diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad5f5fdd40..523d047e10 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ kubectl-kyverno
 /release
 .DS_Store
 .tools
+.gopath
diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index cdd30ccdb6..802b34072b 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -362,7 +362,28 @@ We are using code generation tools to create the following portions of code:
 
 ### Generating kubernetes API client
 
-TODO
+Based on the [APIs golang code definitions](./api), you can generate the corresponding Kubernetes client by running:
+```console
+# generate clientset, listers and informers
+make codegen-client-all
+```
+or
+```console
+# generate clientset
+make codegen-client-clientset
+```
+or
+```console
+# generate listers
+make codegen-client-listers
+```
+or
+```console
+# generate informers
+make codegen-client-informers
+```
+
+This will output generated files in the [/pkg/client](./pkg/client) package.
 
 ### Generating API deep copy functions
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b872f2bb8c..53e8e690ba 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ KIND                               := $(TOOLS_DIR)/kind
 KIND_VERSION                       := v0.14.0
 CONTROLLER_GEN                     := $(TOOLS_DIR)/controller-gen
 CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION             := v0.9.1-0.20220629131006-1878064c4cdf
+CLIENT_GEN                         := $(TOOLS_DIR)/client-gen
+LISTER_GEN                         := $(TOOLS_DIR)/lister-gen
+INFORMER_GEN                       := $(TOOLS_DIR)/informer-gen
+CODE_GEN_VERSION                   := v0.19.0
 GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS         := $(TOOLS_DIR)/gen-crd-api-reference-docs
 GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS_VERSION := latest
 GO_ACC                             := $(TOOLS_DIR)/go-acc
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ HELM_DOCS                          := $(TOOLS_DIR)/helm-docs
 HELM_DOCS_VERSION                  := v1.6.0
 KO                                 := $(TOOLS_DIR)/ko
 KO_VERSION                         := v0.12.0
-TOOLS                              := $(KIND) $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS) $(GO_ACC) $(KUSTOMIZE) $(GOIMPORTS) $(HELM_DOCS) $(KO)
+TOOLS                              := $(KIND) $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(CLIENT_GEN) $(LISTER_GEN) $(INFORMER_GEN) $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS) $(GO_ACC) $(KUSTOMIZE) $(GOIMPORTS) $(HELM_DOCS) $(KO)
 ifeq ($(GOOS), darwin)
 SED                                := gsed
 else
@@ -56,6 +60,15 @@ $(KIND):
 $(CONTROLLER_GEN):
 	@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_DIR) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION)
 
+$(CLIENT_GEN):
+	@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_DIR) go install k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/client-gen@$(CODE_GEN_VERSION)
+
+$(LISTER_GEN):
+	@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_DIR) go install k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/lister-gen@$(CODE_GEN_VERSION)
+
+$(INFORMER_GEN):
+	@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_DIR) go install k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/informer-gen@$(CODE_GEN_VERSION)
+
 $(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS):
 	@GOBIN=$(TOOLS_DIR) go install github.com/ahmetb/gen-crd-api-reference-docs@$(GEN_CRD_API_REFERENCE_DOCS_VERSION)
 
@@ -286,12 +299,49 @@ docker-publish-all-dev: docker-publish-kyvernopre-dev docker-publish-kyverno-dev
 # CODEGEN #
 ###########
 
+GOPATH_SHIM        := ${PWD}/.gopath
+PACKAGE_SHIM       := $(GOPATH_SHIM)/src/$(PACKAGE)
+OUT_PACKAGE        := $(PACKAGE)/pkg/client
+INPUT_DIRS         := $(PACKAGE)/api/kyverno/v1,$(PACKAGE)/api/kyverno/v1beta1,$(PACKAGE)/api/kyverno/v1alpha2,$(PACKAGE)/api/policyreport/v1alpha2
+CLIENTSET_PACKAGE  := $(OUT_PACKAGE)/clientset
+LISTERS_PACKAGE    := $(OUT_PACKAGE)/listers
+INFORMERS_PACKAGE  := $(OUT_PACKAGE)/informers
+
+$(GOPATH_SHIM):
+	@echo Create gopath shim...
+	@mkdir -p $(GOPATH_SHIM)
+
+.INTERMEDIATE: $(PACKAGE_SHIM)
+$(PACKAGE_SHIM): $(GOPATH_SHIM)
+	@echo Create package shim...
+	@mkdir -p $(GOPATH_SHIM)/src/github.com/kyverno && ln -s -f ${PWD} $(PACKAGE_SHIM)
+
+.PHONY: codegen-client-clientset
+codegen-client-clientset: $(PACKAGE_SHIM) $(CLIENT_GEN) ## Generate clientset
+	@echo Generate clientset...
+	@GOPATH=$(GOPATH_SHIM) $(CLIENT_GEN) --go-header-file ./scripts/boilerplate.go.txt --clientset-name versioned --output-package $(CLIENTSET_PACKAGE) --input-base "" --input $(INPUT_DIRS)
+
+.PHONY: codegen-client-listers
+codegen-client-listers: $(PACKAGE_SHIM) $(LISTER_GEN) ## Generate listers
+	@echo Generate listers...
+	@GOPATH=$(GOPATH_SHIM) $(LISTER_GEN) --go-header-file ./scripts/boilerplate.go.txt --output-package $(LISTERS_PACKAGE) --input-dirs $(INPUT_DIRS)
+
+.PHONY: codegen-client-informers
+codegen-client-informers: $(PACKAGE_SHIM) $(INFORMER_GEN) ## Generate informers
+	@echo Generate informers...
+	@GOPATH=$(GOPATH_SHIM) $(INFORMER_GEN) --go-header-file ./scripts/boilerplate.go.txt --output-package $(INFORMERS_PACKAGE) --input-dirs $(INPUT_DIRS) --versioned-clientset-package $(CLIENTSET_PACKAGE)/versioned --listers-package $(LISTERS_PACKAGE)
+
+.PHONY: codegen-client-all
+codegen-client-all: codegen-client-clientset codegen-client-listers codegen-client-informers ## Generate clientset, listers and informers
+
 .PHONY: codegen-crds-kyverno
 codegen-crds-kyverno: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Generate Kyverno CRDs
+	@echo Generate kyverno crds...
 	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) crd paths=./api/kyverno/... crd:crdVersions=v1 output:dir=./config/crds
 
