diff --git a/api/core/v1alpha1/catalogmetadata_types.go b/api/core/v1alpha1/catalogmetadata_types.go
index bbc4ce6d..457b9ba9 100644
--- a/api/core/v1alpha1/catalogmetadata_types.go
+++ b/api/core/v1alpha1/catalogmetadata_types.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ package v1alpha1
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 )
 
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import (
 // The `CatalogMetadataSpec` is an extension of the `Meta` schema that additionally contains a `Catalog` field which references the Catalog and a `Content` field
 // which is a JSON representation of the File-Based Catalog blob.
 type CatalogMetadataSpec struct {
-	Catalog v1.LocalObjectReference `json:"catalog"`
-	Schema  string                  `json:"schema"`
-	Package string                  `json:"package,omitempty"`
-	Name    string                  `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Catalog corev1.LocalObjectReference `json:"catalog"`
+	Schema  string                      `json:"schema"`
+	Package string                      `json:"package,omitempty"`
+	Name    string                      `json:"name,omitempty"`
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Schemaless
 	// +kubebuilder:pruning:PreserveUnknownFields
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Type=object
diff --git a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
index e0eea713..b9cd89f7 100644
--- a/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/default/manager_auth_proxy_patch.yaml
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ spec:
         - "--health-probe-bind-address=:8081"
         - "--metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080"
         - "--leader-elect"
-        - --feature-gates="PackagesBundleMetadataAPIs=true"
+        - "--feature-gates=PackagesBundleMetadataAPIs=true"
 
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/core/catalog_controller.go b/pkg/controllers/core/catalog_controller.go
index e35d301c..2958bf7f 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/core/catalog_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/core/catalog_controller.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package core
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	// #nosec
 	"crypto/sha1"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
@@ -447,10 +448,11 @@ func (r *CatalogReconciler) syncCatalogMetadata(ctx context.Context, fsys fs.FS,
 	if err := r.List(ctx, &existingCatalogMetadataObjs); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("list existing catalog metadata: %v", err)
 	}
-	for _, existingCatalogMetadata := range existingCatalogMetadataObjs.Items {
+	for i, existingCatalogMetadata := range existingCatalogMetadataObjs.Items {
 		if _, ok := newCatalogMetadataObjs[existingCatalogMetadata.Name]; !ok {
 			// delete existing catalog metadata
-			if err := r.Delete(ctx, &existingCatalogMetadata); err != nil {
+			err := r.Delete(ctx, &existingCatalogMetadataObjs.Items[i])
+			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("delete existing catalog metadata %q: %v", existingCatalogMetadata.Name, err)
 			}
 		}
@@ -472,7 +474,7 @@ func (r *CatalogReconciler) syncCatalogMetadata(ctx context.Context, fsys fs.FS,
 // In the place of the empty `meta.Name`, it computes a hash of `meta.Blob` to prevent multiple FBC blobs colliding on the the object name.
 // Possible outcomes are: "{catalogName}-{meta.Schema}-{meta.Name}", "{catalogName}-{meta.Schema}-{meta.Package}-{meta.Name}",
 // "{catalogName}-{meta.Schema}-{hash{meta.Blob}}", "{catalogName}-{meta.Schema}-{meta.Package}-{hash{meta.Blob}}".
-func generateCatalogMetadataName(ctx context.Context, catalogName string, meta *declcfg.Meta) (string, error) {
+func generateCatalogMetadataName(_ context.Context, catalogName string, meta *declcfg.Meta) (string, error) {
 	objName := fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", catalogName, meta.Schema)
 	if meta.Package != "" {
 		objName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", objName, meta.Package)
@@ -484,6 +486,7 @@ func generateCatalogMetadataName(ctx context.Context, catalogName string, meta *
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", fmt.Errorf("JSON marshal error: %v", err)
 		}
+		// #nosec
 		h := sha1.New()
 		h.Write(metaJSON)
 		objName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", objName, hex.EncodeToString(h.Sum(nil)))
diff --git a/pkg/features/features.go b/pkg/features/features.go
index 3f53ef99..c5ded7db 100644
--- a/pkg/features/features.go
+++ b/pkg/features/features.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var catalogdFeatureGates = map[featuregate.Feature]featuregate.FeatureSpec{
 	// Add new feature gate definitions
 	// Ex: SomeFeature: {...}
 
-	PackagesBundleMetadataAPIs: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
+	PackagesBundleMetadataAPIs: {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Deprecated},
 	CatalogMetadataAPI:         {Default: false, PreRelease: featuregate.Alpha},
 }