diff --git a/cmd/nginx-ingress/flags.go b/cmd/nginx-ingress/flags.go
index 532edaa5b7..144cc7c2b4 100644
--- a/cmd/nginx-ingress/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/nginx-ingress/flags.go
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ func initialChecks() {
 		if err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("Failed startup check: %v", err)
 		}
+		glog.Info("AWS startup check passed")
 	}
 
 	glog.Infof("Starting with flags: %+q", os.Args[1:])
diff --git a/deployments/common/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml b/deployments/common/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml
index 5d5c8068c4..b6dffb3f4c 100644
--- a/deployments/common/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml
+++ b/deployments/common/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: dosprotectedresources.appprotectdos.f5.com
 spec:
   group: appprotectdos.f5.com
diff --git a/deployments/common/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml b/deployments/common/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml
index ab529a2be3..e48f4a5e34 100644
--- a/deployments/common/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml
+++ b/deployments/common/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: dnsendpoints.externaldns.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: externaldns.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml
index 5796766cc9..3177169116 100644
--- a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml
+++ b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: globalconfigurations.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml
index 25b15f2704..39c780f17e 100644
--- a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml
+++ b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: policies.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml
index 4e3b25b306..3608e27b7a 100644
--- a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml
+++ b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: transportservers.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml
index 4a4e0862ae..22048b9075 100644
--- a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml
+++ b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: virtualserverroutes.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml
index a6fa2c87b2..c5015904fd 100644
--- a/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml
+++ b/deployments/common/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: virtualservers.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml
index 5d5c8068c4..b6dffb3f4c 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/appprotectdos.f5.com_dosprotectedresources.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: dosprotectedresources.appprotectdos.f5.com
 spec:
   group: appprotectdos.f5.com
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml
index ab529a2be3..e48f4a5e34 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/externaldns.nginx.org_dnsendpoints.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: dnsendpoints.externaldns.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: externaldns.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml
index 5796766cc9..3177169116 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_globalconfigurations.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: globalconfigurations.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml
index 25b15f2704..39c780f17e 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_policies.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: policies.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml
index 4e3b25b306..3608e27b7a 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_transportservers.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: transportservers.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml
index 4a4e0862ae..22048b9075 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualserverroutes.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: virtualserverroutes.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml
index a6fa2c87b2..c5015904fd 100644
--- a/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml
+++ b/deployments/helm-chart/crds/k8s.nginx.org_virtualservers.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
 kind: CustomResourceDefinition
 metadata:
   annotations:
-    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.3
-  creationTimestamp: null
+    controller-gen.kubebuilder.io/version: v0.11.4
   name: virtualservers.k8s.nginx.org
 spec:
   group: k8s.nginx.org
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 871f20b810..a429d31f1f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.26.3
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.27.1
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230115233650-391b47cb4029
-	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.11.3
+	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.11.4
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5a5e9133f3..650ea46239 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -812,8 +812,8 @@ rsc.io/quote/v3 v3.1.0/go.mod h1:yEA65RcK8LyAZtP9Kv3t0HmxON59tX3rD+tICJqUlj0=
 rsc.io/sampler v1.3.0/go.mod h1:T1hPZKmBbMNahiBKFy5HrXp6adAjACjK9JXDnKaTXpA=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.35 h1:+xBL5uTc+BkPBwmMi3vYfUJjq+N3K+H6PXeETwf5cPI=
 sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.0.35/go.mod h1:WxjusMwXlKzfAs4p9km6XJRndVt2FROgMVCE4cdohFo=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.11.3 h1:T1xzLkog9saiyQSLz1XOImu4OcbdXWytc5cmYsBeBiE=
-sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.11.3/go.mod h1:qcfX7jfcfYD/b7lAhvqAyTbt/px4GpvN88WKLFFv7p8=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.11.4 h1:jqXJ/Xb6yBgbgcBbw1YoC3rC+Bt1XZWiLjj0ZHv/GrU=
+sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.11.4/go.mod h1:qcfX7jfcfYD/b7lAhvqAyTbt/px4GpvN88WKLFFv7p8=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.6.0 h1:v2FqrN2ROWZLrSnI2o91taHR8Sj3s+Eh3QU7gLNWIqA=
 sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api v0.6.0/go.mod h1:EYJT+jlPWTeNskjV0JTki/03WX1cyAnBhwBJfYHpV/0=
 sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd h1:EDPBXCAspyGV4jQlpZSudPeMmr1bNJefnuqLsRAsHZo=