diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 02f6046625..314b73c903 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath .)
 BUILD_LIB=${BASE_DIRECTORY}/build/lib
 AWS_ACCOUNT_ID?=$(shell aws sts get-caller-identity --query Account --output text)
 AWS_REGION?=us-west-2
diff --git a/projects/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/Makefile b/projects/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/Makefile
index 73fea3fe6f..1ba258bdba 100644
--- a/projects/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/Makefile
+++ b/projects/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=cloudstack-cloudmonkey
diff --git a/projects/aquasecurity/harbor-scanner-trivy/Makefile b/projects/aquasecurity/harbor-scanner-trivy/Makefile
index ef00c068e9..4de1c57624 100644
--- a/projects/aquasecurity/harbor-scanner-trivy/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aquasecurity/harbor-scanner-trivy/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=harbor-scanner-trivy
diff --git a/projects/aquasecurity/trivy/Makefile b/projects/aquasecurity/trivy/Makefile
index 8e0b8f78c8..89bb006bac 100644
--- a/projects/aquasecurity/trivy/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aquasecurity/trivy/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=trivy
diff --git a/projects/aws-containers/hello-eks-anywhere/Makefile b/projects/aws-containers/hello-eks-anywhere/Makefile
index 68ece101f7..36ed9c1c28 100755
--- a/projects/aws-containers/hello-eks-anywhere/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws-containers/hello-eks-anywhere/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=hello-eks-anywhere
diff --git a/projects/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/Makefile b/projects/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/Makefile
index 0d99282204..72da016279 100644
--- a/projects/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws-observability/aws-otel-collector/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 HELM_GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat HELM_GIT_TAG)
  # Upstream images are used directly without re-building and re-tagging in build
diff --git a/projects/aws/cluster-api-provider-aws-snow/Makefile b/projects/aws/cluster-api-provider-aws-snow/Makefile
index 07caffe7b2..7ae0449c0a 100644
--- a/projects/aws/cluster-api-provider-aws-snow/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/cluster-api-provider-aws-snow/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
 REPO=cluster-api-provider-aws-snow
diff --git a/projects/aws/eks-a-admin-image/Makefile b/projects/aws/eks-a-admin-image/Makefile
index 787fd83bda..07f82f79a8 100644
--- a/projects/aws/eks-a-admin-image/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/eks-a-admin-image/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -include .env
 
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG=0.0.0-dev # This value does not matter but needs to be set
 
 SIMPLE_CREATE_BINARIES=false
diff --git a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-build-tooling/Makefile b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-build-tooling/Makefile
index 4e00a29af4..7226e2012a 100644
--- a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-build-tooling/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-build-tooling/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
 REPO=eks-anywhere-build-tooling
diff --git a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile
index 83bf91e76b..c9e4b3f772 100644
--- a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG?=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere/Makefile b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere/Makefile
index 1b9896094e..46b8d5505c 100644
--- a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
 REPO=eks-anywhere
diff --git a/projects/aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-provider/Makefile b/projects/aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-provider/Makefile
index 628403d946..0709df0aaa 100644
--- a/projects/aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-provider/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/etcdadm-bootstrap-provider/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=etcdadm-bootstrap-provider
diff --git a/projects/aws/etcdadm-controller/Makefile b/projects/aws/etcdadm-controller/Makefile
index 1b1516d2f8..93ac72f566 100644
--- a/projects/aws/etcdadm-controller/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/etcdadm-controller/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=etcdadm-controller
diff --git a/projects/aws/rolesanywhere-credential-helper/Makefile b/projects/aws/rolesanywhere-credential-helper/Makefile
index a880ee68b5..b95a107cdd 100644
--- a/projects/aws/rolesanywhere-credential-helper/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/rolesanywhere-credential-helper/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=rolesanywhere-credential-helper
diff --git a/projects/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/Makefile b/projects/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/Makefile
index a3b6b15ac9..80809dce0d 100644
--- a/projects/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/Makefile
+++ b/projects/brancz/kube-rbac-proxy/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=kube-rbac-proxy
diff --git a/projects/cilium/cilium/Makefile b/projects/cilium/cilium/Makefile
index 996cb254a3..1769e49f4b 100644
--- a/projects/cilium/cilium/Makefile
+++ b/projects/cilium/cilium/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 CHART_TAG:=$(shell echo $(GIT_TAG) | sed 's/^v//')
 
diff --git a/projects/containerd/containerd/Makefile b/projects/containerd/containerd/Makefile
index 8fc8d52dfa..c749dbab86 100644
--- a/projects/containerd/containerd/Makefile
+++ b/projects/containerd/containerd/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=containerd
diff --git a/projects/distribution/distribution/Makefile b/projects/distribution/distribution/Makefile
index 49172187d1..fba088080c 100644
--- a/projects/distribution/distribution/Makefile
+++ b/projects/distribution/distribution/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=distribution
diff --git a/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile b/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile
index fb5d85e926..c57b8020e7 100644
--- a/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile
+++ b/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 APPMESH_VERSION:=$(shell cat APPMESH_VERSION)
diff --git a/projects/envoyproxy/envoy/Makefile b/projects/envoyproxy/envoy/Makefile
index eb3488c860..05e90fd89a 100644
--- a/projects/envoyproxy/envoy/Makefile
+++ b/projects/envoyproxy/envoy/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
 ENVOY_IMAGE=public.ecr.aws/appmesh/aws-appmesh-envoy:$(GIT_TAG)
diff --git a/projects/fluxcd/flux2/Makefile b/projects/fluxcd/flux2/Makefile
index 774bd85e25..edd87ccf4c 100644
--- a/projects/fluxcd/flux2/Makefile
+++ b/projects/fluxcd/flux2/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=flux2
diff --git a/projects/fluxcd/helm-controller/Makefile b/projects/fluxcd/helm-controller/Makefile
index 18af5f9373..c05ffd6503 100644
--- a/projects/fluxcd/helm-controller/Makefile
+++ b/projects/fluxcd/helm-controller/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=helm-controller
diff --git a/projects/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/Makefile b/projects/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/Makefile
index 661e317106..d30d6d0110 100644
--- a/projects/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/Makefile
+++ b/projects/fluxcd/kustomize-controller/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=kustomize-controller
diff --git a/projects/fluxcd/notification-controller/Makefile b/projects/fluxcd/notification-controller/Makefile
index f3a3310894..08f1a4a93e 100644
--- a/projects/fluxcd/notification-controller/Makefile
+++ b/projects/fluxcd/notification-controller/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=notification-controller
diff --git a/projects/fluxcd/source-controller/Makefile b/projects/fluxcd/source-controller/Makefile
index bb7e2fc809..85557ef80f 100644
--- a/projects/fluxcd/source-controller/Makefile
+++ b/projects/fluxcd/source-controller/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=source-controller
diff --git a/projects/goharbor/harbor/Makefile b/projects/goharbor/harbor/Makefile
index f6ac2c55e1..3b1d7d53d5 100644
--- a/projects/goharbor/harbor/Makefile
+++ b/projects/goharbor/harbor/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/projects/helm/helm/Makefile b/projects/helm/helm/Makefile
index 373b6fe6ef..a14c15050c 100644
--- a/projects/helm/helm/Makefile
+++ b/projects/helm/helm/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=helm
diff --git a/projects/kube-vip/kube-vip/Makefile b/projects/kube-vip/kube-vip/Makefile
index 44c28b91cf..fd5a807180 100644
--- a/projects/kube-vip/kube-vip/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kube-vip/kube-vip/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=kube-vip
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-cloudstack/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-cloudstack/Makefile
index 003f46a23f..09c4df8da2 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-cloudstack/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-cloudstack/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=cluster-api-provider-cloudstack
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/Makefile
index b202898eb7..586d0f7512 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=cluster-api-provider-vsphere
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/Makefile
index 3d63a1e667..352a9bf8eb 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=cluster-api
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/Makefile
index 24ba28bb39..27ef8c10c4 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=cri-tools
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/etcdadm/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/etcdadm/Makefile
index ae5abdeeea..c08dd63a8b 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/etcdadm/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/etcdadm/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=etcdadm
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/Makefile
index 3c63bb347e..0f1502e62e 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 MAKE_ROOT=$(BASE_DIRECTORY)/projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/Makefile
index eae8f3b73b..0341eac261 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/kind/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=kind
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/Makefile
index 4c15ee518a..d887170b3d 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG=$(shell source $(BUILD_LIB)/common.sh && build::eksd_releases::get_eksd_component_asset_image_tag metrics-server metrics-server-image $(RELEASE_BRANCH))
 HELM_GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat $(RELEASE_BRANCH)/HELM_GIT_TAG)
  # Upstream images are used directly without re-building and re-tagging in build
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/autoscaler/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes/autoscaler/Makefile
index d405cc9e67..408fb622cc 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes/autoscaler/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/autoscaler/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG=$(shell cat ./$(RELEASE_BRANCH)/GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat ./$(RELEASE_BRANCH)/GOLANG_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-aws/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-aws/Makefile
index 3bea116de3..628b7dcb0b 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-aws/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-aws/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG=$(shell cat ./$(RELEASE_BRANCH)/GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat ./$(RELEASE_BRANCH)/GOLANG_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-vsphere/Makefile b/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-vsphere/Makefile
index 0363b9155f..11ffb92139 100644
--- a/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-vsphere/Makefile
