diff --git a/release-tools/generate-patch-release-notes.sh b/release-tools/generate-patch-release-notes.sh
index 2b9c13c38..536a14902 100755
--- a/release-tools/generate-patch-release-notes.sh
+++ b/release-tools/generate-patch-release-notes.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,17 @@
 # CSI_RELEASE_TOKEN: Github token needed for generating release notes
 # GITHUB_USER: Github username to create PRs with
 #
+# Required tools:
+# - gh
+# - release-notes (https://github.com/kubernetes/release/blob/master/cmd/release-notes/README.md)
+# 
 # Instructions:
-# 1. Login with "gh auth login"
-# 2. Copy this script to the kubernetes-csi directory (one directory above the
-# repos)
-# 3. Update the repos and versions in the $releases array
-# 4. Set environment variables
-# 5. Run script from the kubernetes-csi directory
+# 1. Install the required tools
+# 2. Login with "gh auth login"
+# 3. Copy this script to the kubernetes-csi directory (one directory above the repos)
+# 4. Update the repos and versions in the $releases array
+# 5. Set environment variables
+# 6. Run script from the kubernetes-csi directory
 #
 # Caveats:
 # - This script doesn't handle regenerating and updating existing PRs yet.
diff --git a/release-tools/prow.sh b/release-tools/prow.sh
index 049fb79af..df8c61502 100755
--- a/release-tools/prow.sh
+++ b/release-tools/prow.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_BUILD_PLATFORMS "linux amd64 amd64; linux ppc64le ppc64le -pp
 # which is disabled with GOFLAGS=-mod=vendor).
 configvar GOFLAGS_VENDOR "$( [ -d vendor ] && echo '-mod=vendor' )" "Go flags for using the vendor directory"
 
-configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.22.3" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
+configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD "1.22.5" "Go version for building the component" # depends on component's source code
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_E2E "" "override Go version for building the Kubernetes E2E test suite" # normally doesn't need to be set, see install_e2e
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_SANITY "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building the csi-sanity test suite" # depends on CSI_PROW_SANITY settings below
 configvar CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_KIND "${CSI_PROW_GO_VERSION_BUILD}" "Go version for building 'kind'" # depends on CSI_PROW_KIND_VERSION below
@@ -231,8 +231,11 @@ configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_VERSION "$(version_to_git "${CSI_PROW_KUBERNETES_VERSION}
 configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_REPO "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes" "E2E repo"
 configvar CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH "k8s.io/kubernetes" "E2E package"
 
-# Local path for e2e tests. Set to "none" to disable.
-configvar CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH "none" "CSI Sidecar E2E package"
+# Local path & package path for e2e tests. Set to "none" to disable.
+# When using versioned go modules, the import path is the module path whereas the path
+# should not contain the version and be the directory where the module is checked out.
+configvar CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH "none" "CSI Sidecar E2E package (go import path)"
+configvar CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_PATH "${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" "CSI Sidecar E2E path (directory)"
 
 # csi-sanity testing from the csi-test repo can be run against the installed
 # CSI driver. For this to work, deploying the driver must expose the Unix domain
@@ -1035,7 +1038,7 @@ run_e2e () (
     trap move_junit EXIT
 
     if [ "${name}" == "local" ]; then
-        cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&
+        cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_SIDECAR_E2E_PATH}" &&
         run_with_loggers env KUBECONFIG="$KUBECONFIG" KUBE_TEST_REPO_LIST="$(if [ -e "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list" ]; then echo "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-repo-list"; fi)" ginkgo --timeout="${CSI_PROW_GINKGO_TIMEOUT}" -v "$@" "${CSI_PROW_WORK}/e2e-local.test" -- -report-dir "${ARTIFACTS}" -report-prefix local
     else
         cd "${GOPATH}/src/${CSI_PROW_E2E_IMPORT_PATH}" &&