diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 4368a958ff..de7d5d06da 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.15.1"
+    ".": "0.15.2"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 161d4880e8..022f5ea615 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.15.2](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.15.1...v0.15.2) (2024-03-13)
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **deps:** update grafana ([#144](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/144)) ([6987927](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/698792728faf8cfeabaf7a7c735c91229cc0c07f))
+* **deps:** update neuvector ([#73](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/73)) ([50f6c90](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/50f6c90ca31d5bf984e44fd1ded7c5cfcb968064))
+* test artifacts before publish ([#198](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/198)) ([9732f32](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/9732f325624244f4d34c127a949c6ce5951ff6ab))
+
 ## [0.15.1](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.15.0...v0.15.1) (2024-03-11)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 525151d853..b899d5d4b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If you want to try out UDS Core, you can use the [k3d-core-demo bundle](./bundle
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```bash
-uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.15.1
+uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.15.2
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ In addition to the demo bundle, a [k3d-core-istio-dev bundle](./bundles/k3d-isti
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```bash
-uds deploy k3d-core-istio-dev:0.15.1
+uds deploy k3d-core-istio-dev:0.15.2
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
index 416eabd980..4d40d04227 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core-istio-dev
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying Istio from UDS Core on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.15.1"
+  version: "0.15.2"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-istio
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.15.1
+    ref: 0.15.2
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       istio-admin-gateway:
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index b484f38fd4..d76034ac0d 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core-demo
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying the standard UDS Core package on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.15.1"
+  version: "0.15.2"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.15.1
+    ref: 0.15.2
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       istio-admin-gateway:
diff --git a/packages/istio/zarf.yaml b/packages/istio/zarf.yaml
index eb613db6f5..54875a9a46 100644
--- a/packages/istio/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/istio/zarf.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Istio Only)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.15.1"
+  version: "0.15.2"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
index e0e5f83671..842e745209 100644
--- a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.15.1"
+  version: "0.15.2"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index 20b0b55de3..f5cc436299 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to deploy"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.15.1"
+    default: "0.15.2"
     # x-release-please-end
   - name: FLAVOR
     default: upstream
diff --git a/tasks/publish.yaml b/tasks/publish.yaml
index 0377a66338..2aa4f9e090 100644
--- a/tasks/publish.yaml
+++ b/tasks/publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to build"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.15.1"
+    default: "0.15.2"
     # x-release-please-end
 
 tasks: