diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index a76573ce6..5f316da2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -175,39 +175,43 @@ jobs:
         name: tests-report
         path: unit-tests.xml
 
-  # TODO: https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/issues/1411
-  # conformance-tests:
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   steps:
-  #   - name: checkout repository
-  #     uses: actions/checkout@v4
-  #     with:
-  #       fetch-depth: 0
-
-  #   - name: setup golang
-  #     uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-  #     with:
-  #       go-version-file: go.mod
-
-  #   - name: run conformance tests
-  #     run: make test.conformance
-  #     env:
-  #       GOTESTSUM_JUNITFILE: "conformance-tests.xml"
-
-  #   - name: upload diagnostics
-  #     if: ${{ always() }}
-  #     uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-  #     with:
-  #       name: diagnostics-conformance
-  #       path: /tmp/ktf-diag*
-  #       if-no-files-found: ignore
-
-  #   - name: collect test report
-  #     if: ${{ always() }}
-  #     uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-  #     with:
-  #       name: tests-report
-  #       path: conformance-tests.xml
+  conformance-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        # Fetch all history so that we can get the correct commit hash for the conformance tests.
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: setup golang
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      with:
+        go-version-file: go.mod
+
+    - uses: jdx/mise-action@v2
+      with:
+        install: false
+
+    - name: run conformance tests
+      run: make test.conformance
+      env:
+        GOTESTSUM_JUNITFILE: "conformance-tests.xml"
+
+    - name: upload diagnostics
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: diagnostics-conformance
+        path: /tmp/ktf-diag*
+        if-no-files-found: ignore
+
+    - name: collect test report
+      if: ${{ always() }}
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: tests-report
+        path: conformance-tests.xml
 
   integration-tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa0faa05d..0c88461bd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 REPO ?= github.com/kong/gateway-operator
-REPO_NAME ?= $(echo ${REPO} | cut -d / -f 3)
+REPO_URL ?= https://$(REPO)
+REPO_NAME ?= $(shell echo $(REPO) | cut -d / -f 3)
 REPO_INFO ?= $(shell git config --get remote.origin.url)
 TAG ?= $(shell git describe --tags)
 VERSION ?= $(shell cat VERSION)
@@ -27,9 +28,11 @@ LDFLAGS_COMMON ?= -extldflags=-Wl,-ld_classic
 endif
 
 LDFLAGS_METADATA ?= \
+	-X $(REPO)/modules/manager/metadata.ProjectName=$(REPO_NAME) \
 	-X $(REPO)/modules/manager/metadata.Release=$(TAG) \
 	-X $(REPO)/modules/manager/metadata.Commit=$(COMMIT) \
-	-X $(REPO)/modules/manager/metadata.Repo=$(REPO_INFO)
+	-X $(REPO)/modules/manager/metadata.Repo=$(REPO_INFO) \
+	-X $(REPO)/modules/manager/metadata.RepoURL=$(REPO_URL)
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Configuration - Tooling
@@ -376,9 +379,6 @@ _test.conformance: gotestsum
 .PHONY: test.conformance
 test.conformance:
 	@$(MAKE) _test.conformance \
-		KGO_PROJECT_URL=$(REPO) \
-		KGO_PROJECT_NAME=$(REPO_NAME) \
-		KGO_RELEASE=$(TAG) \
 		GOTESTFLAGS="$(GOTESTFLAGS)"
 
 .PHONY: test.samples
diff --git a/internal/metadata/metadata.go b/internal/metadata/metadata.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 19a29c89a..000000000
--- a/internal/metadata/metadata.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-package metadata
-
-import (
-	"os"
-)
-
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Versioning Information
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-var (
-	// Organization is the kong organization
-	Organization = "Kong"
-
-	// ProjectURL id the address of the project website - git repository like github.com/kong/kubernetes-ingress-controller.
-	ProjectURL = "https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator"
-
-	// ProjectName is the name of the project.
-	ProjectName = "gateway-operator"
-
-	// Release is the released version.
-	Release = ""
-)
-
-func init() {
-	if projectURL := os.Getenv("KGO_PROJECT_URL"); projectURL != "" {
-		ProjectURL = projectURL
-	}
-	if projectName := os.Getenv("KGO_PROJECT_NAME"); projectName != "" {
-		ProjectName = projectName
-	}
-	if release := os.Getenv("KGO_RELEASE"); release != "" {
-		Release = release
-	}
-}
diff --git a/internal/types/gatewaytypes.go b/internal/types/gatewaytypes.go
index 82aed7c36..11d6c9de6 100644
--- a/internal/types/gatewaytypes.go
+++ b/internal/types/gatewaytypes.go
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ type (
 	ParentReference      = gatewayv1.ParentReference
 	CommonRouteSpec      = gatewayv1.CommonRouteSpec
 	Kind                 = gatewayv1.Kind
-	Group                = gatewayv1.Group
 	Namespace            = gatewayv1.Namespace
+	Group                = gatewayv1.Group
 	AllowedRoutes        = gatewayv1.AllowedRoutes
 	RouteGroupKind       = gatewayv1.RouteGroupKind
 	RouteNamespaces      = gatewayv1.RouteNamespaces
diff --git a/modules/manager/metadata/metadata.go b/modules/manager/metadata/metadata.go
index e0028c41a..7957e9d99 100644
--- a/modules/manager/metadata/metadata.go
+++ b/modules/manager/metadata/metadata.go
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@ var (
 	// Repo returns the git repository URL.
 	Repo = "NOT_SET"
 
