diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yaml b/.github/dependabot.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1b219b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "gomod"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c5a8086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Build and Deploy
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.21
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          # Install kind
+          curl -sLo kind "$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/kind/releases/latest | jq -r '[.assets[] | select(.name == "kind-linux-amd64")] | first | .browser_download_url')"
+          chmod +x kind
+          sudo mv kind /bin/
+          
+          # Install kubectl
+          curl -LO "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/$(curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+          chmod +x kubectl
+          sudo mv kubectl /bin/
+
+      - name: Create Kubernetes cluster
+        run: |
+          kind create cluster
+          kind export kubeconfig
+
+      - name: Load Docker image into kind cluster
+        run: |
+          make docker-build IMG=checkpoint-restore-operator:ci
+          kind load docker-image checkpoint-restore-operator:ci
+
+      - name: Deploy to Kubernetes
+        run: |
+          make install
+          make deploy IMG=checkpoint-restore-operator:ci
+
+      - name: Wait for deployments to be ready
+        run: ./test/wait_for_deployment.sh checkpoint-restore-operator-controller-manager
+
+      - name: Check resources
+        run: kubectl get all -n checkpoint-restore-operator-system
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yaml b/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c6f4ad3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: verify
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
+
+      - name: Install ShellCheck and shfmt
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y shellcheck shfmt
+
+      - name: golangci-lint
+        uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          only-new-issues: true
+          args: --timeout=5m
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: codespell
+        uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@v2
+        with:
+          skip: vendor,*.svg
+      
+      - name: ShellCheck and shfmt
+        run: |
+          shellcheck ./test/*.sh
+          shfmt -d ./test/*.sh
+
+  gomod:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21'
+
+      - name: verify go.mod/go.sum
+        run: |
+          make vendor
+          git diff --exit-code
+
+  lint_markdown:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: read
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: dorny/paths-filter@v2
+        id: changes
+        with:
+          base: 'main'  
+          filters: |
+            md:
+              - 'README.md'
+              - '.github/workflows/verify.yml'
+
+      - name: Lint markdown
+        if: steps.changes.outputs.md == 'true'
+        uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v10
+        with:
+          globs: |
+            README.md
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 58e7ec6d..9fc9592e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ test: manifests generate fmt vet envtest ## Run tests.
 build: manifests generate fmt vet ## Build manager binary.
 	go build -o bin/manager cmd/main.go
 
+.PHONY: vendor
+vendor:
+	go mod tidy
+	go mod vendor
+	go mod verify
+
 .PHONY: run
 run: manifests generate fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
 	go run ./cmd/main.go
diff --git a/test/wait_for_deployment.sh b/test/wait_for_deployment.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9b72d28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/wait_for_deployment.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+wait_for_deployment() {
+	local deployment_name="$1"
+	timeout=60 # 5 minutes (60 * 5 sec)
+	i=1
+	echo "Checking if the ${deployment_name} deployment is ready"
+	until kubectl -n checkpoint-restore-operator-system get deployment "${deployment_name}" -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.status=="True")].type}' | grep "Available" 2>/dev/null; do
+		((i++))
+		if [[ ${i} -gt ${timeout} ]]; then
+			echo "The ${deployment_name} deployment has not become ready before the timeout period"
+			echo "Fetching deployment status and describing pods for debugging:"
+			kubectl -n checkpoint-restore-operator-system get deployment "${deployment_name}"
+			kubectl -n checkpoint-restore-operator-system describe deployment "${deployment_name}"
+			kubectl -n checkpoint-restore-operator-system get pods
+			kubectl -n checkpoint-restore-operator-system describe pods
+			exit 1
+		fi
+		echo "Waiting for ${deployment_name} deployment to report a ready status"
+		sleep 5
+	done
+	echo "The ${deployment_name} deployment is ready"
+}
+
+wait_for_deployment "$1"