diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 515445164..77c0d292c 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.6.2"
+    ".": "0.7.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e8727bdf..eee3b5ea6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.7.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.6.2...v0.7.0) (2024-01-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* update security policy to use provided user, group, and fsgroup ([#82](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/82)) ([6d641ce](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/6d641ce67210999bacda0e855269dca61e7c6a7b))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* initial renovate config ([#67](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/67)) ([2cd19d8](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/2cd19d871a95491950d43fea8e8fd2e8c290cd55))
+
 ## [0.6.2](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.6.1...v0.6.2) (2023-12-11)
 
 
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
index 07f65c76a..4682c8d45 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core-istio
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying Istio from UDS Core on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.6.2"
+  version: "0.7.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-istio
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.6.2
+    ref: 0.7.0
     # 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 139158826..3bff88c2a 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying the standard UDS Core package on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.6.2"
+  version: "0.7.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.6.2
+    ref: 0.7.0
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       istio-admin-gateway:
diff --git a/packages/istio/zarf.yaml b/packages/istio/zarf.yaml
index 264b1f0fb..031ed4545 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: "0.6.2"
+  version: "0.7.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
index 3f0bda150..08b3a2786 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: "0.6.2"
+  version: "0.7.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index f73eab840..18c51252a 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: "0.6.2"
+    default: "0.7.0"
     # x-release-please-end
 
 tasks:
diff --git a/tasks/publish.yaml b/tasks/publish.yaml
index 5add97c05..6ee03f3dd 100644
--- a/tasks/publish.yaml
+++ b/tasks/publish.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to build"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.6.2"
+    default: "0.7.0"
     # x-release-please-end
 
 tasks: