diff --git a/.github/workflows/linter.yaml b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
index 733d8325..8e87bb42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linter.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v4
         with:
           # Optional: version of golangci-lint to use in form of v1.2 or v1.2.3 or `latest` to use the latest version
-          version: latest
+          version: v1.56.2
 
           # Optional: working directory, useful for monorepos
           # working-directory: somedir
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35e41203..8ffd78af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ endif
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 IMG ?= $(IMAGE_TAG_BASE)-controller:$(TAG_NAME)
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
-ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = latest
+ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.27
 
 # this variable is used to enable the `make itest focus=...` syntax for running subset of integration test suite.
 focus ?= ""
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ $(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(LOCALBIN)
 .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@v0.0.0-20240215143116-d0396a3d6f9f
 
 .PHONY: bundle
 bundle: manifests kustomize ## Generate bundle manifests and metadata, then validate generated files.