diff --git a/Containerfile.plugin b/Containerfile.plugin
index 70fecc1d2..3f66c5084 100644
--- a/Containerfile.plugin
+++ b/Containerfile.plugin
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ COPY version/ version/
 
 ARG VERBOSE=2
 ENV GOFLAGS="-mod=mod"
-RUN go build -o bin/manager ./cmd/main.go
+RUN GOEXPERIMENT=strictfipsruntime CGO_ENABLED=1 go build -tags strictfipsruntime -o bin/manager ./cmd/main.go
 
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8/ubi-minimal
 ENV LANG=en_US.utf8
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index a5d0052a7..5d5382d4c 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ metadata:
     description: Enables teams to adopt GitOps principles for managing cluster configurations
       and application delivery across hybrid multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
     features.operators.openshift.io/disconnected: "true"
-    features.operators.openshift.io/fips-compliant: "false"
+    features.operators.openshift.io/fips-compliant: "true"
     features.operators.openshift.io/proxy-aware: "true"
     features.operators.openshift.io/tls-profiles: "false"
     features.operators.openshift.io/token-auth-aws: "false"
diff --git a/config/manifests/bases/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/bases/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 2aeac140a..95ea87920 100644
--- a/config/manifests/bases/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/bases/gitops-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ metadata:
     description: Enables teams to adopt GitOps principles for managing cluster configurations
       and application delivery across hybrid multi-cluster Kubernetes environments.
     features.operators.openshift.io/disconnected: "true"
-    features.operators.openshift.io/fips-compliant: "false"
+    features.operators.openshift.io/fips-compliant: "true"
     features.operators.openshift.io/proxy-aware: "true"
     features.operators.openshift.io/tls-profiles: "false"
     features.operators.openshift.io/token-auth-aws: "false"