diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0cb14109..2bc07472 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ GOBIN=$(shell go env GOBIN)
 endif
 
 # Take tools from GOBIN
-CONTROLLER_GEN=$(GOBIN)/controller-gen
-KUSTOMIZE=$(GOBIN)/kustomize
+CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(GOBIN)/controller-gen
+KUSTOMIZE ?= $(GOBIN)/kustomize
 
 IMG ?= "NOIMG"
 
@@ -21,16 +21,18 @@ test: generate fmt vet static-crd gen-semver
 	go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out
 
 # Build manager binary for csi-replicator
-sidecar-manager: pre
+build-sidecar-manager: pre
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o bin/dell-csi-replicator cmd/csi-replicator/main.go
-sidecar-migrator: pre
+build-sidecar-migrator: pre
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o bin/dell-csi-migrator cmd/csi-migrator/main.go
 # Build manager binary for csi-node re scanner
-sidecar-node-rescanner: pre
+build-sidecar-node-rescanner: pre
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o bin/dell-csi-node-rescanner cmd/csi-node-rescanner/main.go
 # Build manager binary for replication-controller
-controller-manager: pre
+build-controller-manager: pre
 	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o bin/dell-replication-controller cmd/replication-controller/main.go
+# Build all binaries for replication
+build: build-sidecar-manager build-sidecar-migrator build-sidecar-node-rescanner build-controller-manager
 
 # Run against the configured Kubernetes cluster in ~/.kube/config
 run-sidecar: pre static-crd
@@ -99,8 +101,7 @@ vet: gen-semver
 	go vet ./...
 
 # Install Go tools to build the code
-tools:
-	go list -f '{{range .Imports}}{{.}} {{end}}' pkg/tools/tools.go | xargs go install
+tools: controller-gen kustomize
 
 # Generate code
 generate: tools
@@ -143,16 +144,16 @@ images: gen-semver
 images-push: gen-semver
 	make -f image.mk images-push
 
-image-sidecar-dev: sidecar-manager
+image-sidecar-dev: build-sidecar-manager
 	make -f image.mk sidecar-dev
 
-image-controller-dev: controller-manager
+image-controller-dev: build-controller-manager
 	make -f image.mk controller-dev
 
-image-migrator-dev: sidecar-migrator
+image-migrator-dev: build-sidecar-migrator
 	make -f image.mk sidecar-migrator-dev
 
-image-node-rescanner-dev: sidecar-node-rescanner
+image-node-rescanner-dev: build-sidecar-node-rescanner
 	make -f image.mk sidecar-node-rescanner-dev
 #To start mock-grpc server
 start-server-win:
@@ -185,3 +186,39 @@ gen-coverage-replication-controller:
 #To generate coverage for all the controllers
 gen-coverage:
 	( cd controllers; go clean -cache; go test -race -v -cover ./... -coverprofile cover.out )
+
+## Tool Versions
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v5.4.3
+CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.15.0
+
+# find or download controller-gen
+# download controller-gen if necessary
+controller-gen:
+ifeq (, $(shell which controller-gen))
+	@{ \
+	set -e ;\
+	CONTROLLER_GEN_TMP_DIR=$$(mktemp -d) ;\
+	cd $$CONTROLLER_GEN_TMP_DIR ;\
+	go mod init tmp ;\
+	go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@${CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION} ;\
+	rm -rf $$CONTROLLER_GEN_TMP_DIR ;\
+	}
+CONTROLLER_GEN=$(GOBIN)/controller-gen
+else
+CONTROLLER_GEN=$(shell which controller-gen)
+endif
+
+kustomize:
+ifeq (, $(shell which kustomize))
+	@{ \
+	set -e ;\
+	KUSTOMIZE_TMP_DIR=$$(mktemp -d) ;\
+	cd $$KUSTOMIZE_TMP_DIR ;\
+	go mod init tmp ;\
+	GO111MODULE=on go install sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5@${KUSTOMIZE_VERSION} ;\
+	rm -rf $$KUSTOMIZE_TMP_DIR ;\
+	}
+KUSTOMIZE=$(GOBIN)/kustomize
+else
+KUSTOMIZE=$(shell which kustomize)
+endif
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 604042fd..314fa07c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,26 +62,30 @@ This project contains multiple go modules, and you can build multiple binaries &
 
 This project relies on the following tools which have to be installed in order to generate certain manifests.
 
-| Tool | Version |
-| --------- | ----------- |
-| controller-gen | v0.4.1 |
-| kustomize | v3.10.0 |
+| Tool              | Version      |
+| ----------------- | ------------ |
+| controller-gen    | v0.15.0      |
+| kustomize         | v5.4.3       |
 
 The above tools can also be installed by running the command `make tools`.
 
 ### Custom Resource Definitions
 
-Run the command `make manifests` to build the CSM Replication CRDs. This command invokes `controller-gen` to generate the CRDs. 
+Run the command `make manifests` to build the CSM Replication Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs). This command invokes `controller-gen` to generate the CRDs. 
 The API code is annotated with `kubebuilder` tags which are used by the `controller-gen` generators. The generated definitions are present in the form
 of a _kustomize_ recipe in the `config/crd` folder.
 
