diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index d4afc8023..938c9b57a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,23 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH)
           make verify
+
+  kind:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - name: Deploy Kind
+        # Not guaranteed to have patch releases available and node image tags are full versions (i.e v1.28.0 - no v1.28, v1.29, etc.)
+        # The KIND_NODE_VERSION is set by getting the version of the k8s.io/client-go dependency from the go.mod
+        # and sets major version to "1" and the patch version to "0". For example, a client-go version of v0.28.5
+        # will map to a KIND_NODE_VERSION of 1.28.0
+        run: make kind-cluster
+      - name: Apply CRDs
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          for crd in $(ls crds/*.yaml); do
+            kubectl create -f $crd
+          done
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 67224ad7d..75c11b1c2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -99,11 +99,19 @@ $(LOCALBIN):
 ## Tool Binaries
 CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
 YQ ?= $(LOCALBIN)/yq
+KIND ?= $(LOCALBIN)/kind
 
 ## Tool Versions
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.15.0
 YQ_VERSION ?= v4.28.1
 
+# Not guaranteed to have patch releases available and node image tags are full versions (i.e v1.28.0 - no v1.28, v1.29, etc.)
+# The KIND_NODE_VERSION is set by getting the version of the k8s.io/client-go dependency from the go.mod
+# and sets major version to "1" and the patch version to "0". For example, a client-go version of v0.28.5
+# will map to a KIND_NODE_VERSION of 1.28.0
+KIND_NODE_VERSION := $(shell go list -m k8s.io/client-go | cut -d" " -f2 | sed 's/^v0\.\([[:digit:]]\{1,\}\)\.[[:digit:]]\{1,\}$$/1.\1.0/')
+KIND_CLUSTER_IMAGE := kindest/node:v$(KIND_NODE_VERSION)
+
 .PHONY: controller-gen
 controller-gen: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
 $(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(LOCALBIN)
@@ -113,3 +121,13 @@ $(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(LOCALBIN)
 yq: $(YQ) ## Download yq locally if necessary.
 $(YQ): $(LOCALBIN)
 	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install $(GO_INSTALL_OPTS) github.com/mikefarah/yq/v4@$(YQ_VERSION)
+
+.PHONY: kind
+kind: $(KIND) ## Download yq locally if necessary.
+$(KIND): $(LOCALBIN)
+	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install $(GO_INSTALL_OPTS) sigs.k8s.io/kind@latest
+
+.PHONY: kind-cluster
+kind-cluster: kind ## Create a kind cluster
+	$(KIND) create cluster --name olmv0 --image $(KIND_CLUSTER_IMAGE)
+	$(KIND) export kubeconfig --name olmv0
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diff --git a/crds/zz_defs.go b/crds/zz_defs.go
index 0e3f3c87a..b055ccd72 100644
--- a/crds/zz_defs.go
+++ b/crds/zz_defs.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Code generated by go-bindata. (@generated) DO NOT EDIT.
 
- //Package crds generated by go-bindata.// sources:
+//Package crds generated by go-bindata.// sources:
 // operators.coreos.com_catalogsources.yaml
 // operators.coreos.com_clusterserviceversions.yaml
 // operators.coreos.com_installplans.yaml
@@ -311,11 +311,13 @@ var _bindata = map[string]func() (*asset, error){
 // directory embedded in the file by go-bindata.
 // For example if you run go-bindata on data/... and data contains the
 // following hierarchy:
-//     data/
-//       foo.txt
-//       img/
-//         a.png
-//         b.png
+//
+//	data/
+//	  foo.txt
+//	  img/
+//	    a.png
+//	    b.png
+//
 // then AssetDir("data") would return []string{"foo.txt", "img"}
 // AssetDir("data/img") would return []string{"a.png", "b.png"}
 // AssetDir("foo.txt") and AssetDir("notexist") would return an error