diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd5d045c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+name: CI Workflow
+on:
+  # Run this workflow every time a new commit pushed to upstream/fork repository.
+  # Run workflow on fork repository will help contributors find and resolve issues before sending a PR.
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+jobs:
+  golangci:
+    name: lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
+        with:
+          # the version of golangci-lint.
+          version: v1.32.2
+
+          # show only new issues if it's a pull request.
+          only-new-issues: false
+  codegen:
+    name: codegen, crdgen
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.14.x
+      - name: verify codegen
+        run: hack/verify-codegen.sh
+      - name: verify crdgen
+        run: hack/verify-crdgen.sh
+  build:
+    name: compile binary and images
+    needs: codegen # rely on codegen successful completion
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.14.x
+      - name: compile
+        run: make all
+      - name: make images
+        run: make images
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6366c04c8..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/golangci-lint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: golangci-lint
-on:
-  # Run this workflow every time a new commit pushed to upstream/fork repository.
-  # Run workflow on fork repository will help contributors find and resolve issues before sending a PR.
-  push:
-  pull_request:
-jobs:
-  golangci:
-    name: lint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: golangci-lint
-        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v2
-        with:
-          # the version of golangci-lint.
-          version: v1.32.2
-
-          # show only new issues if it's a pull request.
-          only-new-issues: false
diff --git a/hack/update-crdgen.sh b/hack/update-crdgen.sh
index b046ddd73..f476e49e6 100755
--- a/hack/update-crdgen.sh
+++ b/hack/update-crdgen.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,13 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION="v0.4.1"
+
+# Install tools we need.
+TEMP_PATH=$(mktemp -d)
+pushd "${TEMP_PATH}" >/dev/null
+  GO111MODULE=on go get sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@"${CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION}"
+popd >/dev/null
+rm -rf "${TEMP_PATH}"
+
 controller-gen crd paths=./pkg/apis/... output:crd:dir=./artifacts/deploy