diff --git a/bundle/manifests/sonataflow-operator-builder-config_v1_configmap.yaml b/bundle/manifests/sonataflow-operator-builder-config_v1_configmap.yaml
index 425a8127c..f5af169df 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/sonataflow-operator-builder-config_v1_configmap.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/sonataflow-operator-builder-config_v1_configmap.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ data:
     /deployments/lib/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/*.jar
     /deployments/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/app/
     /deployments/app/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/quarkus/
-    /deployments/quarkus/\n\nEXPOSE 8080\nUSER 185\nENV AB_JOLOKIA_OFF=\"\"\nENV JAVA_OPTS=\"-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0
+    /deployments/quarkus/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/classes/workflow.sw.json 
+    /deployments/app/workflow.sw.json\n\nEXPOSE 8080\nUSER 185\nENV AB_JOLOKIA_OFF=\"\"\nENV JAVA_OPTS=\"-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0
     -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager\"\nENV JAVA_APP_JAR=\"/deployments/quarkus-run.jar\"\n"
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
diff --git a/config/manager/SonataFlow-Builder.containerfile b/config/manager/SonataFlow-Builder.containerfile
index 892d1bdca..f8dfddd93 100644
--- a/config/manager/SonataFlow-Builder.containerfile
+++ b/config/manager/SonataFlow-Builder.containerfile
@@ -12,19 +12,20 @@ ARG MAVEN_ARGS_APPEND
 COPY --chown=1001 . ./resources
 
 RUN /home/kogito/launch/build-app.sh ./resources
-  
+
 #=============================
 # Runtime Run
 #=============================
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/openjdk-17-runtime:latest
 
 ENV LANG='en_US.UTF-8' LANGUAGE='en_US:en'
-  
+
 # We make four distinct layers so if there are application changes the library layers can be re-used
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/lib/ /deployments/lib/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/*.jar /deployments/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/app/ /deployments/app/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/quarkus/ /deployments/quarkus/
+COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/classes/workflow.sw.json /deployments/app/workflow.sw.json
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 USER 185
diff --git a/container-builder/bin/builder b/container-builder/bin/builder
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8e6b9b41f
Binary files /dev/null and b/container-builder/bin/builder differ
diff --git a/container-builder/bin/controller-gen b/container-builder/bin/controller-gen
deleted file mode 100755
index 66d96c9ca..000000000
Binary files a/container-builder/bin/controller-gen and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/container-builder/builder/kubernetes/testdata/Dockerfile b/container-builder/builder/kubernetes/testdata/Dockerfile
index 89f941bf7..8ccd646c1 100644
--- a/container-builder/builder/kubernetes/testdata/Dockerfile
+++ b/container-builder/builder/kubernetes/testdata/Dockerfile
@@ -41,9 +41,10 @@ COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-sw-base/target/quarkus-app/l
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-sw-base/target/quarkus-app/*.jar /deployments/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-sw-base/target/quarkus-app/app/ /deployments/app/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-sw-base/target/quarkus-app/quarkus/ /deployments/quarkus/
+COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-sw-base/target/classes/workflow.sw.json /deployments/app/workflow.sw.json
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 USER 185
 ENV AB_JOLOKIA_OFF=""
 ENV JAVA_OPTS="-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0 -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager"
-ENV JAVA_APP_JAR="/deployments/quarkus-run.jar"
\ No newline at end of file
+ENV JAVA_APP_JAR="/deployments/quarkus-run.jar"
diff --git a/container-builder/examples/dockerfiles/SonataFlow.dockerfile b/container-builder/examples/dockerfiles/SonataFlow.dockerfile
index 82d94abee..c36a25521 100644
--- a/container-builder/examples/dockerfiles/SonataFlow.dockerfile
+++ b/container-builder/examples/dockerfiles/SonataFlow.dockerfile
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/*.jar /deployments/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/app/ /deployments/app/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/quarkus/ /deployments/quarkus/
+COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/classes/workflow.sw.json /deployments/app/workflow.sw.json
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 USER 185
diff --git a/controllers/validation/ImageValidator.go b/controllers/validation/ImageValidator.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ed9c02ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/validation/ImageValidator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
+//
+// 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 validation
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+
+	operatorapi "github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-serverless-operator/api/v1alpha08"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/name"
+	v1 "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1"
+	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1/remote"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/yaml"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+)
+
+type ImageValidator struct{}
+
+var workflowName = "deployments/app/workflow.sw.json"
+
+func (v ImageValidator) Validate(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, sonataflow *operatorapi.SonataFlow, req ctrl.Request) error {
+	if sonataflow.HasContainerSpecImage() {
+		err := client.Get(ctx, req.NamespacedName, sonataflow)
+		equals, err := validateImage(sonataflow, sonataflow.Spec.PodTemplate.Container.Image)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !equals {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Workflow, defined in the image %s doesn't match deployment workflow", sonataflow.Spec.PodTemplate.Container.Image)
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func validateImage(sonataflow *operatorapi.SonataFlow, image string) (bool, error) {
+	imageRef, err := name.ParseReference(image)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	ref, err := remote.Image(imageRef)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	reader, err := readLayers(ref, workflowName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	workflowDockerImage, err := jsonFromDockerImage(reader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	return cmp.Equal(workflowDockerImage, sonataflow.Spec.Flow), nil
+}
+
+func readLayers(image v1.Image, workflow string) (*tar.Reader, error) {
+	layers, err := image.Layers()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	for i := len(layers) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		if reader, err := readLayer(layers[i], workflow); err == nil && reader != nil {
+			return reader, nil
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("file not found %s in docker image", workflow)
+}
+
+func readLayer(layer v1.Layer, workflow string) (*tar.Reader, error) {
+	uncompressedLayer, err := layer.Uncompressed()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get uncompressed layer: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer uncompressedLayer.Close()
+
+	tarReader := tar.NewReader(uncompressedLayer)
+	for {
+		header, err := tarReader.Next()
+		if err != nil {
+			if err.Error() == "EOF" {
+				break
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading tar: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		if header.Typeflag == '0' && header.Name == workflow {
+			return tarReader, nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func jsonFromDockerImage(reader io.Reader) (operatorapi.Flow, error) {
+	data, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+	workflow := &operatorapi.Flow{}
+	if err = yaml.Unmarshal(data, workflow); err != nil {
+		return *workflow, err
+	}
+	return *workflow, nil
+}
diff --git a/controllers/validation/Validator.go b/controllers/validation/Validator.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2de602700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/controllers/validation/Validator.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
+//
+// 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 validation
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	operatorapi "github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-serverless-operator/api/v1alpha08"
+	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
+)
+
+var validators = []Validator{ImageValidator{}}
+
+type Validator interface {
+	Validate(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, sonataflow *operatorapi.SonataFlow, req ctrl.Request) error
+}
+
+// validate the SonataFlow object, right now it's only check if workflow is in deployment has image declared as that image
+// is the same as the image in the SonataFlow object
+func Validate(ctx context.Context, client client.Client, sonataflow *operatorapi.SonataFlow, req ctrl.Request) error {
+	for _, validator := range validators {
+		if err := validator.Validate(ctx, client, sonataflow, req); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8dcad1563..d9516ca98 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
+	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.2
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.16
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.120.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.15.2 // indirect
+	github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.14.3 // indirect
+	github.com/docker/cli v27.1.1+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible // indirect
+	github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/dprotaso/go-yit v0.0.0-20220510233725-9ba8df137936 // indirect
 	github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible // indirect
@@ -69,8 +75,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230705174524-200ffdc848b8 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.6 // indirect
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/mailru/easyjson v0.7.7 // indirect
 	github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.4 // indirect
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/mxk/go-flowrate v0.0.0-20140419014527-cca7078d478f // indirect
 	github.com/opencontainers/go-digest v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/opencontainers/image-spec v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pb33f/libopenapi v0.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.17.0 // indirect
@@ -104,7 +110,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v5 v5.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/senseyeio/duration v0.0.0-20180430131211-7c2a214ada46 // indirect
+	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.3 // indirect
 	github.com/vmware-labs/yaml-jsonpath v0.3.2 // indirect
 	go.opencensus.io v0.24.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 822e2a76e..7a44199ef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.4.1/go.mod h1:LTp+uSrOhSkaKrUy935
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.0/go.mod h1:T9E3cAhj2VqvPOtCYAvby9aBXkZmbF5NWuPV8+WeEW8=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0/go.mod h1:+vhtPC754Xsa23ID7GlGsrdKBpUA79WCAKPPZVC2DeU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.2.1/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbicEuybxQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v0.0.0-20170623195520-56545f4a5d46/go.mod h1:3wb06e3pkSAbeQ52E9H9iFoQsEEwGN64994WTCIhntQ=
 github.com/NYTimes/gziphandler v1.1.1/go.mod h1:n/CVRwUEOgIxrgPvAQhUUr9oeUtvrhMomdKFjzJNB0c=
@@ -109,6 +110,8 @@ github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGX
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20201120205902-5459f2c99403/go.mod h1:WmhPx2Nbnhtbo57+VJT5O0JRkEi1Wbu0z5j0R8u5Hbk=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20210312221358-fbca930ec8ed/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
 github.com/cockroachdb/datadriven v0.0.0-20190809214429-80d97fb3cbaa/go.mod h1:zn76sxSg3SzpJ0PPJaLDCu+Bu0Lg3sKTORVIj19EIF8=
+github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.14.3 h1:OqlDCK3ZVUO6C3B/5FSkDwbkEETK84kQgEeFwDC+62k=
+github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/estargz v0.14.3/go.mod h1:KY//uOCIkSuNAHhJogcZtrNHdKrA99/FCCRjE3HD36o=
 github.com/coreos/bbolt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:iRUV2dpdMOn7Bo10OQBFzIJO9kkE559Wcmn+qkEiiKk=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.10+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
 github.com/coreos/etcd v3.3.13+incompatible/go.mod h1:uF7uidLiAD3TWHmW31ZFd/JWoc32PjwdhPthX9715RE=
@@ -122,6 +125,7 @@ github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20160727233714-3ac0863d7acf/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfc
 github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfcXa63jLwjI0eiQQMgzzUDFVpN/nH/eA=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man v1.0.10/go.mod h1:SmD6nW6nTyfqj6ABTjUi3V3JVMnlJmwcJI5acqYI6dE=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
+github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.2/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.11/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
@@ -134,6 +138,12 @@ github.com/dgryski/go-gk v0.0.0-20140819190930-201884a44051/go.mod h1:qm+vckxRlD
 github.com/dgryski/go-gk v0.0.0-20200319235926-a69029f61654/go.mod h1:qm+vckxRlDt0aOla0RYJJVeqHZlWfOm2UIxHaqPB46E=
 github.com/dgryski/go-lttb v0.0.0-20180810165845-318fcdf10a77/go.mod h1:Va5MyIzkU0rAM92tn3hb3Anb7oz7KcnixF49+2wOMe4=
 github.com/dgryski/go-sip13 v0.0.0-20181026042036-e10d5fee7954/go.mod h1:vAd38F8PWV+bWy6jNmig1y/TA+kYO4g3RSRF0IAv0no=
+github.com/docker/cli v27.1.1+incompatible h1:goaZxOqs4QKxznZjjBWKONQci/MywhtRv2oNn0GkeZE=
+github.com/docker/cli v27.1.1+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
+github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible h1:T3de5rq0dB1j30rp0sA2rER+m322EBzniBPB6ZIzuh8=
+github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
+github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0 h1:xtCHsjxogADNZcdv1pKUHXryefjlVRqWqIhk/uXJp0A=
+github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.7.0/go.mod h1:rETQfLdHNT3foU5kuNkFR1R1V12OJRRO5lzt2D1b5X0=
 github.com/docker/spdystream v0.0.0-20160310174837-449fdfce4d96/go.mod h1:Qh8CwZgvJUkLughtfhJv5dyTYa91l1fOUCrgjqmcifM=
 github.com/docopt/docopt-go v0.0.0-20180111231733-ee0de3bc6815/go.mod h1:WwZ+bS3ebgob9U8Nd0kOddGdZWjyMGR8Wziv+TBNwSE=
 github.com/dprotaso/go-yit v0.0.0-20191028211022-135eb7262960/go.mod h1:9HQzr9D/0PGwMEbC3d5AB7oi67+h4TsQqItC1GVYG58=
@@ -300,8 +310,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.13.0 h1:y1C7Z3e149OJbOPDBxLYR8ITPz8dTKqQwjErKVHJC8k=
-github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.13.0/go.mod h1:J9FQ+eSS4a1aC2GNZxvNpbWhgp0487v+cgiilB4FqDo=
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@@ -2599,6 +2597,7 @@ github.com/ugorji/go/codec v0.0.0-20181204163529-d75b2dcb6bc8 h1:3SVOIvH7Ae1KRYy
 github.com/ultraware/funlen v0.0.1 h1:UeC9tpM4wNWzUJfan8z9sFE4QCzjjzlCZmuJN+aOkH0=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0 h1:fDqGv3UG/4jbVl/QkFwEdddtEDjh/5Ov6X+0B/3bPaw=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.4/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
+github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.12 h1:igJgVw1JdKH+trcLWLeLwZjU9fEfPesQ+9/e4MQ44S8=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0 h1:qph92Y649prgesehzOrQjdWyxFOp/QVM+6imKHad91M=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:LJmUH05zAU44vOAcrfzZQKsZbVcdbOG8rtL3/XcUArI=
 github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.2.0 h1:dzZJf2IuMiclVjdw0kkT+f9u4YdrapbNyGAN47E/qnk=
diff --git a/images/tools/sonataflow-db-migrator/.dockerignore b/images/tools/sonataflow-db-migrator/.dockerignore
index 94810d006..eae191650 100644
--- a/images/tools/sonataflow-db-migrator/.dockerignore
+++ b/images/tools/sonataflow-db-migrator/.dockerignore
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 !target/*-runner
 !target/*-runner.jar
 !target/lib/*
-!target/quarkus-app/*
\ No newline at end of file
+!target/quarkus-app/*
+!target/classes/workflow.sw.json
diff --git a/internal/controller/sonataflow_controller.go b/internal/controller/sonataflow_controller.go
index 404e3ccf8..820cc5ee3 100644
--- a/internal/controller/sonataflow_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/sonataflow_controller.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-serverless-operator/controllers/validation"
+
 	"github.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-serverless-operator/internal/controller/knative"
 	sourcesv1 "knative.dev/eventing/pkg/apis/sources/v1"
 	servingv1 "knative.dev/serving/pkg/apis/serving/v1"
@@ -98,6 +100,11 @@ func (r *SonataFlowReconciler) Reconcile(ctx context.Context, req ctrl.Request)
 		return ctrl.Result{}, err
 	}
 
+	if err := r.Validate(ctx, workflow, req); err != nil {
+		klog.V(log.E).ErrorS(err, "Failed to validate SonataFlow")
+		return reconcile.Result{}, nil
+	}
+
 	r.setDefaults(workflow)
 	// If the workflow is being deleted, clean up the triggers on a different namespace
 	if workflow.DeletionTimestamp != nil && controllerutil.ContainsFinalizer(workflow, constants.TriggerFinalizer) {
@@ -246,3 +253,12 @@ func (r *SonataFlowReconciler) SetupWithManager(mgr ctrl.Manager) error {
 		Watches(&eventingv1.Trigger{}, handler.EnqueueRequestsFromMapFunc(knative.MapTriggerToPlatformRequests)).
