diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b822a8124..ac71b4208 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ include test/start-stop.make
 include test/test.make
 
 #Kustomize latest release version
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION=v4.0.5
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION=v4.4.1
 _work/kustomize_${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz:
 	curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize/${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}/kustomize_${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION}_linux_amd64.tar.gz -o $(abspath $@)
 
diff --git a/deploy/crd/pmem-csi.intel.com_pmemcsideployments.yaml b/deploy/crd/pmem-csi.intel.com_pmemcsideployments.yaml
index 4b3f4db9d..ca7d81b43 100644
--- a/deploy/crd/pmem-csi.intel.com_pmemcsideployments.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crd/pmem-csi.intel.com_pmemcsideployments.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# This file was generated by controller-gen v0.3.0 via 'make operator-generate-crd'
+# This file was generated by controller-gen v0.7.0 via 'make operator-generate-crd'
 
 ---
 apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.3.0
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.7.0
   creationTimestamp: null
   name: pmemcsideployments.pmem-csi.intel.com
 spec:
diff --git a/operator/operator.make b/operator/operator.make
index 78fd2c128..381bcc259 100644
--- a/operator/operator.make
+++ b/operator/operator.make
@@ -1,51 +1,30 @@
-OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION=1.6.1
+OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION=1.15.0
+CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION=v0.7.0
+CONTROLLER_GEN=_work/bin/controller-gen-$(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION)
 
 # download operator-sdk binary
 _work/bin/operator-sdk-$(OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION):
-	mkdir -p _work/bin/ 2> /dev/null
-	# Building operator-sdk from sources as that needs fixes for:
-	# https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/4816
-	tmpdir=`mktemp -d` && \
-	trap 'set -x; rm -rf $$tmpdir' EXIT && \
-	git clone --branch $(OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION)+fixes https://github.com/avalluri/operator-sdk.git $$tmpdir && \
-	cd $$tmpdir && $(MAKE) build/operator-sdk && \
-	cp $$tmpdir/build/operator-sdk $(abspath $@) && \
-	chmod a+x $(abspath $@)
-	cd $(dir $@); ln -sf operator-sdk-$(OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION) operator-sdk
+	mkdir -p $(@D)
+	curl -L https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/v$(OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION)/operator-sdk_linux_amd64 -o $@
+	chmod a+x $@
+	ln -sf $(@F) $(@D)/operator-sdk
 
 # Re-generates the K8S source. This target is supposed to run
 # upon any changes made to operator api.
-#
-# GOROOT is needed because of https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/issues/1854#issuecomment-525132306
-operator-generate-k8s: controller-gen
-	GOROOT=$(shell $(GO) env GOROOT) $(CONTROLLER_GEN) object paths=./pkg/apis/...
+operator-generate-k8s: $(CONTROLLER_GEN)
+	$< object paths=./pkg/apis/...
 
-# find or download if necessary controller-gen
-# this make target is copied from Makefile generated
-# by operator-sdk init
-controller-gen:
-ifeq (, $(shell which controller-gen))
-	@{ \
-	set -e; \
-	CONTROLLER_GEN_TMP_DIR=$$(mktemp -d) ;\
-	cd $$CONTROLLER_GEN_TMP_DIR ;\
-	GOPATH=$$($(GO) env GOPATH) ;\
-	$(GO) mod init tmp ;\
-	$(GO) get sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@v0.3.0 ;\
-	rm -rf $$CONTROLLER_GEN_TMP_DIR; \
-	}
-CONTROLLER_GEN=$(GOPATH)/bin/controller-gen
-else
-CONTROLLER_GEN=$(shell which controller-gen)
-endif
+# Build controller-gen from source.
+$(CONTROLLER_GEN):
+	mkdir -p $(@D)
+	GOBIN=$(abspath $(@D)) $(GO) install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION)
+	ln -sf controller-gen $@
 
-ifeq ($(REPO_ROOT), )
-REPO_ROOT=$(shell pwd)
-endif
-MANIFESTS_DIR=$(REPO_ROOT)/deploy/kustomize/olm-catalog
-CATALOG_DIR=$(REPO_ROOT)/deploy/olm-catalog
-BUNDLE_DIR=$(REPO_ROOT)/deploy/olm-bundle/$(MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION)
-CRD_DIR=$(REPO_ROOT)/deploy/crd
+
+MANIFESTS_DIR=deploy/kustomize/olm-catalog
+CATALOG_DIR=deploy/olm-catalog
+BUNDLE_DIR=deploy/olm-bundle/$(MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION)
+CRD_DIR=deploy/crd
 # CHANNELS: A comma-separated list of channels the generated
 # bundle belongs to. This supposed to be all the channel names we support.
 # Currently, alpha(all < v1.0) and stable(=v1.0)
@@ -65,11 +44,10 @@ PATCH_REPLACES := sed -i -e 's;\(.*\)\(version:.*\);\1replaces: pmem-csi-operato
 PATCH_DATE := sed -i -e 's;\(.*createdAt: \).*;\1$(shell date +%FT%TZ);g'
 
 # Generate CRD
-operator-generate-crd: controller-gen
+operator-generate-crd: $(CONTROLLER_GEN)
 	@echo "Generating CRD in $(CRD_DIR) ..."
-	cd $(REPO_ROOT) && $(CONTROLLER_GEN) crd:trivialVersions=true,crdVersions=v1 paths=./pkg/apis/... output:dir=$(CRD_DIR)/
-	version="$(shell $(CONTROLLER_GEN) --version |cut -f2 -d':')"; \
-    sed -i "1s/^/# This file was generated by controller-gen$$version via 'make operator-generate-crd'\n/" $(CRD_DIR)/*
+	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) crd paths=./pkg/apis/... output:dir=$(CRD_DIR)
+	sed -i "1s/^/# This file was generated by controller-gen $(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION) via 'make operator-generate-crd'\n/" $(CRD_DIR)/*
 
 # Generate bundle manifests for OLM
 # The bundle.Dockerfile file is generated in the $root folder,
@@ -81,21 +59,27 @@ operator-generate-crd: controller-gen
 #   test configurations.
 operator-generate-bundle: _work/bin/operator-sdk-$(OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION) _work/kustomize operator-generate-crd
 	@echo "Generating operator bundle in $(BUNDLE_DIR) ..."
-	@_work/kustomize build --load-restrictor LoadRestrictionsNone $(MANIFESTS_DIR) | $< generate bundle --version=$(MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION) \
-        --kustomize-dir=$(MANIFESTS_DIR) --output-dir=$(BUNDLE_DIR) --channels ${CHANNELS} --default-channel ${DEFAULT_CHANNEL}
+	rm -rf $(BUNDLE_DIR)
+	mkdir -p $(BUNDLE_DIR)
+	# Generate input YAML first. This might fail...
+	_work/kustomize build --load-restrictor LoadRestrictionsNone $(MANIFESTS_DIR) >$(BUNDLE_DIR)/manifests.yaml
+	# Specifying --kustomize-dir seems redundant because stdin already contains our ClusterServiceVersion,
+	# but without it the final ClusterServiceVersion in the bundle just has some automatically generated fields.
+	cat $(BUNDLE_DIR)/manifests.yaml | $< generate bundle --kustomize-dir=$(MANIFESTS_DIR) --version=$(MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH_VERSION) --output-dir=$(BUNDLE_DIR) --channels ${CHANNELS} --default-channel ${DEFAULT_CHANNEL}
+	rm $(BUNDLE_DIR)/manifests.yaml
 	$(PATCH_VERSIONS) $(BUNDLE_DIR)/manifests/pmem-csi-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
 ifdef REPLACES
-	@$(PATCH_REPLACES) $(BUNDLE_DIR)/manifests/pmem-csi-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+	$(PATCH_REPLACES) $(BUNDLE_DIR)/manifests/pmem-csi-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
 endif
 	$(PATCH_DATE) $(BUNDLE_DIR)/manifests/pmem-csi-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
-	@sed -i -e "s;$(BUNDLE_DIR)/;;g"  -e "/scorecard/d" -e '/FROM scratch/a LABEL com.redhat.openshift.versions="$(OPENSHIFT_VERSIONS)"' bundle.Dockerfile
-	@sed -i -e "/scorecard/d" $(BUNDLE_DIR)/metadata/annotations.yaml
-	@mv bundle.Dockerfile $(BUNDLE_DIR)
+	sed -i -e "s;$(BUNDLE_DIR)/;;g"  -e "/scorecard/d" -e '/FROM scratch/a LABEL com.redhat.openshift.versions="$(OPENSHIFT_VERSIONS)"' bundle.Dockerfile
+	sed -i -e "/scorecard/d" $(BUNDLE_DIR)/metadata/annotations.yaml
+	mv bundle.Dockerfile $(BUNDLE_DIR)
 	@make operator-validate-bundle
 
 operator-validate-bundle: _work/bin/operator-sdk-$(OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION) $(BUNDLE_DIR)
 	@if ! OUT="$$($< bundle validate --select-optional  name=operatorhub $(BUNDLE_DIR))"; then \
-		echo >&2 "ERROR: Operator bundle did not pass validation:"; \
+		echo >&2 "ERROR: Operator bundle in $(BUNDLE_DIR) did not pass validation:"; \
 		echo >&2 "$$OUT"; \
 		exit 1; \
 	fi