diff --git a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
index e0b96a0b4..aa56cbff1 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
 packages:
   - name: uds-k3d-dev
     repository: ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/packages/uds-k3d
-    ref: 0.7.0
+    ref: 0.8.0
     overrides:
       uds-dev-stack:
         minio:
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index 1a0a432a9..e6c1428de 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ metadata:
 packages:
   - name: uds-k3d-dev
     repository: ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/packages/uds-k3d
-    ref: 0.7.0
+    ref: 0.8.0
     overrides:
       uds-dev-stack:
         minio:
diff --git a/tasks.yaml b/tasks.yaml
index 75ee60243..733dcd98b 100644
--- a/tasks.yaml
+++ b/tasks.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ variables:
 
   - name: PKG
 
-  - name: K3D_IMAGE
-    default: "rancher/k3s:v1.29.5-k3s1"
-
 includes:
   - create: ./tasks/create.yaml
   - setup: ./tasks/setup.yaml
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index b4deb8e64..a838d7488 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ tasks:
   - name: k3d-standard-bundle
     actions:
       - description: "Deploy the UDS Core Standard Bundle"
-        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle-k3d-core-demo-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --set=uds-k3d-dev.K3D_IMAGE=${K3D_IMAGE} --confirm --no-progress
+        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle-k3d-core-demo-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --confirm --no-progress
 
   - name: k3d-slim-dev-bundle
     actions:
       - description: "Deploy the UDS Core Slim Dev Only Bundle"
-        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle-k3d-core-slim-dev-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --set=uds-k3d-dev.K3D_IMAGE=${K3D_IMAGE} --confirm --no-progress
+        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle-k3d-core-slim-dev-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --confirm --no-progress
 
   - name: single-package
     actions:
diff --git a/tasks/setup.yaml b/tasks/setup.yaml
index 7faff8b98..869fcc87e 100644
--- a/tasks/setup.yaml
+++ b/tasks/setup.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ tasks:
     actions:
       - description: "Create the K3d cluster"
         # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/uds-k3d versioning=semver
-        cmd: "uds zarf package deploy oci://defenseunicorns/uds-k3d:0.7.0 --set=K3D_IMAGE=${K3D_IMAGE} --confirm --no-progress"
+        cmd: "uds zarf package deploy oci://defenseunicorns/uds-k3d:0.8.0 --confirm --no-progress"
 
   - name: k3d-test-cluster
     actions: