diff --git a/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml
index bcbe930d9..c4cb8e02a 100644
--- a/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/clowder-pull-request.yaml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ spec:
           - name: kustomize-build
             image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest
             workingDir: /var/workdir/source
-            script: make update-version
+            script: set -xe && dnf install -y make && make update-version
         volumes:
           # New volume to store a copy of the source code accessible only to this Task.
           - name: workdir
diff --git a/.tekton/clowder-push.yaml b/.tekton/clowder-push.yaml
index 63c7672a1..d83f9af65 100644
--- a/.tekton/clowder-push.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/clowder-push.yaml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ spec:
           - name: kustomize-build
             image: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi:latest
             workingDir: /var/workdir/source
-            script: make update-version
+            script: set -xe && dnf install -y make && make update-version
         volumes:
           # New volume to store a copy of the source code accessible only to this Task.
           - name: workdir