diff --git a/modules/tools/00_mod.mk b/modules/tools/00_mod.mk
index 4dd05d81..0f5f56a6 100644
--- a/modules/tools/00_mod.mk
+++ b/modules/tools/00_mod.mk
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ tools += cmrel=e3cbe5171488deda000145003e22567bdce622ea
 tools += golangci-lint=v2.2.1
 # https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/vuln?tab=versions
 tools += govulncheck=v1.1.4
-# https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/cmd/operator-sdk?tab=versions
-tools += operator-sdk=v1.40.0
+# https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases
+tools += operator-sdk=v1.41.1
 # https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/cli/cli/v2?tab=versions
 tools += gh=v2.74.2
 # https://github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/openshift-preflight/releases
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ go_dependencies += cmctl=github.com/cert-manager/cmctl/v2
 go_dependencies += cmrel=github.com/cert-manager/release/cmd/cmrel
 go_dependencies += golangci-lint=github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/v2/cmd/golangci-lint
 go_dependencies += govulncheck=golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck
-go_dependencies += operator-sdk=github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/cmd/operator-sdk
 go_dependencies += gh=github.com/cli/cli/v2/cmd/gh
 go_dependencies += gci=github.com/daixiang0/gci
 go_dependencies += yamlfmt=github.com/google/yamlfmt/cmd/yamlfmt
@@ -615,25 +614,26 @@ $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/istioctl@$(ISTIOCTL_VERSION)_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH): | $(
 
 preflight_linux_amd64_SHA256SUM=69f8b249538adf0edcfcfcc82eea5d5aae44e4d2171ced581cd75a220624d25e
 preflight_linux_arm64_SHA256SUM=d71bea7bc540d93268e361d8480b9c370a715ffc69db5dadd44bd90fd461d9ee
+preflight_darwin_amd64_SHA256SUM=7a47d614fe5cfaf7181005a7eda38ed9c1aca89145bf41fbcd067e9377ef03d7
+preflight_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM=d662d466491bef31b973e73779cbd387cc848610e9b945667c38ee3e93ca2fdc
 
-# Currently there are no official releases for darwin, you cannot submit results
-# on non-official binaries, but we can still run tests.
-#
-# Once https://github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/openshift-preflight/pull/942 is merged
-# we can remove this darwin specific hack
-.PRECIOUS: $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/preflight@$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)_darwin_$(HOST_ARCH)
-$(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/preflight@$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)_darwin_$(HOST_ARCH): | $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools
+.PRECIOUS: $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/preflight@$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH)
+$(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/preflight@$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH): | $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools
 	@source $(lock_script) $@; \
-		mkdir -p $(outfile).dir; \
-		GOWORK=off GOBIN=$(outfile).dir $(GO) install github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/openshift-preflight/cmd/preflight@$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION); \
-		mv $(outfile).dir/preflight $(outfile); \
-		rm -rf $(outfile).dir
+		$(CURL) https://github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/openshift-preflight/releases/download/$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)/preflight-$(HOST_OS)-$(HOST_ARCH) -o $(outfile); \
+		$(checkhash_script) $(outfile) $(preflight_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH)_SHA256SUM); \
+		chmod +x $(outfile)
+
+operator-sdk_linux_amd64_SHA256SUM=348284cbd5298f70e2b0a01f9f86820a3149aa6e7e19272e886a9d5769c7fb69
+operator-sdk_linux_arm64_SHA256SUM=719e5565cb11895995284d236e94bc14af0c9e7c96954ce4f30f450d8c86995e
+operator-sdk_darwin_amd64_SHA256SUM=d1d55418a37f142913b7155cfdd16416aeaa657eb25e27644bd37a91451f7751
+operator-sdk_darwin_arm64_SHA256SUM=e9f3bdc229697a30f725ffa5bbb15ee59ca7eba6e6f58b3028bf940903ed0df6
 
-.PRECIOUS: $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/preflight@$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)_linux_$(HOST_ARCH)
-$(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/preflight@$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)_linux_$(HOST_ARCH): | $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools
+.PRECIOUS: $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/operator-sdk@$(OPERATOR-SDK_VERSION)_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH)
+$(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools/operator-sdk@$(OPERATOR-SDK_VERSION)_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH): | $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/tools
 	@source $(lock_script) $@; \
-		$(CURL) https://github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/openshift-preflight/releases/download/$(PREFLIGHT_VERSION)/preflight-linux-$(HOST_ARCH) -o $(outfile); \
-		$(checkhash_script) $(outfile) $(preflight_linux_$(HOST_ARCH)_SHA256SUM); \
+		$(CURL) https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/$(OPERATOR-SDK_VERSION)/operator-sdk_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH) -o $(outfile); \
+		$(checkhash_script) $(outfile) $(operator-sdk_$(HOST_OS)_$(HOST_ARCH)_SHA256SUM); \
 		chmod +x $(outfile)
 
 #################