diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dec18746694..ac552269583 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ check-testdata: ## Run the script to ensure that the testdata is updated
 .PHONY: test-testdata
 test-testdata: ## Run the tests of the testdata directory
 	./test/testdata/test.sh
+	./test/testdata/test_bk_compatibility_with_3x.sh
 
 #todo(remove the test-legacy whne the go/v2 be removed from kubebuilder)
 
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/init.go b/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/init.go
index 620ba6383a5..479cfcfac19 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/init.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/init.go
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 
-	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/config"
@@ -35,11 +33,6 @@ import (
 
 var _ plugin.InitSubcommand = &initSubcommand{}
 
-// Verify if the local environment is supported by this plugin
-var supportedArchs = []string{"linux/amd64",
-	"linux/arm64",
-	"darwin/amd64"}
-
 type initSubcommand struct {
 	config config.Config
 
@@ -54,12 +47,9 @@ func (p *initSubcommand) UpdateMetadata(cliMeta plugin.CLIMetadata, subcmdMeta *
   - a "PROJECT" file that stores project configuration
   - several YAML files for project deployment under the "config" directory
 
-  NOTE: The kustomize/v1 plugin used to do this scaffold uses the v3 release (%s).
-Therefore, darwin/arm64 is not supported since Kustomize does not provide v3
-binaries for this architecture. The currently supported architectures are %q. 
-More info: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/issues/4612.
-
-`, KustomizeVersion, supportedArchs)
+  NOTE: The kustomize/v1 plugin used to do this scaffold uses the v4 release (%s).
+However, its default scaffolds and files should still be backwards compatible with 3.x.
+`, KustomizeVersion)
 
 	subcmdMeta.Examples = fmt.Sprintf(`  # Initialize a common project with your domain and name in copyright
   %[1]s init --plugins common/v3 --domain example.org
@@ -108,37 +98,6 @@ func (p *initSubcommand) InjectConfig(c config.Config) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (p *initSubcommand) PreScaffold(machinery.Filesystem) error {
-	arch := runtime.GOARCH
-	// It probably will never return x86_64. However, we are here checking the support for the binaries
-	// So that, x86_64 means getting the Linux/amd64 binary. Then, we just keep this line to ensure
-	// that it complies with the same code implementation that we have in the targets. In case someone
-	// call the command inform the GOARCH=x86_64 then, we will properly handle the scenario
-	// since it will work successfully and will instal the Linux/amd64 binary via the Makefile target.
-	arch = strings.Replace(arch, "x86_64", "amd64", -1)
-	localPlatform := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", strings.TrimSpace(runtime.GOOS), strings.TrimSpace(arch))
-
-	if !hasSupportFor(localPlatform) {
-		log.Warnf("the platform of this environment (%s) is not suppported by kustomize v3 (%s) which is "+
-			"used in this scaffold. You will be unable to download a binary for the kustomize version supported "+
-			"and used by this plugin. The currently supported platforms are: %q",
-			localPlatform,
-			KustomizeVersion,
-			supportedArchs)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func hasSupportFor(localPlatform string) bool {
-	for _, value := range supportedArchs {
-		if value == localPlatform {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
-
 func (p *initSubcommand) Scaffold(fs machinery.Filesystem) error {
 	scaffolder := scaffolds.NewInitScaffolder(p.config)
 	scaffolder.InjectFS(fs)
diff --git a/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/plugin.go b/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/plugin.go
index 749811a6685..2c784b06048 100644
--- a/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1/plugin.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // KustomizeVersion is the kubernetes-sigs/kustomize version to be used in the project
-const KustomizeVersion = "v3.8.7"
+const KustomizeVersion = "v4.5.5"
 
 const pluginName = "kustomize.common." + plugins.DefaultNameQualifier
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/v3/plugin_cluster_test.go b/test/e2e/v3/plugin_cluster_test.go
index 85ff1778c5b..21ee7b0c763 100644
--- a/test/e2e/v3/plugin_cluster_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/v3/plugin_cluster_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugin/util"
-
 	//nolint:golint
 	//nolint:revive
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
@@ -35,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	//nolint:revive
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugin/util"
+	kustomizecommonv1 "sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/pkg/plugins/common/kustomize/v1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kubebuilder/v3/test/e2e/utils"
 )
 
@@ -120,6 +120,24 @@ var _ = Describe("kubebuilder", func() {
 				kbc.UninstallCertManager(false)
 			})
 
