diff --git a/olm.sh b/olm.sh
index 84d3745037f..b26ccc644a8 100755
--- a/olm.sh
+++ b/olm.sh
@@ -7,18 +7,23 @@ OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION=v1.22.2
 TMP_BIN_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
 
 function install_binaries() {
-  
-  echo "Installing temporary Binaries into: $TMP_BIN_DIR";
-  echo "Installing temporary operator-sdk binary: $OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION"
-  ARCH=`{ case "$(uname -m)" in "x86_64") echo -n "amd64";; "aarch64") echo -n "arm64";; *) echo -n "$(uname -m)";; esac; }`
-  OS=$(uname | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
-  OPERATOR_SDK_DL_URL=https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/$OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION
-  curl -L ${OPERATOR_SDK_DL_URL}/operator-sdk_${OS}_${ARCH} -o ${TMP_BIN_DIR}/operator-sdk
-  OPERATOR_SDK_BIN=${TMP_BIN_DIR}/operator-sdk
-  chmod +x $OPERATOR_SDK_BIN
+
+  operator-sdk version
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Installing temporary Binaries into: $TMP_BIN_DIR";
+    echo "Installing temporary operator-sdk binary: $OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION"
+    ARCH=`{ case "$(uname -m)" in "x86_64") echo -n "amd64";; "aarch64") echo -n "arm64";; *) echo -n "$(uname -m)";; esac; }`
+    OS=$(uname | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+    OPERATOR_SDK_DL_URL=https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/releases/download/$OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION
+    curl -L ${OPERATOR_SDK_DL_URL}/operator-sdk_${OS}_${ARCH} -o ${TMP_BIN_DIR}/operator-sdk
+    OPERATOR_SDK_BIN=${TMP_BIN_DIR}/operator-sdk
+    chmod +x $OPERATOR_SDK_BIN
+  else
+    OPERATOR_SDK_BIN="$(which operator-sdk)"
+  fi
 }
 
-install_binaries
+ install_binaries
 
 # get the minio version
 minioVersionInExample=$(kustomize build examples/kustomization/tenant-openshift | yq eval-all '.spec.image' | tail -1)