diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator-bundle.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator-bundle.yaml
index 47a0b07ca5585..682bc8b788614 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator-bundle.yaml
@@ -13,19 +13,12 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
     steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
-      id: go
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Install make
-      run: sudo apt-get install make
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
     - name: make bundle
       run: |
         make bundle-all && git diff --exit-code -I'^    createdAt: '
diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator-scorecard.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator-scorecard.yaml
index 15db08cb65afc..f66558f3fe213 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator-scorecard.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator-scorecard.yaml
@@ -13,22 +13,15 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: scorecard
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
     steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
-      id: go
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
     - uses: engineerd/setup-kind@v0.5.0
       with:
         version: "v0.17.0"
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Install make
-      run: sudo apt-get install make
     - name: Run scorecard
       run: make scorecard
       working-directory: ./operator
diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator.yaml b/.github/workflows/operator.yaml
index 1ebbc8ff72d70..983ea6bbd4018 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/operator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator.yaml
@@ -13,19 +13,12 @@ jobs:
   docs:
     name: docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
     steps:
-    - name: Install make
-      run: sudo apt-get install make
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
-      id: go
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
     - name: Check generated docs
       working-directory: ./operator
       run: |
@@ -35,19 +28,12 @@ jobs:
   lint:
     name: lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
     steps:
-    - name: Install make
-      run: sudo apt-get install make
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
-      id: go
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
     - name: Lint
       uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
       with:
@@ -61,19 +47,13 @@ jobs:
   build-manager:
     name: Build Manager
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
     steps:
-    - name: Install make
-      run: sudo apt-get install make
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
       id: go
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Build Manager
       working-directory: ./operator
       run: |-
@@ -82,19 +62,12 @@ jobs:
   build-broker:
     name: Build Broker
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
     steps:
-    - name: Install make
-      run: sudo apt-get install make
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
-      id: go
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
     - name: Build Broker
       working-directory: ./operator
       run: |-
@@ -103,19 +76,12 @@ jobs:
   test:
     name: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        go: ['1.23']
     steps:
-    - name: Install make
-      run: sudo apt-get install make
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: ${{ matrix.go }}
-      id: go
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
     - name: Run tests
       working-directory: ./operator
       run: go test -coverprofile=profile.cov ./...
@@ -127,5 +93,5 @@ jobs:
       with:
         working-directory: ./operator
         path-to-profile: profile.cov
-        flag-name: Go-${{ matrix.go }}
+        flag-name: Go-1.23
         shallow: true
diff --git a/operator/Makefile b/operator/Makefile
index ddc475e0c136f..bf38ca1e55268 100644
--- a/operator/Makefile
+++ b/operator/Makefile
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ oci-push-calculator: ## Push the calculator image
 	$(OCI_RUNTIME) push $(CALCULATOR_IMG)
 
 ##@ Website
+
 TYPES_TARGET := $(shell find api/loki -type f -iname "*_types.go")
 docs/operator/api.md: $(TYPES_TARGET) $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS)
 	$(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS) -api-dir "github.com/grafana/loki/operator/api/loki/" -config "$(PWD)/config/docs/config.json" -template-dir "$(PWD)/config/docs/templates" -out-file "$(PWD)/$@"
@@ -331,7 +332,7 @@ docs/operator/feature-gates.md: $(FEATURE_GATES_TARGET) $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_
 	sed -i 's/+newline/\n/' $@
 
 .PHONY: web-pre
-web-pre: docs/operator/api.md docs/operator/feature-gates.md
+web-pre: docs/operator/api.md docs/operator/feature-gates.md ## Build the markdown API files of the loki-operator.dev website
 	@echo ">> preprocessing docs for website"
 	@git submodule update --init --recursive
 	cd $(WEBSITE_DIR)/themes/doks/ && npm install && rm -rf content