diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bfbc3f2b0..e27c23e31 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - (Refactoring) Extract Inspector Definitions package
 - (Bugfix) Fix PDBs Version discovery
 - (Feature) Agency ArangoSync State check
+- (Improvement) Parametrize Make tools
 
 ## [1.2.20](https://github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/tree/1.2.20) (2022-10-25)
 - (Feature) Add action progress
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 73910ae25..cce8f3a27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 CURRENT=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(firstword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 ROOT:=$(CURRENT)
 
+SED ?= sed
+REALPATH ?= realpath
+
 PROJECT := arangodb_operator
 SCRIPTDIR := $(shell pwd)
 ROOTDIR := $(shell cd $(SCRIPTDIR) && pwd)
@@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ update-generated:
 	@rm -fr $(ORGDIR)
 	@mkdir -p $(ORGDIR)
 	@ln -s -f $(SCRIPTDIR) $(ORGDIR)/kube-arangodb
-	@sed -e 's/^/\/\/ /' -e 's/ *$$//' $(ROOTDIR)/tools/codegen/license-header.txt > $(ROOTDIR)/tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt
+	@$(SED) -e 's/^/\/\/ /' -e 's/ *$$//' $(ROOTDIR)/tools/codegen/license-header.txt > $(ROOTDIR)/tools/codegen/boilerplate.go.txt
 	GOPATH=$(GOBUILDDIR) $(VENDORDIR)/k8s.io/code-generator/generate-groups.sh  \
 			"all" \
 			"github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/generated" \
@@ -529,7 +532,7 @@ set-api-version/%:
 	      "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/backup/" \
 	      "$(ROOT)/pkg/upgrade/" \
 	  | cut -d ':' -f 1 | sort | uniq \
-	  | xargs -n 1 sed -i "s#github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/$*/v[A-Za-z0-9]\+#github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/$*/v$(API_VERSION)#g"
+	  | xargs -n 1 $(SED) -i "s#github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/$*/v[A-Za-z0-9]\+#github.com/arangodb/kube-arangodb/pkg/apis/$*/v$(API_VERSION)#g"
 	@grep -rHn "DatabaseV[A-Za-z0-9]\+()" \
 		  "$(ROOT)/pkg/deployment/" \
 	      "$(ROOT)/pkg/replication/" \
@@ -540,7 +543,7 @@ set-api-version/%:
 	      "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/backup/" \
 	      "$(ROOT)/pkg/upgrade/" \
 	  | cut -d ':' -f 1 | sort | uniq \
-	  | xargs -n 1 sed -i "s#DatabaseV[A-Za-z0-9]\+()\.#DatabaseV$(API_VERSION)().#g"
+	  | xargs -n 1 $(SED) -i "s#DatabaseV[A-Za-z0-9]\+()\.#DatabaseV$(API_VERSION)().#g"
 	@grep -rHn "ReplicationV[A-Za-z0-9]\+()" \
 		  "$(ROOT)/pkg/deployment/" \
 		  "$(ROOT)/pkg/replication/" \
@@ -551,12 +554,12 @@ set-api-version/%:
 		  "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/backup/" \
 	      "$(ROOT)/pkg/upgrade/" \
 	  | cut -d ':' -f 1 | sort | uniq \
-	  | xargs -n 1 sed -i "s#ReplicationV[A-Za-z0-9]\+()\.#ReplicationV$(API_VERSION)().#g"
+	  | xargs -n 1 $(SED) -i "s#ReplicationV[A-Za-z0-9]\+()\.#ReplicationV$(API_VERSION)().#g"
 
 synchronize-v2alpha1-with-v1:
 	@rm -f pkg/apis/deployment/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
-	@for file in $$(find "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" -type f -exec realpath --relative-to "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" {} \;); do if [ ! -d "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/$$(dirname $${file})" ]; then mkdir -p "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/$$(dirname $${file})"; fi; done
-	@for file in $$(find "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" -type f -exec realpath --relative-to "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" {} \;); do cat "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/$${file}" | sed "s#package v1#package v2alpha1#g" | sed 's#ArangoDeploymentVersion = "v1"#ArangoDeploymentVersion = "v2alpha1"#g' > "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/$${file}"; done
+	@for file in $$(find "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" -type f -exec $(REALPATH) --relative-to "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" {} \;); do if [ ! -d "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/$$(dirname $${file})" ]; then mkdir -p "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/$$(dirname $${file})"; fi; done
+	@for file in $$(find "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" -type f -exec $(REALPATH) --relative-to "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/" {} \;); do cat "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v1/$${file}" | $(SED) "s#package v1#package v2alpha1#g" | $(SED) 's#ArangoDeploymentVersion = "v1"#ArangoDeploymentVersion = "v2alpha1"#g' > "$(ROOT)/pkg/apis/deployment/v2alpha1/$${file}"; done
 	@make update-generated
 	@make set-deployment-api-version-v2alpha1 bin
 	@make set-deployment-api-version-v1 bin
diff --git a/community.mk b/community.mk
index c52aa7988..a4751a274 100644
--- a/community.mk
+++ b/community.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: vendor-pre
 
 vendor-pre:
-	@sed -i "s#\tgithub.com/arangodb/rebalancer#\t// github.com/arangodb/rebalancer#g" "$(ROOT)/go.mod"
+	@$(SED) -i "s#\tgithub.com/arangodb/rebalancer#\t// github.com/arangodb/rebalancer#g" "$(ROOT)/go.mod"
 
 vendor: vendor-pre
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