+			It("should generate a runnable project go/v3 using kustomize 3.x", func() {
+				// Skip if cluster version < 1.16, when v1 CRDs and webhooks did not exist.
+				if srvVer := kbc.K8sVersion.ServerVersion; srvVer.GetMajorInt() <= 1 && srvVer.GetMinorInt() < 16 {
+					Skip(fmt.Sprintf("cluster version %s does not support v1 CRDs or webhooks",
+						srvVer.GitVersion))
+				}
+
+				GenerateV3(kbc, "v1", false)
+
+				// replace the version to 3x
+				makefile := filepath.Join(kbc.Dir, "Makefile")
+				if err := util.ReplaceInFile(makefile, kustomizecommonv1.KustomizeVersion, `v3.8.7`); err != nil {
+					ExpectWithOffset(1, err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				}
+
+				Run(kbc)
+			})
+
 			It("should generate a runnable project go/v3 with v1 CRDs and Webhooks", func() {
 				// Skip if cluster version < 1.16, when v1 CRDs and webhooks did not exist.
 				if srvVer := kbc.K8sVersion.ServerVersion; srvVer.GetMajorInt() <= 1 && srvVer.GetMinorInt() < 16 {
diff --git a/test/testdata/test_bk_compatibility_with_3x.sh b/test/testdata/test_bk_compatibility_with_3x.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..819c4d2a978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testdata/test_bk_compatibility_with_3x.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2022 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# The go/v3 stable plugin with kustomize/v1 was upgraded
+# to move forward from its version 3.X to 4.X.
+# However, we need to ensure the backwords compability
+# and we cannot change the scaffolds mainly of create api and
+# webhook commands to use the new features provide with kustomize 4.X
+# in order to not introduce a breaking change for thoso who scaffold
+# the projects with Kubebuilder CLI 3.X when they will use new versions
+# of the tool. So, this test is for we ensure and does not
+# allow maintainers break the stable plugin.
+#
+# Changes on the syntax for kustomize v4 must be addressed
+# ONLY in the new plugin version kustomize/v2 instead.
+#
+# For further information see the doc about Plugin Versioning
+
+source "$(dirname "$0")/../common.sh"
+
+# Executes the test of the testdata directories
+function test_bk_with_projects {
+  rm -f "$(command -v controller-gen)"
+  rm -f "$(command -v kustomize)"
+
+  header_text "Performing tests in dir $1"
+  pushd "$(dirname "$0")/../../testdata/$1"
+
+  make kustomize
+
+  header_text "Remove the kustomize bin if exists"
+  rm -rf "bin/kustomize"
+
+  header_text "Installing kustomize version v3.8.7"
+  curl -s "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh" | bash -s -- 3.8.7 "./bin"
+  ./bin/kustomize version
+
+  header_text "Testing kustomize build manifests with 3.x to ensure backwords compability"
+  ./bin/kustomize build "config/crd"
+  ./bin/kustomize build "config/default"
+  ./bin/kustomize build "config/webhook"
+  ./bin/kustomize build "config/certmanager"
+
+  popd
+  header_text "No changes on the scaffold were done that breaks those who scaffold the projects with Kubebuilder 3.x and go/v3"
+}
+
+build_kb
+
+# Test backwards compatibility of the scaffolds done with project v3 and kustomize v3.x
+# IMPORTANT: Do not remove the test if it fails when you do changes in the scaffolds
+# This test was done with the purpose to ensure that we will NOT change
+# the kustomize/v1 scaffolds in a way that it no longer work with 3.x
+test_bk_with_projects project-v3
+test_bk_with_projects project-v3-multigroup
diff --git a/testdata/project-v3-addon/Makefile b/testdata/project-v3-addon/Makefile
index 2bc5e8c7c94..05520d8715b 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v3-addon/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/project-v3-addon/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
 
 ## Tool Versions
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v3.8.7
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v4.5.5
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.9.0
 
 KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"
diff --git a/testdata/project-v3-config/Makefile b/testdata/project-v3-config/Makefile
index 2bc5e8c7c94..05520d8715b 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v3-config/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/project-v3-config/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
 
 ## Tool Versions
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v3.8.7
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v4.5.5
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.9.0
 
 KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"
diff --git a/testdata/project-v3-multigroup/Makefile b/testdata/project-v3-multigroup/Makefile
index 2bc5e8c7c94..05520d8715b 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v3-multigroup/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/project-v3-multigroup/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
 
 ## Tool Versions
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v3.8.7
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v4.5.5
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.9.0
 
 KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"
diff --git a/testdata/project-v3/Makefile b/testdata/project-v3/Makefile
index 2bc5e8c7c94..05520d8715b 100644
--- a/testdata/project-v3/Makefile
+++ b/testdata/project-v3/Makefile
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ CONTROLLER_GEN ?= $(LOCALBIN)/controller-gen
 ENVTEST ?= $(LOCALBIN)/setup-envtest
 
 ## Tool Versions
-KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v3.8.7
+KUSTOMIZE_VERSION ?= v4.5.5
 CONTROLLER_TOOLS_VERSION ?= v0.9.0
 
 KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/master/hack/install_kustomize.sh"