diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2a9041ac3..81a363252 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ IMG ?= $(DEFAULT_IMG)
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.31
 
+SETUP_ENVTEST_VERSION ?= release-0.22
+
 CRDDESC_OVERRIDE ?= :maxDescLen=0
 
 # Get the currently used golang install path (in GOPATH/bin, unless GOBIN is set)
@@ -340,7 +342,7 @@ $(CRD_MARKDOWN): $(LOCALBIN)
 .PHONY: envtest
 envtest: $(ENVTEST) ## Download envtest-setup locally if necessary.
 $(ENVTEST): $(LOCALBIN)
-	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@latest
+	test -s $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest || GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/tools/setup-envtest@$(SETUP_ENVTEST_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: ginkgo
 ginkgo: $(GINKGO) ## Download ginkgo locally if necessary.