diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cbda4dafb0..c7322706a6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ kind-e2e-chart-tests: ## Run helm chart e2e tests
 e2e-test-binary:  ## Build binary for e2e tests.
 	@build/run-in-docker.sh \
 		MAC_OS=$(MAC_OS) \
-		ginkgo build ./test/e2e
+		GOBIN=/tmp/bin go generate tools/ginkgo.go && ls /tmp/bin/ginkgo && /tmp/bin/ginkgo build ./test/e2e
 
 .PHONY: print-e2e-suite
 print-e2e-suite: e2e-test-binary ## Prints information about the suite of e2e tests.
diff --git a/build/run-in-docker.sh b/build/run-in-docker.sh
index bec8252916..453e9e8ad1 100755
--- a/build/run-in-docker.sh
+++ b/build/run-in-docker.sh
@@ -86,10 +86,6 @@ USER=${USER:-nobody}
 if [[ "$DOCKER_IN_DOCKER_ENABLED" == "true" ]]; then
   echo "..reached DIND check TRUE block, inside run-in-docker.sh"
   echo "FLAGS=$FLAGS"
-  #go env
-  go install -mod=mod github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v2.13.0
-  find / -type f -name ginkgo 2>/dev/null
-  which ginkgo
   /bin/bash -c "${FLAGS}"
 else
   echo "Reached DIND check ELSE block, inside run-in-docker.sh"
diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index 91bbfc14a4..f1f07229eb 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.12.0/go.mod h1:zEVYFnQC7m/vmpQFELhcD1EWkZlX69l4oqgmer6hfKA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.13.0/go.mod h1:zEVYFnQC7m/vmpQFELhcD1EWkZlX69l4oqgmer6hfKA=
 golang.org/x/net v0.14.0/go.mod h1:PpSgVXXLK0OxS0F31C1/tv6XNguvCrnXIDrFMspZIUI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.15.0/go.mod h1:idbUs1IY1+zTqbi8yxTbhexhEEk5ur9LInksu6HrEpk=
+golang.org/x/net v0.16.0/go.mod h1:NxSsAGuq816PNPmqtQdLE42eU2Fs7NoRIZrHJAlaCOE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.0.0-20220223155221-ee480838109b/go.mod h1:DAh4E804XQdzx2j+YRIaUnCqCV2RuMz24cGBJ5QYIrc=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.8.0/go.mod h1:yr7u4HXZRm1R1kBWqr/xKNqewf0plRYoB7sla+BCIXE=
 golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.10.0/go.mod h1:kTpgurOux7LqtuxjuyZa4Gj2gdezIt/jQtGnNFfypQI=
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.10.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
diff --git a/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile b/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile
index 161b6caf46..536ed51b5e 100644
--- a/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/test-runner/rootfs/Dockerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ ARG CHART_TESTING_VERSION
 ARG HELM_VERSION
 ARG YAMALE_VERSION
 ARG YAML_LINT_VERSION
-ARG GINKGO_VERSION
 ARG GOLINT_VERSION
 
 
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ RUN apk update && apk upgrade && apk add --no-cache \
   tzdata \
   libc6-compat
 
-RUN go install -v github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v${GINKGO_VERSION} \
-    && go install golang.org/x/lint/golint@${GOLINT_VERSION}
+RUN go install golang.org/x/lint/golint@${GOLINT_VERSION}
 
 RUN wget -qO /tmp/resty_cli.tgz \
   https://github.com/openresty/resty-cli/archive/v${RESTY_CLI_VERSION}.tar.gz \
diff --git a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
index 425d043e92..910d74103c 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-chart-test.sh
@@ -77,9 +77,6 @@ if [ "${SKIP_CLUSTER_CREATION:-false}" = "false" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "${SKIP_IMAGE_CREATION:-false}" = "false" ]; then
-  if ! command -v ginkgo &> /dev/null; then
-    go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v2.13.0
-  fi
   echo "[dev-env] building image"
   make -C ${DIR}/../../ clean-image build image
 fi
diff --git a/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh b/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh
index 5c4ba5c1ea..2d1c3a6a49 100755
--- a/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/run-kind-e2e.sh
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ if [ "${SKIP_INGRESS_IMAGE_CREATION}" = "false" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "${SKIP_E2E_IMAGE_CREATION}" = "false" ]; then
-  if ! command -v ginkgo &> /dev/null; then
-    go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo@v2.13.0
-  fi
-
   echo "[dev-env] .. done building controller images"
   echo "[dev-env] now building e2e-image.."
   make -C "${DIR}"/../e2e-image image
diff --git a/tools/ginkgo.go b/tools/ginkgo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f09552d7f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ginkgo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//go:build ignore
+
+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package tools
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo"
+)
+
+//go:generate go install github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2/ginkgo