diff --git a/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml
index e1ed93fe6..c436c367d 100644
--- a/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: uds-core-eks-nightly
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying EKS and UDS Core
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.23.0"
+  version: "0.23.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.23.0
+    ref: 0.23.1
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       velero:
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 819990afc..e2da89a1e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.23.0"
+    ".": "0.23.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5206d7fe..2aa06174e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.23.1](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.23.0...v0.23.1) (2024-07-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* allow istio proxy injection in zarf ignored namespaces (https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/pull/513) ([8921b58](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/8921b5897b7a34d9065417f66c1cc24817116ba2))
+
 ## [0.23.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.22.2...v0.23.0) (2024-07-04)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9ee771e27..02bc0973f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ 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:0.23.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.23.1
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Deploy Istio, Keycloak and Pepr:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```bash
-uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.23.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.23.1
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
index c89b07002..a1039c523 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core-slim-dev
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying Istio from UDS Core on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.23.0"
+  version: "0.23.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-slim-dev
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.23.0
+    ref: 0.23.1
     # 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 acbe5c65a..462bdc417 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: "0.23.0"
+  version: "0.23.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.23.0
+    ref: 0.23.1
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       loki:
diff --git a/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml b/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml
index 1d80c8e09..110f5fefc 100644
--- a/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Istio, UDS Operator and Keycloak)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.23.0"
+  version: "0.23.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
index 60e4d3ae7..cf98b9eb2 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: "0.23.0"
+  version: "0.23.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index a53b0e527..cc5731cb8 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: "0.23.0"
+    default: "0.23.1"
     # x-release-please-end
   - name: FLAVOR
     default: upstream
diff --git a/tasks/publish.yaml b/tasks/publish.yaml
index 26798fc14..e9744ebca 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: "0.23.0"
+    default: "0.23.1"
     # x-release-please-end
 
 tasks: