diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
index d68a76a12b..6657c7aa40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@ jobs:
       with:
         go-version: "~1.21.1"
 
+    - name: Cache tools
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: bin
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
+
+    - name: Install tools
+      run: make install-tools
+
     - name: "basic checks"
       run: make ci
 
@@ -38,6 +47,15 @@ jobs:
       with:
         go-version: "~1.21.1"
 
+    - name: Cache tools
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: bin
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
+
+    - name: Install tools
+      run: make install-tools
+
     - uses: actions/cache@v4
       with:
         path: |
@@ -58,6 +76,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version: "~1.21.1"
+
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
index 4740af914a..190d94fc6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yaml
@@ -47,13 +47,14 @@ jobs:
       with:
         go-version: "~1.21.3"
 
-    - name: Setup kind
-      env:
-        KIND_VERSION: "0.20.0"
-      run: go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v${KIND_VERSION}
+    - name: Cache tools
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: bin
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
 
-    - name: "install kuttl"
-      run: ./hack/install-kuttl.sh
+    - name: Install tools
+      run: make install-tools
 
     - name: "run tests"
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
index af6835bc21..2b6be81fec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
@@ -27,21 +27,22 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: "~1.21.1"
 
-      - name: Setup kind
-        env:
-          KIND_VERSION: "0.20.0"
-        run: go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v${KIND_VERSION}
-
       - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: "install kuttl and kind"
-        run: ./hack/install-kuttl.sh
+      - name: Cache tools
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: bin
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
+
+      - name: Install tools
+        run: make install-tools
 
       - name: "start kind"
         env:
           KUBE_VERSION: ${{ matrix.kube-version }}
-        run: kind create cluster --config kind-$KUBE_VERSION.yaml
+        run: make start-kind
 
       - name: "wait until cluster is ready"
         run:  kubectl wait --timeout=5m --for=condition=available deployment/coredns -n kube-system
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f80e11d3c8..cd26d6eedb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ manager: generate fmt vet
 
 # Build target allocator binary
 targetallocator:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(ARCH) go build -a -installsuffix cgo -o cmd/otel-allocator/bin/targetallocator_${ARCH} -ldflags "${COMMON_LDFLAGS}" ./cmd/otel-allocator
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(ARCH) go build -o cmd/otel-allocator/bin/targetallocator_${ARCH} -ldflags "${COMMON_LDFLAGS}" ./cmd/otel-allocator
 
 # Build opamp bridge binary
 operator-opamp-bridge:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(ARCH) go build -a -installsuffix cgo -o cmd/operator-opamp-bridge/bin/opampbridge_${ARCH} -ldflags "${COMMON_LDFLAGS}" ./cmd/operator-opamp-bridge
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=$(GOOS) GOARCH=$(ARCH) go build -o cmd/operator-opamp-bridge/bin/opampbridge_${ARCH} -ldflags "${COMMON_LDFLAGS}" ./cmd/operator-opamp-bridge
 
 # Run against the configured Kubernetes cluster in ~/.kube/config
 .PHONY: run
@@ -288,9 +288,9 @@ container-operator-opamp-bridge: operator-opamp-bridge
 	docker build -t ${OPERATOROPAMPBRIDGE_IMG} cmd/operator-opamp-bridge
 
 .PHONY: start-kind
-start-kind:
+start-kind: kind
 ifeq (true,$(START_KIND_CLUSTER))
-	kind create cluster --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) --config $(KIND_CONFIG) || true
+	$(KIND) create cluster --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) --config $(KIND_CONFIG) || true
 endif
 
 .PHONY: install-metrics-server
@@ -310,26 +310,26 @@ install-targetallocator-prometheus-crds:
 load-image-all: load-image-operator load-image-target-allocator load-image-operator-opamp-bridge
 
 .PHONY: load-image-operator
-load-image-operator: container
+load-image-operator: container kind
 ifeq (true,$(START_KIND_CLUSTER))
-	kind load --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) docker-image $(IMG)
+	$(KIND) load --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) docker-image $(IMG)
 else
 	$(MAKE) container-push
 endif
 
 
 .PHONY: load-image-target-allocator
-load-image-target-allocator: container-target-allocator
+load-image-target-allocator: container-target-allocator kind
 ifeq (true,$(START_KIND_CLUSTER))
-	kind load --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) docker-image $(TARGETALLOCATOR_IMG)
+	$(KIND) load --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) docker-image $(TARGETALLOCATOR_IMG)
 else
 	$(MAKE) container-target-allocator-push
 endif
 
 
 .PHONY: load-image-operator-opamp-bridge
-load-image-operator-opamp-bridge: container-operator-opamp-bridge
-	kind load --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) docker-image ${OPERATOROPAMPBRIDGE_IMG}
+load-image-operator-opamp-bridge: container-operator-opamp-bridge kind
+	$(KIND) load --name $(KIND_CLUSTER_NAME) docker-image ${OPERATOROPAMPBRIDGE_IMG}
 
 .PHONY: cert-manager
 cert-manager: cmctl
@@ -355,6 +355,8 @@ cmctl:
 	}
 
 KUSTOMIZE ?= $(LOCALBIN)/kustomize
+KIND ?= $(LOCALBIN)/kind
+KUTTL ?= $(LOCALBIN)/kubectl-kuttl
 CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
 CHLOGGEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/chloggen
@@ -363,24 +365,33 @@ GOLANGCI_LINT ?= $(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v5.0.3
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.12.0
 GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION ?= v1.54.0
+KIND_VERSION ?= v0.20.0
+KUTTL_VERSION ?= 0.15.0
 
+.PHONY: install-tools
+install-tools: kustomize golangci-lint kind controller-gen envtest crdoc kuttl kind operator-sdk
 
 .PHONY: kustomize
 kustomize: ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
 	$(call go-get-tool,$(KUSTOMIZE),sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5,$(KUSTOMIZE_VERSION))
 
+.PHONY: golangci-lint
 golangci-lint: ## Download golangci-lint locally if necessary.
 	$(call go-get-tool,$(GOLANGCI_LINT),github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint,$(GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION))
 
+.PHONY: kind
+kind: ## Download kind locally if necessary.
+	$(call go-get-tool,$(KIND),sigs.k8s.io/kind,$(KIND_VERSION))
+
 .PHONY: controller-gen
 controller-gen: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
 $(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(LOCALBIN)
-	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen && $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen --version | grep -q $(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION) || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION)
+	@test -s $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen && $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen --version | grep -q $(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION) || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: envtest
 envtest: $(ENVTEST) ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
 $(ENVTEST): $(LOCALBIN)
-	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest
+	@test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest
 
 CRDOC = $(shell pwd)/bin/crdoc
 .PHONY: crdoc
@@ -403,42 +414,12 @@ rm -rf $$TMP_DIR ;\
 endef
 
 .PHONY: kuttl
-kuttl:
-ifeq (, $(shell which kubectl-kuttl))
-	echo ${PATH}
-	ls -l /usr/local/bin
-	which kubectl-kuttl
-
-	@{ \
-	set -e ;\
-	echo "" ;\
-	echo "ERROR: kuttl not found." ;\
-	echo "Please check https://kuttl.dev/docs/cli.html for installation instructions and try again." ;\
-	echo "" ;\
-	exit 1 ;\
-	}
-else
-KUTTL=$(shell which kubectl-kuttl)
-endif
-
-.PHONY: kind
-kind:
-ifeq (, $(shell which kind))
-	@{ \
-	set -e ;\
-	echo "" ;\
-	echo "ERROR: kind not found." ;\
-	echo "Please check https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user/quick-start/#installation for installation instructions and try again." ;\
-	echo "" ;\
-	exit 1 ;\
-	}
-else
-KIND=$(shell which kind)
-endif
+kuttl: $(LOCALBIN)
+	@KUTTL=$(KUTTL) KUTTL_VERSION=$(KUTTL_VERSION) ./hack/install-kuttl.sh
 
 OPERATOR_SDK = $(shell pwd)/bin/operator-sdk
 .PHONY: operator-sdk
-operator-sdk:
+operator-sdk: $(LOCALBIN)
 	@{ \
 	set -e ;\
 	if (`pwd`/bin/operator-sdk version | grep ${OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION}) > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
diff --git a/hack/install-kuttl.sh b/hack/install-kuttl.sh
index 94326b52c0..41a725a98d 100755
--- a/hack/install-kuttl.sh
+++ b/hack/install-kuttl.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-sudo curl -Lo /usr/local/bin/kubectl-kuttl https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/releases/download/v0.15.0/kubectl-kuttl_0.15.0_linux_x86_64
-sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl-kuttl
-export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
+if (${KUTTL} version | grep ${KUTTL_VERSION}) > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  exit 0;
+fi
+
+OS=$(go env GOOS)
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+curl -Lo ${KUTTL} https://github.com/kudobuilder/kuttl/releases/download/v${KUTTL_VERSION}/kubectl-kuttl_${KUTTL_VERSION}_${OS}_${ARCH}
+chmod +x ${KUTTL}
+