diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 31bc2970..0209498f 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
 - name: build
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   commands:
   - dapper ci
   environment:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ steps:
     - refs/tags/*
 
 - name: test-image
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   commands:
   - docker build -t kine:test-${DRONE_COMMIT} -f Dockerfile.test .
   environment:
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ steps:
     - pull_request
 
 - name: test-sqlite
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   depends_on:
    - build
    - test-image
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ steps:
     - pull_request
 
 - name: test-mysql
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   depends_on:
    - build
    - test-image
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ steps:
     - pull_request
 
 - name: test-postgres
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   depends_on:
    - build
    - test-image
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ steps:
     - pull_request
 
 - name: test-cockroachdb
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   depends_on:
    - build
    - test-image
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ steps:
     - pull_request
 
 - name: test-nats
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   depends_on:
    - build
    - test-image
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
 - name: build
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.6.0
   commands:
   - dapper ci
   environment:
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ platform:
 
 steps:
 - name: build
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0
+  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.0 # Fixed to v0.5.0 as newer versions of dapper don't work on arm
   commands:
   - dapper ci
   environment:
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c336f949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+FROM golang:1.21-alpine3.18 AS infra
+ARG ARCH=amd64
+
+RUN apk -U add bash coreutils git gcc musl-dev docker-cli vim less file curl wget ca-certificates
+# go imports version gopls/v0.14.1
+# https://github.com/golang/tools/releases/latest
+RUN go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@e985f842fa05caad2f3486f0711512aedffbcda8
+RUN rm -rf /go/src /go/pkg
+RUN if [ "${ARCH}" == "amd64" ]; then \
+    curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s;  \
+    fi
+
+ENV SRC_DIR=/go/src/github.com/k3s-io/kine
+WORKDIR ${SRC_DIR}/
+
+# Validate needs everything in the project, so we separate it out for better caching
+FROM infra as validate
+ARG SKIP_VALIDATE
+ENV SKIP_VALIDATE=${SKIP_VALIDATE}
+COPY . .
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=gomod,target=/go/pkg/mod \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=gobuild,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=lint,target=/root/.cache/golangci-lint \
+    ./scripts/validate
+
+FROM infra AS build
+ARG CROSS
+ARG TAG
+ARG DRONE_TAG
+ARG ARCH=amd64
+ENV ARCH=${ARCH}
+
+COPY ./scripts/build ./scripts/version ./scripts/
+COPY ./go.mod ./go.sum ./main.go ./
+COPY ./pkg ./pkg
+COPY ./.git ./.git
+COPY ./.golangci.json ./.golangci.json
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=gomod,target=/go/pkg/mod \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=gobuild,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    ./scripts/build
+
+COPY ./scripts/package ./scripts/entry ./scripts/
+COPY ./package ./package
+CMD ./scripts/entry package
+
+FROM scratch as binary
+ENV SRC_DIR=/go/src/github.com/k3s-io/kine
+COPY --from=build ${SRC_DIR}/bin /bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 01d5c948..bc851a4e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,3 +11,25 @@ $(TARGETS): .dapper
 	./.dapper $@
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := ci
+
+ARCH ?= amd64
+REPO ?= rancher
+DEFAULT_BUILD_ARGS=--build-arg="REPO=$(REPO)" --build-arg="TAG=$(TAG)" --build-arg="ARCH=$(ARCH)" --build-arg="DIRTY=$(DIRTY)"
+DIRTY := $(shell git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)
+ifneq ($(DIRTY),)
+	DIRTY="-dirty"
+endif
+
+.PHONY: no-dapper
+no-dapper:
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
+		$(DEFAULT_BUILD_ARGS) --build-arg="SKIP_VALIDATE=$(SKIP_VALIDATE)" \
+		--target=validate -f Dockerfile .
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
+		$(DEFAULT_BUILD_ARGS) --build-arg="DRONE_TAG=$(DRONE_TAG)" --build-arg="CROSS=$(CROSS)" \
+		-f Dockerfile --target=build -t kine-build . 
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build \
+		$(DEFAULT_BUILD_ARGS) --build-arg="DRONE_TAG=$(DRONE_TAG)" --build-arg="CROSS=$(CROSS)" \
+		-f Dockerfile --target=binary --output=. .
+	DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker run -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v ./dist:/go/src/github.com/k3s-io/kine/dist \
+		-e DAPPER_UID=1000 -e DAPPER_GID=1000 -e IMAGE_NAME -e DRONE_TAG -e DIRTY=$(DIRTY) kine-build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/generic/generic.go b/pkg/drivers/generic/generic.go
index 43b53712..481f051e 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/generic/generic.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/generic/generic.go
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ func (d *Generic) Insert(ctx context.Context, key string, create, delete bool, c
 	}
 
