diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b799a65..4e67ad7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ ifeq ($(USE_IMAGE_DIGESTS), true)
 	BUNDLE_GEN_FLAGS += --use-image-digests
 endif
 
-# Set the Operator SDK version to use. By default, what is installed on the system is used.
-# This is useful for CI or a project to utilize a specific version of the operator-sdk toolkit.
-OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.32.0
 
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= ${IMAGE_TAG_BASE}:${IMG_VERSION}
@@ -148,7 +145,7 @@ check: check/lint
 
 .PHONY: check/lint
 check/lint: golangci-lint
-	@$(GL) run \
+	@$(GOLANG_LINT) run \
 		--config .golangci.yml \
 		--out-format tab \
 		--skip-dirs etc \
@@ -157,7 +154,7 @@ check/lint: golangci-lint
 
 .PHONY: check/lint/fix
 check/lint/fix: golangci-lint
-	@$(GL) run \
+	@$(GOLANG_LINT) run \
 		--config .golangci.yml \
 		--out-format tab \
 		--skip-dirs etc \
@@ -230,14 +227,16 @@ $(LOCALBIN):
 
 ## Tool Binaries
 KUSTOMIZE ?= $(LOCALBIN)/kustomize
-GL ?= $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint
+GOLANG_LINT ?= $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint
 GOIMPORT ?= $(LOCALBIN)/goimports
 YQ ?= $(LOCALBIN)/yq
 
 ## Tool Versions
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v3.8.7
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v5.3.0
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.13.0
-CODEGEN_VERSION := v0.27.4
+CODEGEN_VERSION ?= v0.29.0
+GOLANG_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.55.2
+OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.33.0
 
 KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"
 .PHONY: kustomize
@@ -267,10 +266,10 @@ endif
 endif
 
 .PHONY: golangci-lint
-golangci-lint: $(GL)
-$(GL): $(LOCALBIN)
+golangci-lint: $(GOLANG_LINT)
+$(GOLANG_LINT): $(LOCALBIN)
 	@test -s $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint || \
-	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.55.1
+	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@$(GOLANG_LINT_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: goimport
 goimport: $(GOIMPORT)
@@ -285,8 +284,6 @@ $(YQ): $(LOCALBIN)
 	@test -s $(LOCALBIN)/yq || \
 	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4@latest
 
-
-
 .PHONY: bundle
 bundle: manifests kustomize operator-sdk yq ## Generate bundle manifests and metadata, then validate generated files.
 	$(OPERATOR_SDK) generate kustomize manifests -q
diff --git a/apis/designer/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/apis/designer/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 7727cf8..50f54d9 100644
--- a/apis/designer/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/apis/designer/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package v1alpha1
 
 import (
-	v1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	runtime "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
diff --git a/pkg/client/kaoto/informers/externalversions/factory.go b/pkg/client/kaoto/informers/externalversions/factory.go
index 99ed2a1..80d1736 100644
--- a/pkg/client/kaoto/informers/externalversions/factory.go
+++ b/pkg/client/kaoto/informers/externalversions/factory.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ type sharedInformerFactory struct {
 	lock             sync.Mutex
 	defaultResync    time.Duration
 	customResync     map[reflect.Type]time.Duration
+	transform        cache.TransformFunc
 
 	informers map[reflect.Type]cache.SharedIndexInformer
 	// startedInformers is used for tracking which informers have been started.
@@ -79,6 +80,14 @@ func WithNamespace(namespace string) SharedInformerOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithTransform sets a transform on all informers.
+func WithTransform(transform cache.TransformFunc) SharedInformerOption {
+	return func(factory *sharedInformerFactory) *sharedInformerFactory {
+		factory.transform = transform
+		return factory
+	}
+}
+
 // NewSharedInformerFactory constructs a new instance of sharedInformerFactory for all namespaces.
 func NewSharedInformerFactory(client versioned.Interface, defaultResync time.Duration) SharedInformerFactory {
 	return NewSharedInformerFactoryWithOptions(client, defaultResync)
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@ func (f *sharedInformerFactory) WaitForCacheSync(stopCh <-chan struct{}) map[ref
 	return res
 }
 
-// InternalInformerFor returns the SharedIndexInformer for obj using an internal
+// InformerFor returns the SharedIndexInformer for obj using an internal
 // client.
 func (f *sharedInformerFactory) InformerFor(obj runtime.Object, newFunc internalinterfaces.NewInformerFunc) cache.SharedIndexInformer {
 	f.lock.Lock()
@@ -183,6 +192,7 @@ func (f *sharedInformerFactory) InformerFor(obj runtime.Object, newFunc internal
 	}
 
 	informer = newFunc(f.client, resyncPeriod)
+	informer.SetTransform(f.transform)
 	f.informers[informerType] = informer
 
 	return informer
@@ -238,7 +248,7 @@ type SharedInformerFactory interface {
 	// ForResource gives generic access to a shared informer of the matching type.
 	ForResource(resource schema.GroupVersionResource) (GenericInformer, error)
 
-	// InternalInformerFor returns the SharedIndexInformer for obj using an internal
+	// InformerFor returns the SharedIndexInformer for obj using an internal
 	// client.
 	InformerFor(obj runtime.Object, newFunc internalinterfaces.NewInformerFunc) cache.SharedIndexInformer