diff --git a/internal/manifest/validate.go b/internal/manifest/validate.go
index af1d34db5..547a82da5 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/validate.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/validate.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package manifest
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-
 	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // Validate validates the parsed manifest data.
@@ -42,3 +44,48 @@ func (m *Manifest) Validate() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+type validationErrors []error
+
+func (v validationErrors) Error() string {
+	buffer := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+
+	for _, e := range v {
+		buffer.WriteString(e.Error())
+		buffer.WriteString("; ")
+	}
+
+	return strings.TrimSpace(buffer.String())
+}
+
+func prettyPrintValidationError(err error) error {
+	var validationErr validator.ValidationErrors
+	errors.As(err, &validationErr)
+
+	if validationErr == nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	var out validationErrors
+	for _, err := range validationErr {
+		var nerr error
+		switch err.Tag() {
+		case "max":
+			nerr = fmt.Errorf("field '%s' must have a maximum length of %s", err.StructField(), err.Param())
+		case "min":
+			nerr = fmt.Errorf("field '%s' must have a minimum length of %s", err.StructField(), err.Param())
+		case "len":
+			nerr = fmt.Errorf("field '%s' must have exact length of %s", err.StructField(), err.Param())
+		case "required":
+			nerr = fmt.Errorf("field '%s' is required to be defined", err.StructField())
+		case "ip_addr":
+			nerr = fmt.Errorf("field '%s' is required to have a valid IPv4 address value", err.StructField())
+		case "cidrv4":
+			nerr = fmt.Errorf("field '%s' is required to have a valid CIDRv4 value", err.StructField())
+		case "ver":
+			nerr = fmt.Errorf("field '%s' is required to have a kubernetes version of: 1.27.x, 1.28.x, 1.29.x", err.StructField())
+		}
+		out = append(out, nerr)
+	}
+	return out
+}
diff --git a/internal/manifest/validate_kubernetes.go b/internal/manifest/validate_kubernetes.go
index fda3f8664..69d75afe6 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/validate_kubernetes.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/validate_kubernetes.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package manifest
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -33,15 +32,6 @@ func (k *Kubernetes) Validate(m *Manifest) error {
 
 	for _, cluster := range k.Clusters {
 		if err := cluster.Validate(); err != nil {
-			var ve validator.ValidationErrors
-			if errors.As(err, &ve) {
-				for _, fe := range ve {
-					if fe.Tag() == "ver" {
-						errMsg := "incorrect Kubernetes version, the supported versions are: 1.25.x, 1.26.x, 1.27.x"
-						return fmt.Errorf("failed to validate kubernetes cluster %s:%s", cluster.Name, errMsg)
-					}
-				}
-			}
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to validate kubernetes cluster %s: %w", cluster.Name, err)
 		}
 
@@ -71,7 +61,10 @@ func (c *Cluster) Validate() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return validate.Struct(c)
+	if err := validate.Struct(c); err != nil {
+		return prettyPrintValidationError(err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func validateVersion(fl validator.FieldLevel) bool {
diff --git a/internal/manifest/validate_load_balancer.go b/internal/manifest/validate_load_balancer.go
index da7e2f740..9bb203e5f 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/validate_load_balancer.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/validate_load_balancer.go
@@ -176,8 +176,19 @@ func (l *LoadBalancer) Validate(m *Manifest) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (r *Role) Validate() error                { return validator.New().Struct(r) }
-func (c *LoadBalancerCluster) Validate() error { return validator.New().Struct(c) }
+func (r *Role) Validate() error {
+	if err := validator.New().Struct(r); err != nil {
+		return prettyPrintValidationError(err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *LoadBalancerCluster) Validate() error {
+	if err := validator.New().Struct(c); err != nil {
+		return prettyPrintValidationError(err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 
 func validateLBStaticNodePool(m *Manifest, clusters []LoadBalancerCluster) error {
 	for _, cluster := range clusters {
diff --git a/internal/manifest/validate_node_pool.go b/internal/manifest/validate_node_pool.go
index 3bf49fa6e..8008ca36c 100644
--- a/internal/manifest/validate_node_pool.go
+++ b/internal/manifest/validate_node_pool.go
@@ -140,10 +140,18 @@ func (d *DynamicNodePool) Validate(m *Manifest) error {
 		}
 	}, DynamicNodePool{})
 
-	return validate.Struct(d)
+	if err := validate.Struct(d); err != nil {
+		return prettyPrintValidationError(err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *StaticNodePool) Validate() error { return validator.New().Struct(s) }
+func (s *StaticNodePool) Validate() error {
+	if err := validator.New().Struct(s); err != nil {
+		return prettyPrintValidationError(err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
 
 func (a *AutoscalerConfig) isDefined() bool { return a.Min >= 0 && a.Max > 0 }
 
diff --git a/manifests/claudie/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/claudie/kustomization.yaml
index af4ec584a..1e16270d3 100644
--- a/manifests/claudie/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/claudie/kustomization.yaml
@@ -58,20 +58,20 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/ansibler
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/autoscaler-adapter
   newTag: 688726a-1932
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/builder
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/claudie-operator
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/context-box
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/kube-eleven
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/kuber
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/scheduler
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/terraformer
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805
diff --git a/manifests/testing-framework/kustomization.yaml b/manifests/testing-framework/kustomization.yaml
index 75dd3eeba..cf90079b9 100644
--- a/manifests/testing-framework/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/manifests/testing-framework/kustomization.yaml
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ secretGenerator:
 
 images:
 - name: ghcr.io/berops/claudie/testing-framework
-  newTag: 5a44806-2799
+  newTag: 43f201d-2805