diff --git a/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml
index 153d87aaf..793b76d76 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: "0.26.0"
+  version: "0.26.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.26.0
+    ref: 0.26.1
     # x-release-please-end
     optionalComponents:
       - metrics-server
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 8a8e7dd7f..6be5e2b48 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.26.0"
+    ".": "0.26.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4be7cbc75..7e0b649c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.26.1](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.26.0...v0.26.1) (2024-08-23)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add additional supported saml attributes ([#690](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/690)) ([a7435bf](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/a7435bf9073263cd4a7155d7d385735ffb0e5cae))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **deps:** update dependency defenseunicorns/uds-common to v0.12.0 ([#692](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/692)) ([a5423a3](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/a5423a3fd537925f7a1c87ad04d9da352afe765a))
+* **deps:** update test-infra to v0.0.6 ([#686](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/686)) ([8341e6e](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/8341e6ed5ec00e52278995570b877d6a497c7f1b))
+* **deps:** update uds-common to v0.12.0 ([#693](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/693)) ([957f388](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/957f38898781196ffe257f2b64c0f845dddb738a))
+* **deps:** update zarf to v0.38.3 ([#694](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/694)) ([c53126f](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/c53126f2401604ab26d58a1cc567cb37f7addadf))
+
 ## [0.26.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.25.2...v0.26.0) (2024-08-21)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3da5237a6..3096ffe19 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:0.26.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.26.1
 ```
 
 <!-- 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:0.26.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.26.1
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
index 75d8576f3..9c1805c46 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: "0.26.0"
+  version: "0.26.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-slim-dev
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.26.0
+    ref: 0.26.1
     # 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 c84a1eeef..676fcd696 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: "0.26.0"
+  version: "0.26.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.26.0
+    ref: 0.26.1
     # x-release-please-end
     optionalComponents:
       - istio-passthrough-gateway
diff --git a/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml b/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml
index 3956b3381..f3546754a 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: "0.26.0"
+  version: "0.26.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
index c868e74e3..9f112e7dc 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: "0.26.0"
+  version: "0.26.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index 17cf75e8c..9ef7959d2 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to deploy"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.26.0"
+    default: "0.26.1"
     # x-release-please-end
   - name: FLAVOR
     default: upstream
diff --git a/tasks/publish.yaml b/tasks/publish.yaml
index 796c92b34..f0755050e 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: "0.26.0"
+    default: "0.26.1"
     # x-release-please-end
 
 tasks: