diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eee68c75..72d23a11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,11 +14,17 @@ endif
 
 default: build-all
 
-prepare-static-check: FORCE
+install-golangci-lint: FORCE
 	@if ! hash golangci-lint 2>/dev/null; then printf "\e[1;36m>> Installing golangci-lint (this may take a while)...\e[0m\n"; go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest; fi
+
+install-go-licence-detector: FORCE
 	@if ! hash go-licence-detector 2>/dev/null; then printf "\e[1;36m>> Installing go-licence-detector...\e[0m\n"; go install go.elastic.co/go-licence-detector@latest; fi
+
+install-addlicense: FORCE
 	@if ! hash addlicense 2>/dev/null; then  printf "\e[1;36m>> Installing addlicense...\e[0m\n";  go install github.com/google/addlicense@latest; fi
 
+prepare-static-check: FORCE install-golangci-lint install-go-licence-detector install-addlicense
+
 install-controller-gen: FORCE
 	@if ! hash controller-gen 2>/dev/null; then printf "\e[1;36m>> Installing controller-gen...\e[0m\n"; go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@latest; fi
 
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ generate: install-controller-gen
 	@controller-gen crd rbac:roleName=absent-metrics-operator webhook paths="./..." output:crd:artifacts:config=crd
 	@controller-gen object paths="./..."
 
-run-golangci-lint: FORCE prepare-static-check
+run-golangci-lint: FORCE install-golangci-lint
 	@printf "\e[1;36m>> golangci-lint\e[0m\n"
 	@golangci-lint run
 
@@ -103,15 +109,19 @@ vendor-compat: FORCE
 	go mod vendor
 	go mod verify
 
-license-headers: FORCE prepare-static-check
+force-license-headers: FORCE install-addlicense
+	@printf "\e[1;36m>> addlicense\e[0m\n"
+	echo -n $(patsubst $(shell awk '$$1 == "module" {print $$2}' go.mod)%,.%/*.go,$(shell go list ./...)) | xargs -d" " -I{} bash -c 'year="$$(rg -P "Copyright (....) SAP SE" -Nor "\$$1" {})"; awk -i inplace '"'"'{if (display) {print} else {!/^\/\*/ && !/^\*/ && !/^\$$/}}; /^package /{print;display=1}'"'"' {}; addlicense -c "SAP SE" -s -y "$$year" -- {}'
+
+license-headers: FORCE install-addlicense
 	@printf "\e[1;36m>> addlicense\e[0m\n"
-	@addlicense -c "SAP SE" -- $(patsubst $(shell awk '$$1 == "module" {print $$2}' go.mod)%,.%/*.go,$(shell go list ./...))
+	@addlicense -c "SAP SE" -s -- $(patsubst $(shell awk '$$1 == "module" {print $$2}' go.mod)%,.%/*.go,$(shell go list ./...))
 
-check-license-headers: FORCE prepare-static-check
+check-license-headers: FORCE install-addlicense
 	@printf "\e[1;36m>> addlicense --check\e[0m\n"
 	@addlicense --check -- $(patsubst $(shell awk '$$1 == "module" {print $$2}' go.mod)%,.%/*.go,$(shell go list ./...))
 
-check-dependency-licenses: FORCE prepare-static-check
+check-dependency-licenses: FORCE install go-licence-detector
 	@printf "\e[1;36m>> go-licence-detector\e[0m\n"
 	@go list -m -mod=readonly -json all | go-licence-detector -includeIndirect -rules .license-scan-rules.json -overrides .license-scan-overrides.jsonl
 
@@ -139,6 +149,9 @@ help: FORCE
 	@printf "  \e[36mhelp\e[0m                           Display this help.\n"
 	@printf "\n"
 	@printf "\e[1mPrepare\e[0m\n"
+	@printf "  \e[36minstall-golangci-lint\e[0m          Install golangci-lint required by run-golangci-lint/static-check\n"
+	@printf "  \e[36minstall-go-licence-detector\e[0m    Install go-licence-detector required by check-dependency-licenses/static-check\n"
+	@printf "  \e[36minstall-addlicense\e[0m             Install addlicense required by check-license-headers/license-headers/static-check\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36mprepare-static-check\e[0m           Install any tools required by static-check. This is used in CI before dropping privileges, you should probably install all the tools using your package manager\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36minstall-controller-gen\e[0m         Install controller-gen required by static-check and build-all. This is used in CI before dropping privileges, you should probably install all the tools using your package manager\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36minstall-setup-envtest\e[0m          Install setup-envtest required by check. This is used in CI before dropping privileges, you should probably install all the tools using your package manager\n"
@@ -160,6 +173,7 @@ help: FORCE
 	@printf "\e[1mDevelopment\e[0m\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36mvendor\e[0m                         Run go mod tidy, go mod verify, and go mod vendor.\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36mvendor-compat\e[0m                  Same as 'make vendor' but go mod tidy will use '-compat' flag with the Go version from go.mod file as value.\n"
+	@printf "  \e[36mforce-license-headers\e[0m          Remove and re-add all license headers to all non-vendored source code files.\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36mlicense-headers\e[0m                Add license headers to all non-vendored source code files.\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36mcheck-license-headers\e[0m          Check license headers in all non-vendored .go files.\n"
 	@printf "  \e[36mcheck-dependency-licenses\e[0m      Check all dependency licenses using go-licence-detector.\n"