diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e19c4dd0..a50ed99b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ tmp/
 bin/
 dist/
 ocp-cluster/
+*.pyc
 
 # IDE folders
 .vscode/
diff --git a/ansible_pip_requirements.txt b/ansible_pip_requirements.txt
index c9163633..f78914b4 100644
--- a/ansible_pip_requirements.txt
+++ b/ansible_pip_requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ rsa==4.9.1 --hash=sha256:68635866661c6836b8d39430f97a996acbd61bfa49406748ea24353
 oauthlib==3.2.2 --hash=sha256:8139f29aac13e25d502680e9e19963e83f16838d48a0d71c287fe40e7067fbca
 jsonschema==4.26.0 --hash=sha256:d489f15263b8d200f8387e64b4c3a75f06629559fb73deb8fdfb525f2dab50ce
 rpds-py==0.30.0 --hash=sha256:47f236970bccb2233267d89173d3ad2703cd36a0e2a6e92d0560d333871a3d23
+click==8.3.3 --hash=sha256:398329ad4837b2ff7cbe1dd166a4c0f8900c3ca3a218de04466f38f6497f18a2
diff --git a/operators/openshift-pipelines-operator-rh/operator_update_pipeline.yaml b/operators/openshift-pipelines-operator-rh/operator_update_pipeline.yaml
index b5eacc32..a7320cc8 100644
--- a/operators/openshift-pipelines-operator-rh/operator_update_pipeline.yaml
+++ b/operators/openshift-pipelines-operator-rh/operator_update_pipeline.yaml
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
             script: |
                 #!/bin/bash
 
-                cat <<EOF > approve_installplans.py
-                {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '../helpers/operator-update/approve_installplans.py') }}
+                cat <<EOF > reconcile_operator_versions.py
+                {{ lookup('ansible.builtin.file', '../reconcile/operator_versions.py') }}
                 EOF
           - name: operator-update
             image: "{{ oc_cli_image }}"
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
             script: |
                 #!/bin/bash
 
-                python ./approve_installplans.py "{{ (_core_plugin_operators | default([])) + operators }}" "$(params.dry-run)" > "$(results.status-report.path)"
+                python ./reconcile_operator_versions.py "{{ (_core_plugin_operators | default([])) + operators }}" "$(params.dry-run)" > "$(results.status-report.path)"
                 rc=$?
                 echo -n "${rc}" > "$(results.exit-code.path)"
                 exit "${rc}"
diff --git a/playbooks/tasks/configure_operator.yaml b/playbooks/tasks/configure_operator.yaml
index a715bdcb..629b3477 100644
--- a/playbooks/tasks/configure_operator.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/tasks/configure_operator.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     - r_sub_check.resources | length == 0
     - operator.namespace != "openshift-operators"
   ansible.builtin.shell: |
-    python ../helpers/operator-update/approve_installplans.py "{{ [operator] }}" "False"
+    python ../reconcile/cli.py operator-versions --operators "{{ [operator] }}" --no-dry-run
   register: operator_update_result
 
 - name: Print the output
diff --git a/reconcile/cli.py b/reconcile/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ca7a8f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reconcile/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import click
+import sys
+
+from operator_versions import reconcile as operator_versions_reconcile
+
+
+@click.group()
+def cli():
+    pass
+
+
+@cli.command()
+@click.option("--operators", default="[]")
+@click.option("--dry-run/--no-dry-run", default=False)
+def operator_versions(operators, dry_run):
+    # rebuild sys.argv for the standalone script
+    sys.argv = ["operator_versions.py", operators, str(dry_run)]
+
+    operator_versions_reconcile()
+
+
+@cli.command()
+def mgmt_cluster_version():
+    raise click.ClickException("mgmt-cluster-version is not implemented yet")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cli()
diff --git a/helpers/operator-update/approve_installplans.py b/reconcile/operator_versions.py
similarity index 99%
rename from helpers/operator-update/approve_installplans.py
rename to reconcile/operator_versions.py
index 0702dae3..51ca40c8 100755
--- a/helpers/operator-update/approve_installplans.py
+++ b/reconcile/operator_versions.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def init_ns_op_version_map(
     return ns_op_version_map
 
 
-def main():
+def reconcile():
     try:
         operators = ast.literal_eval(sys.argv[1])
     except (IndexError, ValueError, SyntaxError) as e:
@@ -180,4 +180,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    reconcile()