 .PHONY: codegen-crds-report
 codegen-crds-report: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Generate policy reports CRDs
+	@echo Generate policy reports crds...
 	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) crd paths=./api/policyreport/... crd:crdVersions=v1 output:dir=./config/crds
 
 .PHONY: codegen-crds-all
@@ -299,17 +349,19 @@ codegen-crds-all: codegen-crds-kyverno codegen-crds-report ## Generate all CRDs
 
 .PHONY: codegen-deepcopy-kyverno
 codegen-deepcopy-kyverno: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(GOIMPORTS) ## Generate Kyverno deep copy functions
+	@echo Generate kyverno deep copy functions...
 	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) object:headerFile="scripts/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./api/kyverno/..." && $(GOIMPORTS) -w ./api/kyverno
 
 .PHONY: codegen-deepcopy-report
 codegen-deepcopy-report: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) $(GOIMPORTS) ## Generate policy reports deep copy functions
+	@echo Generate policy reports deep copy functions...
 	@$(CONTROLLER_GEN) object:headerFile="scripts/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./api/policyreport/..." && $(GOIMPORTS) -w ./api/policyreport
 
 .PHONY: codegen-deepcopy-all
 codegen-deepcopy-all: codegen-deepcopy-kyverno codegen-deepcopy-report ## Generate all deep copy functions
 
 .PHONY: codegen-all
-codegen-all: codegen-deepcopy-all codegen-crds-all ## Generate all CRDs and deep copy functions
+codegen-all: codegen-deepcopy-all codegen-crds-all codegen-client-all ## Generate clientset, listers, informers, all CRDs and deep copy functions
 
 ##################################
 # KYVERNO
diff --git a/api/kyverno/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/kyverno/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 7a7f2e6581..5d08ca655e 100755
--- a/api/kyverno/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/kyverno/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/api/kyverno/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/kyverno/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index a94a3d9338..2e80213c0e 100644
--- a/api/kyverno/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/kyverno/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/api/kyverno/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/kyverno/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 8fdb176a9f..ed4f1b2fd2 100644
--- a/api/kyverno/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/kyverno/v1beta1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/api/policyreport/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/policyreport/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 4023b18f15..366791c030 100644
--- a/api/policyreport/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/policyreport/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // +build !ignore_autogenerated
 
 /*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/clientset.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/clientset.go
index 876339f7a9..5752ca53ba 100644
--- a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/clientset.go
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/clientset.go
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ import (
 	kyvernov1alpha2 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/kyverno/v1alpha2"
 	kyvernov1beta1 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/kyverno/v1beta1"
 	wgpolicyk8sv1alpha2 "github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/typed/policyreport/v1alpha2"
+	discovery "k8s.io/client-go/discovery"
 	rest "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	flowcontrol "k8s.io/client-go/util/flowcontrol"
 )
 
 type Interface interface {
+	Discovery() discovery.DiscoveryInterface
 	KyvernoV1() kyvernov1.KyvernoV1Interface
 	KyvernoV1beta1() kyvernov1beta1.KyvernoV1beta1Interface
 	KyvernoV1alpha2() kyvernov1alpha2.KyvernoV1alpha2Interface
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ type Interface interface {
 // Clientset contains the clients for groups. Each group has exactly one
 // version included in a Clientset.
 type Clientset struct {
+	*discovery.DiscoveryClient
 	kyvernoV1           *kyvernov1.KyvernoV1Client
 	kyvernoV1beta1      *kyvernov1beta1.KyvernoV1beta1Client
 	kyvernoV1alpha2     *kyvernov1alpha2.KyvernoV1alpha2Client
@@ -65,6 +68,14 @@ func (c *Clientset) Wgpolicyk8sV1alpha2() wgpolicyk8sv1alpha2.Wgpolicyk8sV1alpha
 	return c.wgpolicyk8sV1alpha2
 }
 