 	// Drivers without LastInsertID support may conflict on the serial id key when inserting rows,
-	// as the ID is reserved at the begining of the implicit transaction, but does not become
+	// as the ID is reserved at the beginning of the implicit transaction, but does not become
 	// visible until the transaction completes, at which point we may have already created a gap fill record.
 	// Retry the insert if the driver indicates a retriable insert error, to avoid presenting a spurious
 	// duplicate key error to the client.
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/nats/config.go b/pkg/drivers/nats/config.go
index 5480a6b3..56a0e65c 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/nats/config.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/nats/config.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func parseConnection(dsn string, tlsInfo tls.Config) (*Config, error) {
 
 		// command line options provided to kine will override the file
 		// https://github.com/nats-io/jsm.go/blob/v0.0.29/natscontext/context.go#L257
-		// allows for user, creds, nke, token, certifcate, ca, inboxprefix from the context.json
+		// allows for user, creds, nke, token, certificate, ca, inboxprefix from the context.json
 		natsClientOpts, err := natsContext.NATSOptions(config.clientOptions...)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
diff --git a/scripts/ci b/scripts/ci
index 577239c4..74dcc397 100755
--- a/scripts/ci
+++ b/scripts/ci
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ set -e
 
 cd $(dirname $0)
 
-if [ -z "$SKIP_VALIDATE" ]; then
-  ./validate
-  ./validate-ci
-fi
-
+./validate
 ./build
 ./package
diff --git a/scripts/validate b/scripts/validate
index 781e4d1d..2cef865f 100755
--- a/scripts/validate
+++ b/scripts/validate
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
 
+if [ -n "$SKIP_VALIDATE" ]; then
+    echo Skipping validation
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 cd $(dirname $0)/..
 
 echo Running validation
 
 PACKAGES="$(go list ./...)"
 
-if ! command -v golangci-lint; then
-    echo Skipping validation: no golangci-lint available
-    exit
+if command -v golangci-lint; then
+    echo Running: golangci-lint
+    golangci-lint run
 fi
 
-echo Running: golangci-lint
-golangci-lint run
-
 echo Running: go fmt
 test -z "$(go fmt ${PACKAGES} | tee /dev/stderr)"
+
+go generate
+
+source ./scripts/version
+
+if [ -n "$DIRTY" ]; then
+    echo Git is dirty
+    git status
+    git diff
+    exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/validate-ci b/scripts/validate-ci
deleted file mode 100755
index e7981cf8..00000000
--- a/scripts/validate-ci
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-cd $(dirname $0)/..
-
-go generate
-
-source ./scripts/version
-
-if [ -n "$DIRTY" ]; then
-    echo Git is dirty
-    git status
-    git diff
-    exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/version b/scripts/version
index 8d196f17..78a02b08 100755
--- a/scripts/version
+++ b/scripts/version
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
+# Without Dapper, DIRTY is determined in the Makefile and passed in as a build arg/env var
+if [ -z "$DIRTY" ] && [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
     DIRTY="-dirty"
 fi
 
diff --git a/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatecli.yml b/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatecli.yml
index 51c388e8..2a427f50 100644
--- a/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatecli.yml
+++ b/updatecli/updatecli.d/updatecli.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # To test this:
 #   have "UPDATECLI_GITHUB_ACTOR" env set to your github username
 #   have "UPDATECLI_GITHUB_TOKEN" env set to your github token
-#   have the latest verison of updatecli installed
+#   have the latest version of updatecli installed
 #   'updatecli diff -v updatecli/values.yaml -c updatecli/updatecli.d/updatecli.yml'
 # In the future, more useful files should be added to this directory.
 ---