+	// RepoURL returns the repository URL.
+	RepoURL = "NOT_SET"
+
 	// Commit returns the SHA from the current branch HEAD.
 	Commit = "NOT_SET"
+
+	// ProjectName is the name of the project.
+	ProjectName = "NOT_SET"
+
+	// Organization is the Kong organization
+	Organization = "Kong"
 )
diff --git a/test/conformance/conformance_test.go b/test/conformance/conformance_test.go
index 7209c8616..2aa0b1bda 100644
--- a/test/conformance/conformance_test.go
+++ b/test/conformance/conformance_test.go
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 package conformance
 
 import (
-	"path"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/google/uuid"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	gatewayv1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1"
@@ -15,7 +16,9 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/suite"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/pkg/features"
 
-	"github.com/kong/gateway-operator/internal/metadata"
+	v1beta1 "github.com/kong/gateway-operator/api/v1beta1"
+	gwtypes "github.com/kong/gateway-operator/internal/types"
+	"github.com/kong/gateway-operator/modules/manager/metadata"
 	testutils "github.com/kong/gateway-operator/pkg/utils/test"
 	"github.com/kong/gateway-operator/pkg/vars"
 )
@@ -32,24 +35,112 @@ var skippedTests = []string{
 	tests.HTTPRouteInvalidBackendRefUnknownKind.ShortName,
 	tests.HTTPRouteListenerHostnameMatching.ShortName,
 	tests.HTTPRouteObservedGenerationBump.ShortName,
+
+	// TODO: remove the skip https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/issues/295
+	// This test is flaky.
+	tests.HTTPRouteWeight.ShortName,
 }
 
 func TestGatewayConformance(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	t.Log("creating GatewayClass for gateway conformance tests")
+	gwconf := v1beta1.GatewayConfiguration{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			GenerateName: "kgo-gwconf-conformance-",
+			Namespace:    "default",
+		},
+		Spec: v1beta1.GatewayConfigurationSpec{
+			DataPlaneOptions: &v1beta1.GatewayConfigDataPlaneOptions{
+				Deployment: v1beta1.DataPlaneDeploymentOptions{
+					DeploymentOptions: v1beta1.DeploymentOptions{
+						PodTemplateSpec: &corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+							Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+								Containers: []corev1.Container{
+									{
+										Name: "proxy",
+										ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+											InitialDelaySeconds: 1,
+											PeriodSeconds:       1,
+										},
+										Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+											Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+												corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("10m"),
+												corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("128Mi"),
+											},
+											Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+												corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("500m"),
+												corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("1024Mi"),
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			ControlPlaneOptions: &v1beta1.ControlPlaneOptions{
+				Deployment: v1beta1.ControlPlaneDeploymentOptions{
+					PodTemplateSpec: &corev1.PodTemplateSpec{
+						Spec: corev1.PodSpec{
+							Containers: []corev1.Container{
+								{
+									Name: "controller",
+									ReadinessProbe: &corev1.Probe{
+										InitialDelaySeconds: 1,
+										PeriodSeconds:       1,
+									},
+									Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
+										Requests: corev1.ResourceList{
+											corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("10m"),
+											corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("32Mi"),
+										},
+										Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
+											corev1.ResourceCPU:    resource.MustParse("200m"),
+											corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("256Mi"),
+										},
+									},
+									Env: []corev1.EnvVar{
+										{
+											Name:  "CONTROLLER_LOG_LEVEL",
+											Value: "debug",
+										},
+									},
+									// TODO: https://github.com/Kong/gateway-operator/issues/294
+									// change nightly to 3.2 when that's released
+									Image: "kong/nightly-ingress-controller:2024-05-28",
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	require.NoError(t, clients.MgrClient.Create(ctx, &gwconf))
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		require.NoError(t, clients.MgrClient.Delete(ctx, &gwconf))
+	})
+
 	gwc := &gatewayv1.GatewayClass{
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: uuid.NewString(),
+			GenerateName: "kgo-gwclass-conformance-",
 		},
 		Spec: gatewayv1.GatewayClassSpec{
 			ControllerName: gatewayv1.GatewayController(vars.ControllerName()),
+			ParametersRef: &gatewayv1.ParametersReference{
+				Group:     "gateway-operator.konghq.com",
+				Kind:      "GatewayConfiguration",
+				Name:      gwconf.Name,
+				Namespace: lo.ToPtr(gwtypes.Namespace("default")),
+			},
 		},
 	}
 	require.NoError(t, clients.MgrClient.Create(ctx, gwc))
-	defer func() {
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		require.NoError(t, clients.MgrClient.Delete(ctx, gwc))
-	}()
+	})
 
 	// There are no explicit conformance tests for GatewayClass, but we can
 	// still run the conformance test suite setup to ensure that the
@@ -72,10 +163,10 @@ func TestGatewayConformance(t *testing.T) {
 	opts.Implementation = conformancev1.Implementation{
 		Organization: metadata.Organization,
 		Project:      metadata.ProjectName,
-		URL:          metadata.ProjectURL,
+		URL:          metadata.RepoURL,
 		Version:      metadata.Release,
 		Contact: []string{
-			path.Join(metadata.ProjectURL, "/issues/new/choose"),
+			metadata.RepoURL + "/issues/new/choose",
 		},
 	}