: protoc-gen-go-tetragon
 protoc-gen-go-tetragon:
@@ -368,15 +370,18 @@ generate: | crds
 crds: ## Generate kubebuilder files.
 	# Need to call vendor twice here, once before and once after generate, the reason
 	# being we need to grab changes first plus pull in whatever gets generated here.
-	$(MAKE) vendor
-	$(MAKE) -C pkg/k8s/
-	$(MAKE) vendor
+	$(MAKE) -C pkg/k8s vendor
+	$(MAKE) -C pkg/k8s
+	$(MAKE) -C pkg/k8s vendor
+	$(GO) mod tidy
+	$(GO) mod vendor
+	$(GO) mod verify
 
 .PHONY: vendor
 vendor: ## Tidy and vendor Go modules.
-	$(MAKE) -C ./api vendor
-	$(MAKE) -C ./pkg/k8s vendor
-	$(MAKE) -C ./contrib/tetragon-rthooks vendor
+	$(MAKE) -C api vendor
+	$(MAKE) -C pkg/k8s vendor
+	$(MAKE) -C contrib/tetragon-rthooks vendor
 	$(GO) mod tidy
 	$(GO) mod vendor
 	$(GO) mod verify