diff --git a/Common.mk b/Common.mk
index e52224b4b2..03b21b6d7e 100644
--- a/Common.mk
+++ b/Common.mk
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY?=$(IMAGE_COMPONENT)
 HELM_IMAGE_LIST?=
 HELM_GIT_CHECKOUT_TARGET?=$(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY)/eks-anywhere-checkout-$(HELM_GIT_TAG)
 HELM_GIT_PATCH_TARGET?=$(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY)/eks-anywhere-helm-patched
+PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES?=
+FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE?=
 ####################################################
 
 #### HELPERS ########
@@ -799,17 +801,25 @@ binary-builder/cgo/%: USE_DOCKER_FOR_CGO_BUILD=$(shell command -v docker &> /dev
 helm/pull: | $$(ENABLE_LOGGING)
 	@$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_pull.sh $(HELM_PULL_LOCATION) $(HELM_REPO_URL) $(HELM_PULL_NAME) $(REPO) $(HELM_DIRECTORY) $(CHART_VERSION) $(COPY_CRDS)
 
-# Build helm chart
-.PHONY: helm/build
-helm/build: $(LICENSES_TARGETS_FOR_PREREQ)
-helm/build: $(if $(filter true,$(REPO_NO_CLONE)),,$(HELM_GIT_CHECKOUT_TARGET))
-helm/build: $(if $(wildcard $(PROJECT_ROOT)/helm/patches),$(HELM_GIT_PATCH_TARGET),) | ensure-helm ensure-skopeo
-	@echo -e $(call TARGET_START_LOG)
-	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DIRECTORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
-	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY)
-	@echo -e $(call TARGET_END_LOG)
+
+.PHONY: helm/copy helm/require helm/replace helm/build helm/push
+
+helm/copy: $(LICENSES_TARGETS_FOR_PREREQ)
+helm/copy: $(if $(filter true,$(REPO_NO_CLONE)),,$(HELM_GIT_CHECKOUT_TARGET))
+helm/copy: $(if $(wildcard $(PROJECT_ROOT)/helm/patches),$(HELM_GIT_PATCH_TARGET),) | ensure-helm ensure-skopeo $$(ENABLE_LOGGING)
+	@$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DIRECTORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+
+helm/require: helm/copy | $$(ENABLE_LOGGING)
+	@$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) "$(PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES)" "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+
+helm/replace: helm/require | $$(ENABLE_LOGGING)
+	@$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
+
+helm/build: helm/replace | $$(ENABLE_LOGGING)
+	@$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY)
+
+helm/push: helm/build | $$(ENABLE_LOGGING)
+	@$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_push.sh $(IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_TAG) $(GIT_TAG) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(LATEST)
 
 # Build helm chart and push to registry defined in IMAGE_REPO.
 .PHONY: helm/push
diff --git a/build/lib/helm_build.sh b/build/lib/helm_build.sh
index 6270d03988..c46a876edc 100755
--- a/build/lib/helm_build.sh
+++ b/build/lib/helm_build.sh
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -x
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+SCRIPT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)"
+source "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/common.sh"
+
 OUTPUT_DIR="${1?First arguement is output directory}"
 HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY="${2?Second argument is helm destination repository}"
 CHART_NAME=$(basename ${HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY})
@@ -26,4 +28,4 @@ CHART_NAME=$(basename ${HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY})
 # Build
 #
 cd ${OUTPUT_DIR}/helm
-helm package "${CHART_NAME}"
+build::common::echo_and_run helm package "${CHART_NAME}"
diff --git a/build/lib/helm_copy.sh b/build/lib/helm_copy.sh
index 512e8e45de..a700cdf4b7 100755
--- a/build/lib/helm_copy.sh
+++ b/build/lib/helm_copy.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -x
+
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ source "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/common.sh"
 #
 # Copy
 #
-mkdir -p ${DEST_DIR}
-rsync -a --exclude .git "${SOURCE_DIR}" "${DEST_DIR}"
-build::non-golang::copy_licenses ${HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY} $DEST_DIR/LICENSES/github.com/${HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY}
+build::common::echo_and_run mkdir -p ${DEST_DIR}
+build::common::echo_and_run rsync -a --exclude .git "${SOURCE_DIR}" "${DEST_DIR}"
+build::common::echo_and_run build::non-golang::copy_licenses ${HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY} $DEST_DIR/LICENSES/github.com/${HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY}
diff --git a/build/lib/helm_push.sh b/build/lib/helm_push.sh
index b8fd0cb314..6f8bdd338d 100755
--- a/build/lib/helm_push.sh
+++ b/build/lib/helm_push.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -x
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
@@ -47,26 +46,35 @@ export HELM_REGISTRY_CONFIG="${DOCKER_CONFIG}/config.json"
 export HELM_EXPERIMENTAL_OCI=1
 TMPFILE=$(mktemp /tmp/helm-output.XXXXXX)
 function cleanup() {
-  if [[ "${IMAGE_REGISTRY}" == *"public.ecr.aws"* ]]; then
-    echo "If authentication failed: aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws"
+  if grep -q "blobs/uploads/\": EOF" $TMPFILE ; then
+    echo "******************************************************"
+    echo "Ensure container registry and repository exists!!"
+    echo "Try running make create-ecr-repos to create ecr repositories in your aws account."
+    echo "******************************************************"
   else
-    echo "If authentication failed: aws ecr get-login-password --region \${AWS_REGION} | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin ${IMAGE_REGISTRY}"
+    cat $TMPFILE
+    if [[ "${IMAGE_REGISTRY}" == *"public.ecr.aws"* ]]; then
+      echo "If authentication failed: aws ecr-public get-login-password --region us-east-1 | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws"
+    else
+      echo "If authentication failed: aws ecr get-login-password --region \${AWS_REGION} | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin ${IMAGE_REGISTRY}"
+    fi
   fi
   rm -f "${TMPFILE}"
 }
 