+++ b/projects/kubernetes/cloud-provider-vsphere/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG=$(shell cat ./$(RELEASE_BRANCH)/GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat ./$(RELEASE_BRANCH)/GOLANG_VERSION)
 
diff --git a/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile b/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile
index 3c27aa405d..f0a0f9c9b4 100644
--- a/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile
+++ b/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=metallb
diff --git a/projects/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-provider-nutanix/Makefile b/projects/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-provider-nutanix/Makefile
index 709f7e160f..d79d11b6e4 100644
--- a/projects/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-provider-nutanix/Makefile
+++ b/projects/nutanix-cloud-native/cluster-api-provider-nutanix/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=cluster-api-provider-nutanix
diff --git a/projects/opencontainers/runc/Makefile b/projects/opencontainers/runc/Makefile
index f6c7682681..cfeff6a2ba 100644
--- a/projects/opencontainers/runc/Makefile
+++ b/projects/opencontainers/runc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=runc
diff --git a/projects/prometheus/node_exporter/Makefile b/projects/prometheus/node_exporter/Makefile
index 34044412d4..4617d824d9 100644
--- a/projects/prometheus/node_exporter/Makefile
+++ b/projects/prometheus/node_exporter/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=node_exporter
diff --git a/projects/prometheus/prometheus/Makefile b/projects/prometheus/prometheus/Makefile
index 75ba2c3f61..2de215757d 100644
--- a/projects/prometheus/prometheus/Makefile
+++ b/projects/prometheus/prometheus/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 HELM_GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat HELM_GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
diff --git a/projects/rancher/local-path-provisioner/Makefile b/projects/rancher/local-path-provisioner/Makefile
index 2952bc4f49..d4672aaef4 100644
--- a/projects/rancher/local-path-provisioner/Makefile
+++ b/projects/rancher/local-path-provisioner/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=local-path-provisioner
diff --git a/projects/redis/redis/Makefile b/projects/redis/redis/Makefile
index 1862a0fc0d..2997638471 100644
--- a/projects/redis/redis/Makefile
+++ b/projects/redis/redis/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
 REPO=redis
diff --git a/projects/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/Makefile b/projects/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/Makefile
index 54d46642c3..b14966fb6f 100644
--- a/projects/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/Makefile
+++ b/projects/replicatedhq/troubleshoot/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=troubleshoot
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/boots/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/boots/Makefile
index 6ae029799e..9512b802f1 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/boots/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/boots/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=boots
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/cluster-api-provider-tinkerbell/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/cluster-api-provider-tinkerbell/Makefile
index 46a99751fb..64e4e203b1 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/cluster-api-provider-tinkerbell/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/cluster-api-provider-tinkerbell/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=cluster-api-provider-tinkerbell
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/hegel/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/hegel/Makefile
index f4b1d1d0bc..cc1944db50 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/hegel/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/hegel/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=hegel
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/hook/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/hook/Makefile
index 80e03941c8..49ab165e58 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/hook/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/hook/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION:=$(shell cat LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/hub/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/hub/Makefile
index ce00587ed1..42ac7f42db 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/hub/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/hub/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=hub
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/rufio/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/rufio/Makefile
index 9e8f19af6e..2e9dc774bd 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/rufio/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/rufio/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=rufio
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/tink/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/tink/Makefile
index 74202ce807..5652405147 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/tink/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/tink/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=tink
diff --git a/projects/tinkerbell/tinkerbell-chart/Makefile b/projects/tinkerbell/tinkerbell-chart/Makefile
index 7728ce7912..493a7799af 100644
--- a/projects/tinkerbell/tinkerbell-chart/Makefile
+++ b/projects/tinkerbell/tinkerbell-chart/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
 REPO_OWNER=tinkerbell
diff --git a/projects/torvalds/linux/Makefile b/projects/torvalds/linux/Makefile
index c95f3cb965..7b02e6f1b5 100644
--- a/projects/torvalds/linux/Makefile
+++ b/projects/torvalds/linux/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 
 REPO=linux
diff --git a/projects/vmware/govmomi/Makefile b/projects/vmware/govmomi/Makefile
index 7a0f23c9b4..452d686069 100644
--- a/projects/vmware/govmomi/Makefile
+++ b/projects/vmware/govmomi/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(shell git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+BASE_DIRECTORY:=$(abspath ../../../)
 GIT_TAG:=$(shell cat GIT_TAG)
 GOLANG_VERSION:=$(shell cat GOLANG_VERSION)
 REPO=govmomi