diff --git a/crs/code-generator.sh b/crs/code-generator.sh
index 4b9be7d7..93d9fc5d 100755
--- a/crs/code-generator.sh
+++ b/crs/code-generator.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ mkdir -p ${CR_DIR}/generated
 cp -r ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${CR_PKG}/generated/{clientset,listers,informers} ${CR_DIR}/generated
 rm -rf ${OUTPUT_DIR}
 
-go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@latest
+CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION=$(go list -m  sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools  | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@${CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION}
+
 # Controller-gen version
-echo "Controller-gen: " $(controller-gen --version)
+echo "Controller-gen: " ${CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION}
 controller-gen crd paths=./crs/api/ingress/...  output:crd:dir=./crs/definition
diff --git a/crs/controller-gen/version_check_test.go b/crs/controller-gen/version_check_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c271a374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crs/controller-gen/version_check_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+package controllergenversion
+
+// Blank import just to ensure via go.mod that we have a specific controller-gen version
+import _ "sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/pkg/version"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 28861d66..c6854cb4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.28.3
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.28.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.13.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.5.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dbeda692..00443366 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822/go.mod h1:+n7T8m
 github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLANZcx1PVRCS0qkT7pwLkGfwJo4zjcN/Tysno=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1 h1:EGfNDEx6MqHz8B3uNV6QAib1UR2Lm97sHi3ocA6ESJ4=
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
+github.com/onsi/ginkgo v1.16.5 h1:8xi0RTUf59SOSfEtZMvwTvXYMzG4gV23XVHOZiXNtnE=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0 h1:WgqUCUt/lT6yXoQ8Wef0fsNn5cAuMK7+KT9UFRz2tcU=
 github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:ZhrRA5XmEE3x3rhlzamx/JJvujdZoJ2uvgI7kR0iZvM=
 github.com/onsi/gomega v1.27.10 h1:naR28SdDFlqrG6kScpT8VWpu1xWY5nJRCF3XaYyBjhI=
@@ -474,6 +475,8 @@ k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b h1:sgn3ZU783SCgtaSJjpcVVlRqd6GSn
 k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b/go.mod h1:OLgZIPagt7ERELqWJFomSt595RzquPNLL48iOWgYOg0=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2 h1:mwXAVuEk3EQf478PQwQ48zGOXvW27UJc8NHktQVuIPU=
 sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime v0.16.2/go.mod h1:vpMu3LpI5sYWtujJOa2uPK61nB5rbwlN7BAB8aSLvGU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.13.0 h1:NfrvuZ4bxyolhDBt/rCZhDnx3M2hzlhgo5n3Iv2RykI=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.13.0/go.mod h1:5vw3En2NazbejQGCeWKRrE7q4P+CW8/klfVqP8QZkgA=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.5.0 h1:ze+k9fJqvmL8s1t3e4q1ST8RnN+f09dEv+gfacahlAE=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.5.0/go.mod h1:x0AP6gugkFV8fC/oTlnOMU0pnmuzIR8LfIPRVUjxSqA=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=