+// Discovery retrieves the DiscoveryClient
+func (c *Clientset) Discovery() discovery.DiscoveryInterface {
+	if c == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return c.DiscoveryClient
+}
+
 // NewForConfig creates a new Clientset for the given config.
 // If config's RateLimiter is not set and QPS and Burst are acceptable,
 // NewForConfig will generate a rate-limiter in configShallowCopy.
@@ -95,6 +106,10 @@ func NewForConfig(c *rest.Config) (*Clientset, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	cs.DiscoveryClient, err = discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfig(&configShallowCopy)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return &cs, nil
 }
 
@@ -107,6 +122,7 @@ func NewForConfigOrDie(c *rest.Config) *Clientset {
 	cs.kyvernoV1alpha2 = kyvernov1alpha2.NewForConfigOrDie(c)
 	cs.wgpolicyk8sV1alpha2 = wgpolicyk8sv1alpha2.NewForConfigOrDie(c)
 
+	cs.DiscoveryClient = discovery.NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(c)
 	return &cs
 }
 
@@ -118,5 +134,6 @@ func New(c rest.Interface) *Clientset {
 	cs.kyvernoV1alpha2 = kyvernov1alpha2.New(c)
 	cs.wgpolicyk8sV1alpha2 = wgpolicyk8sv1alpha2.New(c)
 
+	cs.DiscoveryClient = discovery.NewDiscoveryClient(c)
 	return &cs
 }
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/register.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/register.go
index cf3c1a08f4..a93604b6d1 100644
--- a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/register.go
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/fake/register.go
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ var localSchemeBuilder = runtime.SchemeBuilder{
 // AddToScheme adds all types of this clientset into the given scheme. This allows composition
 // of clientsets, like in:
 //
-//	import (
-//	  "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-//	  clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-//	  aggregatorclientsetscheme "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/scheme"
-//	)
+//   import (
+//     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+//     clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+//     aggregatorclientsetscheme "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/scheme"
+//   )
 //
-//	kclientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(c)
-//	_ = aggregatorclientsetscheme.AddToScheme(clientsetscheme.Scheme)
+//   kclientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(c)
+//   _ = aggregatorclientsetscheme.AddToScheme(clientsetscheme.Scheme)
 //
 // After this, RawExtensions in Kubernetes types will serialize kube-aggregator types
 // correctly.
diff --git a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/register.go b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/register.go
index 776190e352..9fbeaa98f0 100644
--- a/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/register.go
+++ b/pkg/client/clientset/versioned/scheme/register.go
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ var localSchemeBuilder = runtime.SchemeBuilder{
 // AddToScheme adds all types of this clientset into the given scheme. This allows composition
 // of clientsets, like in:
 //
-//	import (
-//	  "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
-//	  clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
-//	  aggregatorclientsetscheme "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/scheme"
-//	)
+//   import (
+//     "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+//     clientsetscheme "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
+//     aggregatorclientsetscheme "k8s.io/kube-aggregator/pkg/client/clientset_generated/clientset/scheme"
+//   )
 //
-//	kclientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(c)
-//	_ = aggregatorclientsetscheme.AddToScheme(clientsetscheme.Scheme)
+//   kclientset, _ := kubernetes.NewForConfig(c)
+//   _ = aggregatorclientsetscheme.AddToScheme(clientsetscheme.Scheme)
 //
 // After this, RawExtensions in Kubernetes types will serialize kube-aggregator types
 // correctly.
diff --git a/scripts/boilerplate.go.txt b/scripts/boilerplate.go.txt
index b4ede5d4b6..0926592d38 100644
--- a/scripts/boilerplate.go.txt
+++ b/scripts/boilerplate.go.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /*
+Copyright The Kubernetes Authors.
+
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/scripts/update-codegen.sh b/scripts/update-codegen.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8fdc29c637..0000000000
--- a/scripts/update-codegen.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-case "$(uname -s)" in
-    Linux*)     linkutil=readlink;;
-    Darwin*)    linkutil=greadlink;;
-    *)          machine="UNKNOWN:${unameOut}"
-esac
-
-# get nirmata root
-NIRMATA_DIR=$(dirname ${BASH_SOURCE})/..
-NIRMATA_ROOT=$(${linkutil} -f ${NIRMATA_DIR})
-
-# instructions to build project https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/wiki/Building
-
-# get relative path to code generation script
-CODEGEN_PKG="${GOPATH}/src/k8s.io/code-generator"
-
-# get relative path of nirmata
-NIRMATA_PKG=${NIRMATA_ROOT#"${GOPATH}/src/"}
-
-# perform code generation
-${CODEGEN_PKG}/generate-groups.sh \
-    "client,informer,lister" \
-    ${NIRMATA_PKG}/pkg/client \
-    ${NIRMATA_PKG}/api \
-    "kyverno:v1 kyverno:v1beta1 kyverno:v1alpha2 policyreport:v1alpha2"