diff --git a/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-pull-request.yaml b/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-pull-request.yaml
index 88949bb..b80b19c 100644
--- a/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-pull-request.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-pull-request.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ spec:
       value: build/Dockerfile.rhtap
     - name: path-context
       value: .
+    - name: hermetic
+      value: true
   pipelineSpec:
     description: |
       This pipeline is ideal for building multi-arch container images from a Containerfile while maintaining trust after pipeline customization.
diff --git a/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-push.yaml b/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-push.yaml
index 7d4e866..24c0c4f 100644
--- a/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-push.yaml
+++ b/.tekton/governance-policy-addon-controller-acm-213-push.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ spec:
       value: build/Dockerfile.rhtap
     - name: path-context
       value: .
+    - name: hermetic
+      value: true
   pipelineSpec:
     description: |
       This pipeline is ideal for building multi-arch container images from a Containerfile while maintaining trust after pipeline customization.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6cd71d5..6ba7cc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ gosec-scan:
 
 .PHONY: build
 build: ## Build manager binary.
-	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -o build/_output/bin/$(IMG) main.go
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -mod=readonly -o build/_output/bin/$(IMG) main.go
 
 ############################################################
 # images section
diff --git a/build/Dockerfile.rhtap b/build/Dockerfile.rhtap
index af6c3f0..2a8f0e0 100644
--- a/build/Dockerfile.rhtap
+++ b/build/Dockerfile.rhtap
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ ENV COMPONENT=governance-policy-addon-controller
 ENV REPO_PATH=/go/src/github.com/stolostron/${COMPONENT}
 WORKDIR ${REPO_PATH}
 COPY . .
-RUN go mod vendor
 RUN make build
 
 # Stage 2: Copy the binaries from the image builder to the base image