diff --git a/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml
index 5bb30cad9..1b0023366 100644
--- a/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ metadata:
 packages:
   - name: init
     repository: ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init
-    ref: v0.43.1
+    ref: v0.44.0
 
   - name: core
     path: ../../../build
diff --git a/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml
index ad82b3cd0..f59908b6c 100644
--- a/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ metadata:
 packages:
   - name: init
     repository: ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init
-    ref: v0.43.1
+    ref: v0.44.0
 
   - name: core
     path: ../../../build
diff --git a/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml
index 063b944fd..19e755bbd 100644
--- a/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ packages:
 
   - name: init
     repository: ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init
-    ref: v0.43.1
+    ref: v0.44.0
     overrides:
       zarf-registry:
         docker-registry:
diff --git a/.github/test-infra/aws/rke2/versions.tf b/.github/test-infra/aws/rke2/versions.tf
index 9d1a0d91e..d636446e6 100644
--- a/.github/test-infra/aws/rke2/versions.tf
+++ b/.github/test-infra/aws/rke2/versions.tf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ terraform {
   }
   required_providers {
     aws = {
-      version = "~> 5.79.0"
+      version = "~> 5.80.0"
     }
     random = {
       version = "~> 3.6.0"
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
index d6bf797db..671a4aef5 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ packages:
 
   - name: init
     repository: ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init
-    ref: v0.43.1
+    ref: v0.44.0
 
   - name: core-base
     path: ../../build/
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index 2be91bf61..4cfb9f09b 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ packages:
 
   - name: init
     repository: ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init
-    ref: v0.43.1
+    ref: v0.44.0
 
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
diff --git a/tasks/setup.yaml b/tasks/setup.yaml
index b46670b75..db97ff52f 100644
--- a/tasks/setup.yaml
+++ b/tasks/setup.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ tasks:
 
       - description: "Initialize the cluster with Zarf"
         # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=zarf-dev/zarf versioning=semver
-        cmd: "uds zarf package deploy oci://ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init:v0.43.1 --confirm --no-progress"
+        cmd: "uds zarf package deploy oci://ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init:v0.44.0 --confirm --no-progress"
diff --git a/test/jest/package-lock.json b/test/jest/package-lock.json
index e691c8cb3..8ec1d2b4a 100644
--- a/test/jest/package-lock.json
+++ b/test/jest/package-lock.json
@@ -3267,9 +3267,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/kubernetes-fluent-client": {
-      "version": "3.3.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kubernetes-fluent-client/-/kubernetes-fluent-client-3.3.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-da87A2Cvd4USOXWSlA+LwdE+ZeZEMFwcbtSjFmyXoAEUDhIf+EgcDBkTPKWf12R7blvvl6O3qGeOY2TgCHkcWw==",
+      "version": "3.3.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kubernetes-fluent-client/-/kubernetes-fluent-client-3.3.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KBgt2tQ76CfrDd8aig1xrCIcazztARdTYsqHH1//DctbUEB++2yz+KYR9CYBisSySDS625e86MVfxIB63R77hw==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
@@ -3278,8 +3278,8 @@
         "http-status-codes": "2.3.0",
         "node-fetch": "2.7.0",
         "quicktype-core": "23.0.170",
-        "type-fest": "4.29.1",
-        "undici": "7.0.0",
+        "type-fest": "4.30.0",
+        "undici": "7.1.0",
         "yargs": "17.7.2"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -3290,9 +3290,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/kubernetes-fluent-client/node_modules/type-fest": {
-      "version": "4.29.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-4.29.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Y1zUveI92UYM/vo1EFlQSsNf74+hfKH+7saZJslF0Fw92FRaiTAnHPIvo9d7SLxXt/gAYqA4RXyDTioMQCCp0A==",
+      "version": "4.30.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-4.30.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-G6zXWS1dLj6eagy6sVhOMQiLtJdxQBHIA9Z6HFUNLOlr6MFOgzV8wvmidtPONfPtEUv0uZsy77XJNzTAfwPDaA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "(MIT OR CC0-1.0)",
       "engines": {
@@ -4528,9 +4528,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/undici": {
-      "version": "7.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-7.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c4xi3kWnQJrb7h2q8aJYKvUzmz7boCgz1cUCC6OwdeM5Tr2P0hDuthr2iut4ggqsz+Cnh20U/LoTzbKIdDS/Nw==",
+      "version": "7.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-7.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3+mdX2R31khuLCm2mKExSlMdJsfol7bJkIMH80tdXA74W34rT1jKemUTlYR7WY3TqsV4wfOgpatWmmB2Jl1+5g==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {