diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index df70e69..7149b54 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /.env
+/.git
 /.vscode/
 /*.tgz
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5b49a0d..e0aed1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 SHELL := /usr/bin/env bash
+BIN = $(CURDIR)/.bin
 
 OSP_VERSION ?= latest
 
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@ RELEASE_VERSION = v$(CHART_VERSION)
 # release directory where the Tekton resources are rendered into.
 RELEASE_DIR ?= /tmp/$(CHART_NAME)-$(CHART_VERSION)
 
+CATALOGCD_VERSION = v0.1.0
+
 # bats entry point and default flags
 BATS_CORE = ./test/.bats/bats-core/bin/bats
 BATS_FLAGS ?= --print-output-on-failure --show-output-of-passing-tests --verbose-run
@@ -35,6 +38,14 @@ define render-template
 	@helm template $(ARGS) $(CHART_NAME) .
 endef
 
+$(BIN):
+	@mkdir -p $@
+
+CATALOGCD = $(or ${CATALOGCD_BIN},${CATALOGCD_BIN},$(BIN)/catalog-cd)
+$(BIN)/catalog-cd: $(BIN)
+	curl -fsL https://github.com/openshift-pipelines/catalog-cd/releases/download/v0.1.0/catalog-cd_0.1.0_linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C $(BIN) catalog-cd
+
+
 # renders the task resource file printing it out on the standard output
 helm-template:
 	$(call render-template)
@@ -52,8 +63,7 @@ prepare-release:
 .PHONY: release
 release: prepare-release
 	pushd ${RELEASE_DIR} && \
-		go run github.com/openshift-pipelines/tektoncd-catalog/cmd/catalog-cd@main \
-			release \
+		$(CATALOGCD) release \
 			--output release \
 			--version $(CHART_VERSION) \
 			tasks/* \