 trap cleanup err
 trap "rm -f $TMPFILE" exit
-helm push ${CHART_FILE} oci://${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${HELM_DESTINATION_OWNER} | tee ${TMPFILE}
+echo "($(pwd)) \$ helm push ${CHART_FILE} oci://${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${HELM_DESTINATION_OWNER}"
+helm push ${CHART_FILE} oci://${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${HELM_DESTINATION_OWNER}  2> ${TMPFILE}
+DIGEST=$(grep Digest $TMPFILE | $SED -e 's/Digest: //')
 
 # Adds a 2nd tag to the helm chart for the bundle-release jobs.
 if [[ "${IMAGE_REGISTRY}" != *"public.ecr.aws"* ]]; then
-  MANIFEST=$(aws ecr batch-get-image --repository-name "$HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY" --image-ids imageTag=${SEMVER} --query "images[].imageManifest" --output text)
+  MANIFEST=$(aws ecr batch-get-image --repository-name "$HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY" --image-ids imageDigest=${DIGEST} --query "images[].imageManifest" --output text)
   export AWS_PAGER=""
-  aws ecr put-image --repository-name ${HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY} --image-tag ${SEMVER_GIT_TAG}-${LATEST_TAG}-helm --image-manifest "$MANIFEST" --image-manifest-media-type "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
+  build::common::echo_and_run aws ecr put-image --repository-name ${HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY} --image-tag ${SEMVER_GIT_TAG}-${LATEST_TAG}-helm --image-manifest "$MANIFEST" --image-manifest-media-type "application/vnd.oci.image.manifest.v1+json"
 fi
 
-DIGEST=$(grep Digest $TMPFILE | $SED -e 's/Digest: //')
 {
     set +x
     echo
diff --git a/build/lib/helm_replace.sh b/build/lib/helm_replace.sh
index 377799db99..0299c66853 100755
--- a/build/lib/helm_replace.sh
+++ b/build/lib/helm_replace.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -x
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
@@ -36,12 +35,12 @@ TEMPLATE_DIR=helm/templates
 SEDFILE=${OUTPUT_DIR}/helm/sedfile
 for file in Chart.yaml values.yaml
 do
-  $SED -f ${SEDFILE} -i ${DEST_DIR}/${file}
+  build::common::echo_and_run $SED -f ${SEDFILE} -i ${DEST_DIR}/${file}
 done
 
 if [ -d ${OUTPUT_DIR}/helm/${CHART_NAME}/crds ]; then
   for file in crds/*.yaml 
   do
-    $SED -f ${SEDFILE} -i ${DEST_DIR}/${file}
+    build::common::echo_and_run $SED -f ${SEDFILE} -i ${DEST_DIR}/${file}
   done
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/lib/helm_require.sh b/build/lib/helm_require.sh
index e82a201f83..999ce565eb 100755
--- a/build/lib/helm_require.sh
+++ b/build/lib/helm_require.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -x
 set -e
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
@@ -27,13 +26,19 @@ HELM_TAG="${5?Fifth argument is helm tag}"
 PROJECT_ROOT="${6?Sixth argument is project root}"
 LATEST="${7?Seventh argument is latest tag}"
 HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE="${8?Eigth argument is bool determining whether to use cached upstream images}"
-HELM_IMAGE_LIST="${@:9}"
+PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES="${9?Ninth argument is optional project dependencies}"
+FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE="${10?Tenth argument is optional schema file}"
+HELM_IMAGE_LIST="${@:11}"
 
 CHART_NAME=$(basename ${HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY})
 DEST_DIR=${OUTPUT_DIR}/helm/${CHART_NAME}
 SCRIPT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)"
-PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES=${PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES:=""}
-FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE=${FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE:=""}
+source "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/common.sh"
+
+if ! aws sts get-caller-identity &> /dev/null; then
+  echo "The AWS cli is used to find the ECR registries and repos for the current AWS account please login!"
+  exit 1;
+fi
 
 #
 # Image tags
@@ -52,40 +57,94 @@ JSON_SCHEMA_FILE=$PROJECT_ROOT/helm/schema.json
 SEDFILE=${OUTPUT_DIR}/helm/sedfile
 export IMAGE_TAG
 export HELM_TAG
-export HELM_REGISTRY=$(aws ecr-public describe-registries --region us-east-1  --output text --query 'registries[*].registryUri')
+export HELM_REGISTRY=$(aws ecr-public describe-registries --region us-east-1  --output text --query 'registries[*].registryUri' 2> /dev/null)
 envsubst <$PROJECT_ROOT/helm/sedfile.template >${SEDFILE}
 # Semver requires that our version begin with a digit, so strip the v.
 echo "s,version: v,version: ,g" >>${SEDFILE}
-for IMAGE in ${HELM_IMAGE_LIST:-}
-do
-  if [ "${IMAGE}" == "${HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY}" ] || [ "${IMAGE_TAG}" != "${HELM_TAG}" ]
-  then
+
+# query ecr for the shasum of the image tagged with ${TAG}
+function get_image_shasum() {
+  local -r image=$1
+  local -r tag=$2
+
+  local image_shasum=
+  if [ "${HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE}" = true ]; then
+    image_shasum=$(${SCRIPT_ROOT}/image_shasum.sh ${IMAGE_REGISTRY} ${image} ${tag})
+  elif [ "${JOB_TYPE:-}" = "presubmit" ]; then
+    image_shasum=${LATEST}
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z ${image_shasum} ]] && aws --region us-east-1 ecr-public describe-repositories --repository-names ${image} &> /dev/null; then
+    image_shasum=$(build::common::echo_and_run ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/image_shasum.sh ${HELM_REGISTRY} ${image} ${tag})
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -z ${image_shasum} ]] && aws ecr describe-repositories --repository-names ${image} &> /dev/null; then
+    image_shasum=$(build::common::echo_and_run ${SCRIPT_ROOT}/image_shasum.sh ${IMAGE_REGISTRY} ${image} ${tag})    
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -n ${image_shasum} ]]; then
+    echo ${image_shasum}
+  else
+    echo "${image} does not exist in ECR Public or Private"
+    exit 1
+  fi  
+}
+
+  # query ecr for the image by latest tag and find the first non-latest tag the image is also tagged with
+function get_image_tag_not_latest() {
+    local -r image=$1
+    local -r tag=$2
+
+    local use_tag=
+    if [ "${JOB_TYPE:-}" = "presubmit" ]; then
+      use_tag=${tag}      
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -z ${use_tag} ]] && aws --region us-east-1 ecr-public describe-repositories --repository-names ${image} &> /dev/null; then
+      use_tag=$(build::common::echo_and_run aws --region us-east-1 ecr-public describe-images --repository-name ${image} --image-ids imageTag=${tag} --query 'imageDetails[0].imageTags' --output yaml 2> /dev/null | grep -v ${tag} | head -1| sed -e 's/- //')
+    fi
+    
+    if [[ -z ${use_tag} ]] && aws ecr describe-repositories --repository-names ${image} &> /dev/null; then
+      use_tag=$(build::common::echo_and_run  aws ecr describe-images --repository-name ${image} --image-id imageTag=${tag} --query 'imageDetails[0].imageTags' --output yaml 2> /dev/null | grep -v ${tag} | head -1| sed -e 's/- //')
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -n ${use_tag} ]]; then
+      echo ${use_tag}
+    else
+      echo "${image}@${tag} does not exist in ECR Public or Private"
+      exit 1
+    fi  
+}
+
+for IMAGE in ${HELM_IMAGE_LIST:-}; do
+  # if its the image(s) built from this project, use the image_tag
+  # otherwise its an image from a different project so use latest to trigger finding the latest image
+  if [ "${IMAGE}" = "${HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY}" ] || [ "${IMAGE_TAG}" != "${HELM_TAG}" ]; then
     TAG="${IMAGE_TAG}"
   else
     TAG="${LATEST}"
   fi
-  IMAGE_SHASUM=$(${SCRIPT_ROOT}/image_shasum.sh ${HELM_REGISTRY} ${IMAGE} ${TAG}) ||
-  IMAGE_SHASUM=$(${SCRIPT_ROOT}/image_shasum.sh ${IMAGE_REGISTRY} ${IMAGE} ${TAG})
+  
+  IMAGE_SHASUM=$(get_image_shasum ${IMAGE} ${TAG})
+
   echo "s,{{${IMAGE}}},${IMAGE_SHASUM},g" >>${SEDFILE}
-  if [ "${TAG}" == "latest" ]
-  then
-    USE_TAG=$(aws --region us-east-1 ecr-public describe-images --repository-name ${IMAGE} --image-ids imageTag=latest --query 'imageDetails[0].imageTags' --output yaml | grep -v latest | head -1| sed -e 's/- //') ||
-    USE_TAG=$(aws ecr describe-images --repository-name ${IMAGE} --image-id imageTag=latest --query 'imageDetails[0].imageTags' --output yaml | grep -v latest | head -1| sed -e 's/- //') ||
-    USE_TAG="latest"
+  if [ "${TAG}" = "${LATEST}" ];  then
+    USE_TAG=$(get_image_tag_not_latest ${IMAGE} ${LATEST})
   else
     USE_TAG=$TAG
   fi
+  
   # If HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE is true, we are using images from upstream.
   # Though we pull images directly from upstream for build tooling checks (i.e.
   # get images shasums), we will use cached images in the helm charts. Cached
   # images follow the convention of ${PROJECT_NAME}/${UPSTREAM_IMAGE_NAME}.
-  if [ "${HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE}" == true ]
-  then
+  if [ "${HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE}" == true ]; then
     PROJECT_NAME=$(echo "$HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY" | awk -F "/" '{print $1}')
     IMAGE_REPO="${PROJECT_NAME}/${IMAGE}"
   else
     IMAGE_REPO="${IMAGE}"
   fi
+
   cat >>${REQUIRES_FILE} <<!
   - repository: ${IMAGE_REPO}
     tag: ${USE_TAG}
@@ -93,14 +152,13 @@ do
 !
 done
 
-if [ -n "${FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE}" ]
-then 
+if [ -n "${FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE}" ]; then 
   JSON_SCHEMA_FILE=${FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE}
 fi
 
-if [ -f ${JSON_SCHEMA_FILE} ]
-then
-  JSON_SCHEMA=$(cat ${JSON_SCHEMA_FILE} | gzip | base64 | tr -d '\n')
+if [ -f ${JSON_SCHEMA_FILE} ]; then
+  echo "Using schema file: ${JSON_SCHEMA_FILE}"
+  JSON_SCHEMA=$(cat ${JSON_SCHEMA_FILE} | gzip -n | base64 | tr -d '\n')
   cat >>${REQUIRES_FILE} <<!
   schema: ${JSON_SCHEMA}
 !
@@ -112,3 +170,6 @@ if [ -n "${PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES}" ]; then
       echo "  - ${dep}"
   done >> ${REQUIRES_FILE}
 fi
+
+build::common::echo_and_run cat ${SEDFILE}
+build::common::echo_and_run cat ${REQUIRES_FILE}
diff --git a/build/lib/image_shasum.sh b/build/lib/image_shasum.sh
index 546d75cad6..69bfa75105 100755
--- a/build/lib/image_shasum.sh
+++ b/build/lib/image_shasum.sh
@@ -13,22 +13,26 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-set -x
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
+SCRIPT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd -P)"
+source "${SCRIPT_ROOT}/common.sh"
+
 REGISTRY="${1?First argument is registry}"
 REPOSITORY="${2?Second argument is repository}"
 IMAGE_TAG="${3?Third argument is image tag}"
 
-if [ "${JOB_TYPE:-}" == "presubmit" ]
-then
-  echo latest
-  exit 0
-fi
 TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
 trap "rm -f $TMPFILE" exit
 TARGET=${REGISTRY}/${REPOSITORY}:${IMAGE_TAG}
-skopeo inspect -n --raw docker://${TARGET} >${TMPFILE}
-skopeo manifest-digest ${TMPFILE}
+
+>&2 echo -n "Checking for the existence of ${TARGET}..."
+if skopeo inspect -n --raw docker://${TARGET} >${TMPFILE} 2>/dev/null; then
+  >&2 echo "Found!"
+  skopeo manifest-digest ${TMPFILE}
+else
+  >&2 echo "Not Found!"
+fi
+
diff --git a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile
index bb34ab05f4..6d286e7f85 100644
--- a/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile
+++ b/projects/aws/eks-anywhere-packages/Makefile
@@ -58,23 +58,23 @@ helm/build: $(if $(filter true,$(REPO_NO_CLONE)),,$(HELM_GIT_CHECKOUT_TARGET))
 helm/build: $(if $(wildcard $(PROJECT_ROOT)/helm/patches),$(HELM_GIT_PATCH_TARGET),)
 	# Pkg controller requires multiple charts. Consider this a temporary work-around (turned too permanent).
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) eks-anywhere-packages-migrations charts/eks-anywhere-packages-migrations $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) eks-anywhere-packages-migrations $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) eks-anywhere-packages-migrations $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) "$(PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES)" "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh eks-anywhere-packages-migrations $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) eks-anywhere-packages-migrations
 
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) eks-anywhere-packages-crds charts/eks-anywhere-packages-crds $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES=eks-anywhere-packages-migrations $(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) eks-anywhere-packages-crds $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) eks-anywhere-packages-crds $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) eks-anywhere-packages-migrations "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh eks-anywhere-packages-crds $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) eks-anywhere-packages-crds
 
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DIRECTORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES=eks-anywhere-packages-crds $(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) "eks-anywhere-packages-crds" "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY)
 	
 	# Credential Provider Package lives in pkg controller repo. Workaround for its sepearate chart
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) credential-provider-package credentialproviderpackage/charts/credential-provider-package $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE=$(PROJECT_ROOT)/helm/credential-provider-package.schema.json $(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) credential-provider-package $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(CRED_HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) credential-provider-package $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) "$(PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES)" "$(PROJECT_ROOT)/helm/credential-provider-package.schema.json" $(CRED_HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh credential-provider-package $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) credential-provider-package
 
diff --git a/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile b/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile
index d349e8b719..8f092e9d8a 100644
--- a/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile
+++ b/projects/emissary-ingress/emissary/Makefile
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ $(AMBASSADOR_VERSION_TARGET):
 helm/build: $(if $(wildcard $(PROJECT_ROOT)/helm/patches),$(HELM_GIT_PATCH_TARGET),)
 	# Emissary requires 2 charts. Consider this a temporary work-around.
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) emissary/crds charts/crds $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) emissary/crds  $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) emissary/crds  $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) "$(PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES)" "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh emissary/crds $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) emissary/crds
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DIRECTORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES=emissary-crds $(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) emissary-crds "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY)
 
diff --git a/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile b/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile
index 38667a841e..8dd19e9137 100644
--- a/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile
+++ b/projects/metallb/metallb/Makefile
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ helm/build: $(if $(filter true,$(REPO_NO_CLONE)),,$(HELM_GIT_CHECKOUT_TARGET))
 helm/build: $(if $(wildcard $(PROJECT_ROOT)/helm/patches),$(HELM_GIT_PATCH_TARGET),)
 	# Metallb requires 2 charts. Consider this a temporary work-around.
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) metallb/crds charts/crds $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) metallb/crds  $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) metallb/crds  $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) "$(PROJECT_DEPENDENCIES)" "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh metallb/crds $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) metallb/crds
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_copy.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(HELM_DIRECTORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
-	PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES=metallb-crds $(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
+	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_require.sh $(HELM_SOURCE_IMAGE_REPO) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(IMAGE_TAG) $(HELM_TAG) $(PROJECT_ROOT) $(LATEST) $(HELM_USE_UPSTREAM_IMAGE) metallb-crds "$(FORCE_JSON_SCHEMA_FILE)" $(HELM_IMAGE_LIST)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_replace.sh $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY) $(OUTPUT_DIR)
 	$(BUILD_LIB)/helm_build.sh $(OUTPUT_DIR) $(HELM_DESTINATION_REPOSITORY)