 ### Binaries
+To build all the binaries associated with CSM Replication, run `make build`.
 
-For building the CSM Replication sidecar, _dell-csi-replicator_, run `make sidecar-manager`.
-
-For building the CSM Replication Controller, _dell-replication-controller_, run `make controller-manager`.
+To compile individual binaries run:
+- `make build-controller-manager` to build the CSM Replication Controller, _dell-replication-controller_.
+- `make build-sidecar-manager` to build the CSM Replication sidecar, _dell-csi-replicator_.
+- `make build-sidecar-migrator` to build the CSM Replication sidecar, _dell-csi-migrator_.
+- `make build-sidecar-node-rescanner` to build the CSM Replication sidecar, _dell-csi-node-rescanner_.
 
-For building the repctl binary, run `cd repctl && make build`.
+#### Repctl
+To build the repctl binary, run `cd repctl && make build`. 
 
 ### Static manifests
 
diff --git a/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller.go b/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller.go
index 9312153a..43a2c030 100644
--- a/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func getActionResultFromActionAnnotation(ctx context.Context, actionAnnotation A
 	finalError := false
 	if actionAnnotation.FinalError != "" {
 		log.V(common.InfoLevel).Info("There is final error", "actionAnnotation.FinalError", actionAnnotation.FinalError)
-		finalErr = fmt.Errorf(actionAnnotation.FinalError)
+		finalErr = fmt.Errorf("%s", actionAnnotation.FinalError)
 		finalError = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller_test.go b/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller_test.go
index 1b765ade..a3f3d1e0 100644
--- a/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/csi-replicator/dellcsireplicationgroup_controller_test.go
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ func (suite *RGControllerTestSuite) TestDeleteWithErrors() {
 
 	// Inject temporary error
 	errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("error during delete")
-	suite.repClient.InjectErrorClearAfterN(fmt.Errorf(errorMsg), 5)
+	suite.repClient.InjectErrorClearAfterN(fmt.Errorf("%s", errorMsg), 5)
 
 	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
 		_, err := suite.rgReconcile.Reconcile(context.Background(), req)
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func (suite *RGControllerTestSuite) TestDeleteWithPersistentError() {
 
 	// Inject error which doesn't clear
 	errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("error during delete")
-	suite.repClient.InjectError(fmt.Errorf(errorMsg))
+	suite.repClient.InjectError(fmt.Errorf("%s", errorMsg))
 	defer suite.repClient.ClearErrorAndCondition(true)
 
 	// Reconcile a few times
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ func (suite *RGControllerTestSuite) TestDeleteWithFinalError() {
 
 	// Inject temporary error
 	errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("error during delete")
-	suite.repClient.InjectErrorAutoClear(fmt.Errorf(errorMsg))
+	suite.repClient.InjectErrorAutoClear(fmt.Errorf("%s", errorMsg))
 	_, err = suite.rgReconcile.Reconcile(context.Background(), req)
 	suite.EqualError(err, errorMsg, "error should match injected error")
 
diff --git a/controllers/csi-replicator/persistentvolume_controller_test.go b/controllers/csi-replicator/persistentvolume_controller_test.go
index 1a701bea..a198eebf 100644
--- a/controllers/csi-replicator/persistentvolume_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/csi-replicator/persistentvolume_controller_test.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (suite *PersistentVolumeControllerTestSuite) TestPVReconcileWithTransientEr
 	// Inject temporary error
 
 	errorMsg := "failed to create storage protection group"
-	suite.repClient.InjectErrorAutoClear(fmt.Errorf(errorMsg))
+	suite.repClient.InjectErrorAutoClear(fmt.Errorf("%s", errorMsg))
 	_, err = suite.reconciler.Reconcile(context.Background(), req)
 	suite.EqualError(err, errorMsg)
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd98a721..0e85a5cb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.4
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.14.6
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.9.2
-	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3 v3.10.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/pkg/tools/tools.go b/pkg/tools/tools.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 39fb8466..00000000
--- a/pkg/tools/tools.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-//go:build tools
-// +build tools
-
-/*
- Copyright © 2021-2022 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package tools
-
-import (
-	_ "sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen"
-	_ "sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v3"
-)
diff --git a/test/mock-server/server/server.go b/test/mock-server/server/server.go
index 55283124..d019ebcb 100644
--- a/test/mock-server/server/server.go
+++ b/test/mock-server/server/server.go
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func FindStub(service, method string, in, out interface{}) error {
 
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 		body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-		return fmt.Errorf(string(body))
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s", string(body))
 	}
 
 	respRPC := new(response)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func FindStub(service, method string, in, out interface{}) error {
 	}
 
 	if respRPC.Error != "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf(respRPC.Error)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s", respRPC.Error)
 	}
 
 	data, _ := json.Marshal(respRPC.Data)
diff --git a/test/mock-server/stub/storage.go b/test/mock-server/stub/storage.go
index a4f8b016..4db695ea 100644
--- a/test/mock-server/stub/storage.go
+++ b/test/mock-server/stub/storage.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func stubNotFoundError(stub *findStubPayload, closestMatches []closeMatch) error
 	template += expectString
 
 	if len(closestMatches) == 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf(template)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s", template)
 	}
 
 	highestRank := struct {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func stubNotFoundError(stub *findStubPayload, closestMatches []closeMatch) error
 	closestMatchString := renderFieldAsString(closestMatch.expect)
 	template += fmt.Sprintf("\n\nClosest Match \n\n%s:%s", closestMatch.rule, closestMatchString)
 
-	return fmt.Errorf(template)
+	return fmt.Errorf("%s", template)
 }
 
 // we made our own simple ranking logic