 		Complete(r)
 }
+
+func (r *SonataFlowReconciler) Validate(ctx context.Context, sonataflow *operatorapi.SonataFlow, req ctrl.Request) error {
+	if sonataflow.Status.ObservedGeneration < sonataflow.Generation {
+		if err := validation.Validate(ctx, r.Client, sonataflow, req); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/operator.yaml b/operator.yaml
index f67124901..e60c2bfc2 100644
--- a/operator.yaml
+++ b/operator.yaml
@@ -28191,7 +28191,8 @@ data:
     /deployments/lib/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/*.jar
     /deployments/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/app/
     /deployments/app/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/quarkus-app/quarkus/
-    /deployments/quarkus/\n\nEXPOSE 8080\nUSER 185\nENV AB_JOLOKIA_OFF=\"\"\nENV JAVA_OPTS=\"-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0
+    /deployments/quarkus/\nCOPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/serverless-workflow-project/target/classes/workflow.sw.json 
+    /deployments/app/workflow.sw.json\n\nEXPOSE 8080\nUSER 185\nENV AB_JOLOKIA_OFF=\"\"\nENV JAVA_OPTS=\"-Dquarkus.http.host=0.0.0.0
     -Djava.util.logging.manager=org.jboss.logmanager.LogManager\"\nENV JAVA_APP_JAR=\"/deployments/quarkus-run.jar\"\n"
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
diff --git a/test/builder/Dockerfile b/test/builder/Dockerfile
index 41dbbae39..8de747e0d 100644
--- a/test/builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/test/builder/Dockerfile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-base/target/quarkus-app/lib/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-base/target/quarkus-app/*.jar /deployments/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-base/target/quarkus-app/app/ /deployments/app/
 COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-base/target/quarkus-app/quarkus/ /deployments/quarkus/
+COPY --from=builder --chown=185 /home/kogito/kogito-base/target/classes/workflow.sw.json /deployments/app/workflow.sw.json
 
 EXPOSE 8080
 USER 185
diff --git a/testbdd/go.mod b/testbdd/go.mod
index 0badd1322..48397b6f2 100644
--- a/testbdd/go.mod
+++ b/testbdd/go.mod
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.6.8 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
-	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.13.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230705174524-200ffdc848b8 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/testbdd/go.sum b/testbdd/go.sum
index fba1d15a1..5f5def2dc 100644
--- a/testbdd/go.sum
+++ b/testbdd/go.sum
@@ -469,8 +469,7 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.8/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeN
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.13.0 h1:y1C7Z3e149OJbOPDBxLYR8ITPz8dTKqQwjErKVHJC8k=
-github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.13.0/go.mod h1:J9FQ+eSS4a1aC2GNZxvNpbWhgp0487v+cgiilB4FqDo=
+github.com/google/go-containerregistry v0.20.2 h1:B1wPJ1SN/S7pB+ZAimcciVD+r+yV/l/DSArMxlbwseo=
 github.com/google/go-github v17.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:zLgOLi98H3fifZn+44m+umXrS52loVEgC2AApnigrVQ=
 github.com/google/go-github/v27 v27.0.6/go.mod h1:/0Gr8pJ55COkmv+S/yPKCczSkUPIM/LnFyubufRNIS0=
 github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0/go.mod h1:odCYkC5MyYFN7vkCjXpyrEuKhc/BUO6wN/zVPAxq5ck=