diff --git a/config/crd/kustomization.yaml b/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
index bd33ef1..385e2a8 100644
--- a/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ resources:
 - bases/gatling-operator.tech.zozo.com_gatlings.yaml
 # +kubebuilder:scaffold:crdkustomizeresource
 
-patchesStrategicMerge:
 # [WEBHOOK] To enable webhook, uncomment all the sections with [WEBHOOK] prefix.
 # patches here are for enabling the conversion webhook for each CRD
 # - patches/webhook_in_gatlings.yaml
@@ -19,3 +18,5 @@ patchesStrategicMerge:
 # the following config is for teaching kustomize how to do kustomization for CRDs.
 configurations:
 - kustomizeconfig.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
index fc55a6a..9fd8e2b 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ namePrefix: gatling-operator-
 # commonLabels:
 #  someName: someValue
 
-bases:
-- ../crd
-- ../rbac
-- ../manager
 # [WEBHOOK] To enable webhook, uncomment all the sections with [WEBHOOK] prefix including the one in
 # crd/kustomization.yaml
 # - ../webhook
@@ -24,11 +20,9 @@ bases:
 # [PROMETHEUS] To enable prometheus monitor, uncomment all sections with 'PROMETHEUS'.
 # - ../prometheus
 
-patchesStrategicMerge:
 # Protect the /metrics endpoint by putting it behind auth.
 # If you want your controller-manager to expose the /metrics
 # endpoint w/o any authn/z, please comment the following line.
-- manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
 
 # Mount the controller config file for loading manager configurations
 # through a ComponentConfig type
@@ -44,31 +38,11 @@ patchesStrategicMerge:
 # - webhookcainjection_patch.yaml
 
 # the following config is for teaching kustomize how to do var substitution
-vars:
-# [CERTMANAGER] To enable cert-manager, uncomment all sections with 'CERTMANAGER' prefix.
-# - name: CERTIFICATE_NAMESPACE # namespace of the certificate CR
-#  objref:
-#    kind: Certificate
-#    group: cert-manager.io
-#    version: v1
-#    name: serving-cert # this name should match the one in certificate.yaml
-#  fieldref:
-#    fieldpath: metadata.namespace
-# - name: CERTIFICATE_NAME
-#  objref:
-#    kind: Certificate
-#    group: cert-manager.io
-#    version: v1
-#    name: serving-cert # this name should match the one in certificate.yaml
-# - name: SERVICE_NAMESPACE # namespace of the service
-#  objref:
-#    kind: Service
-#    version: v1
-#    name: webhook-service
-#  fieldref:
-#    fieldpath: metadata.namespace
-# - name: SERVICE_NAME
-#  objref:
-#    kind: Service
-#    version: v1
-#    name: webhook-service
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+resources:
+- ../crd
+- ../rbac
+- ../manager
+patches:
+- path: manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index 21a5685..29581a4 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 resources:
 - manager.yaml
-
-# This file will get modified by kustomize file. Please don't commit any changes to the git repo!
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
+images:
+- name: controller
+  newName: gatling-operator
+  newTag: 20240214-221927
diff --git a/config/prometheus/kustomization.yaml b/config/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
index ed13716..a5a7cbb 100644
--- a/config/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/prometheus/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 resources:
 - monitor.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
diff --git a/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml b/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml
index fb5a2b8..7f4e2bc 100644
--- a/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/rbac/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
-resources:
 # All RBAC will be applied under this service account in
 # the deployment namespace. You may comment out this resource
 # if your manager will use a service account that exists at
 # runtime. Be sure to update RoleBinding and ClusterRoleBinding
 # subjects if changing service account names.
+resources:
 - service_account.yaml
 - role.yaml
 - role_binding.yaml
 - leader_election_role.yaml
 - leader_election_role_binding.yaml
-# Comment the following 4 lines if you want to disable
-# the auth proxy (https://github.com/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy)
-# which protects your /metrics endpoint.
-# - auth_proxy_service.yaml
-# - auth_proxy_role.yaml
-# - auth_proxy_role_binding.yaml
-# - auth_proxy_client_clusterrole.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
diff --git a/config/samples/kustomization.yaml b/config/samples/kustomization.yaml
index 2a16f5c..ff4b925 100644
--- a/config/samples/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ resources:
 - gatling-notification-slack-secrets.yaml
 - gatling-operator_v1alpha1_gatling01.yaml
 - gatling-worker-service-account.yaml
+apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: Kustomization
diff --git a/gatling/Dockerfile b/gatling/Dockerfile
index 91395da..672c990 100644
--- a/gatling/Dockerfile
+++ b/gatling/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@
 # https://github.com/denvazh/gatling/tree/master/3.2.1
 #
 # Gatling is a highly capable load testing tool.
+FROM maven:3.9.6 AS dependency_stage
+
+WORKDIR /tmp
+
+ARG MAVEN_REPO="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/"
+ARG MAVEN_ARTIFACTS="\
+    com.github.javafaker:javafaker:1.0.2 \
+    com.github.mifmif:generex:1.0.2 \
+    org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.5 \
+    org.yaml:snakeyaml:1.23 \
+"
+
+# Fetch dependencies using Maven
+RUN for artifact in $MAVEN_ARTIFACTS; do \
+    mvn dependency:copy -Dartifact="$artifact" -DoutputDirectory="/tmp/lib/." -DremoteRepositories="$MAVEN_REPO"; \
+  done
 
 FROM openjdk:17-jdk-slim-bullseye
 
@@ -9,10 +25,11 @@ FROM openjdk:17-jdk-slim-bullseye
 WORKDIR /opt
 
 # gating version
-ENV GATLING_VERSION 3.9.5
+ENV GATLING_VERSION 3.10.4
 
-# create directory for gatling install
-RUN mkdir -p gatling
+ENV APP_HOME  /opt/gatling
+ENV APP_USER  gatling
+ENV APP_GROUP appgroup
 
 # install gatling
 RUN set -x && mkdir -p gatling && \
@@ -29,8 +46,7 @@ RUN set -x && mkdir -p gatling && \
   curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | bash && \
   addgroup --system ${APP_GROUP} && \
   adduser --system ${APP_USER} --ingroup ${APP_GROUP} --home ${APP_HOME} --no-create-home && \
-  chown -R ${APP_USER}:${APP_GROUP} ${APP_HOME} && \
-  chown -R ${APP_USER}:${APP_GROUP} /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx /usr/share/nginx
+  chown -R ${APP_USER}:${APP_GROUP} ${APP_HOME} /var/log/nginx /var/lib/nginx /usr/share/nginx
 
 USER gatling
 
@@ -44,6 +60,7 @@ VOLUME ["/opt/gatling/conf", "/opt/gatling/results", "/opt/gatling/user-files"]
 COPY user-files/simulations user-files/simulations
 COPY user-files/resources user-files/resources
 COPY conf conf
+COPY --from=dependency_stage /tmp/lib ${APP_HOME}/user-files/lib/
 
 # set environment variables
 ENV PATH /opt/gatling/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin