diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a012491bd1..4e0fe0b1ed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1048,3 +1048,7 @@ update-gopogh-version: ## update gopogh version
 update-gotestsum-version:
 	(cd hack/update/gotestsum_version && \
 	 go run update_gotestsum_version.go)
+
+.PHONY: generate-licenses
+generate-licenses:
+	./hack/generate_licenses.sh $(RAW_VERSION)
diff --git a/hack/generate_licenses.sh b/hack/generate_licenses.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..45725df31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/generate_licenses.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#   
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
+
+version=$1
+
+GOBIN="$DIR" go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
+
+rm -rf ./out/licenses
+"${DIR}/go-licenses" save k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube --save_path="out/licenses" --force
+pushd ./out
+tar -zcvf "licenses-$version.tar.gz" ./licenses
+rm -rf ./licenses
+popd
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh b/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
index 0f3cfd110e..a53969707f 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/release_build_and_upload.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ export GOPATH=$HOME/go
 echo "Verifying ISO exists ..."
 make verify-iso
 
+# Generate licenses
+make generate-licenses
+
 # Build and upload
 env BUILD_IN_DOCKER=y \
   make -j 16 \
diff --git a/hack/release_notes.sh b/hack/release_notes.sh
index ebaba83866..e4b37794ff 100755
--- a/hack/release_notes.sh
+++ b/hack/release_notes.sh
@@ -28,17 +28,17 @@ function cleanup_token() {
 }
 trap cleanup_token EXIT
 
-if ! [[ -x release-notes ]] || ! [[ -x pullsheet ]]; then
+if ! [[ -x "${DIR}/release-notes" ]] || ! [[ -x "${DIR}/pullsheet" ]]; then
   echo >&2 'Installing release-notes'
-  go install github.com/corneliusweig/release-notes@latest
-  go install github.com/google/pullsheet@latest
+  GOBIN="$DIR" go install github.com/corneliusweig/release-notes@latest
+  GOBIN="$DIR" go install github.com/google/pullsheet@latest
 fi
 
 git pull https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git master --tags
 recent=$(git describe --abbrev=0)
 recent_date=$(git log -1 --format=%as $recent)
 
-release-notes kubernetes minikube --since $recent
+"${DIR}/release-notes" kubernetes minikube --since $recent
 
 echo ""
 echo "For a more detailed changelog, including changes occurring in pre-release versions, see [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md)."
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ echo "Thank you to our PR reviewers for this release!"
 echo ""
 AWK_FORMAT_ITEM='{printf "- %s (%d comments)\n", $2, $1}'
 AWK_REVIEW_COMMENTS='NR>1{arr[$4] += $6 + $7}END{for (a in arr) printf "%d %s\n", arr[a], a}'
-pullsheet reviews --since "$recent_date" --repos kubernetes/minikube --token-path "$GH_TOKEN" --logtostderr=false --stderrthreshold=2 | awk -F ',' "$AWK_REVIEW_COMMENTS" | sort -k1nr -k2d  | awk -F ' ' "$AWK_FORMAT_ITEM"
+"${DIR}/pullsheet" reviews --since "$recent_date" --repos kubernetes/minikube --token-path "$GH_TOKEN" --logtostderr=false --stderrthreshold=2 | awk -F ',' "$AWK_REVIEW_COMMENTS" | sort -k1nr -k2d  | awk -F ' ' "$AWK_FORMAT_ITEM"
 echo ""
 echo "Thank you to our triage members for this release!"
 echo ""
 AWK_ISSUE_COMMENTS='NR>1{arr[$4] += $7}END{for (a in arr) printf "%d %s\n", arr[a], a}'
-pullsheet issue-comments --since "$recent_date" --repos kubernetes/minikube --token-path "$GH_TOKEN" --logtostderr=false --stderrthreshold=2 | awk -F ',' "$AWK_ISSUE_COMMENTS" | sort -k1nr -k2d  | awk -F ' ' "$AWK_FORMAT_ITEM" | head -n 5
+"${DIR}/pullsheet" issue-comments --since "$recent_date" --repos kubernetes/minikube --token-path "$GH_TOKEN" --logtostderr=false --stderrthreshold=2 | awk -F ',' "$AWK_ISSUE_COMMENTS" | sort -k1nr -k2d  | awk -F ' ' "$AWK_FORMAT_ITEM" | head -n 5
 
 if [[ "$recent" != *"beta"* ]]; then
   echo ""
diff --git a/hack/update_contributions.sh b/hack/update_contributions.sh
index 80c790d8f0..fec75534e7 100755
--- a/hack/update_contributions.sh
+++ b/hack/update_contributions.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set -eu -o pipefail
 DIR=$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )
 
 echo >&2 'Installing pullsheet'
-go install github.com/google/pullsheet@latest
+GOBIN="$DIR" go install github.com/google/pullsheet@latest
 
 git fetch --tags -f
 git pull https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube.git master --tags
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ while read -r tag_index tag_name tag_start tag_end; do
   # Print header for page.
   printf -- "---\ntitle: \"$tag_name - $tag_end\"\nlinkTitle: \"$tag_name - $tag_end\"\nweight: $tag_index\n---\n" > "$destination/$tag_name.html"
   # Add pullsheet content
-  pullsheet leaderboard --token-path "$TMP_TOKEN" --repos kubernetes/minikube --since "$tag_start" --until "$tag_end" --hide-command --logtostderr=false --stderrthreshold=2 \
+  "${DIR}/pullsheet" leaderboard --token-path "$TMP_TOKEN" --repos kubernetes/minikube --since "$tag_start" --until "$tag_end" --hide-command --logtostderr=false --stderrthreshold=2 \
     >> "$destination/$tag_name.html"
 done <<< "$tags_with_range"
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md
index 983bcaa39d..63fc912a73 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/releasing/binaries.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Run the `kic-release` job in Jenkins, which will automatically create a PR which
 Run the following script from your local upstream repo copy to generate updated release notes:
 
 ```shell
-hack/release_notes.sh
+make release-notes
 ```
 
 Paste the output into CHANGELOG.md, sorting changes by importance to an end-user. If there are >8 changes, split them into *Improvements* and *Bug fixes*