diff --git a/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml
index 1b0023366..7ff2b482d 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: v0.44.0
+    ref: v0.45.0
 
   - name: core
     path: ../../../build
diff --git a/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml
index f59908b6c..c0ebe2b77 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: v0.44.0
+    ref: v0.45.0
 
   - name: core
     path: ../../../build
diff --git a/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml
index 19e755bbd..db558c099 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: v0.44.0
+    ref: v0.45.0
     overrides:
       zarf-registry:
         docker-registry:
diff --git a/.github/test-infra/aws/rke2/versions.tf b/.github/test-infra/aws/rke2/versions.tf
index d636446e6..d3fcad205 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 = "~> 5.80.0"
+      version = "~> 5.81.0"
     }
     random = {
       version = "~> 3.6.0"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
index 5bf69f182..560b4847c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ jobs:
 
       # Upload the results to GitHub's code scanning dashboard.
       - name: Upload to code-scanning
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@babb554ede22fd5605947329c4d04d8e7a0b8155 # v3.27.7
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@df409f7d9260372bd5f19e5b04e83cb3c43714ae # v3.27.9
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
index 671a4aef5..c108ad4f2 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: v0.44.0
+    ref: v0.45.0
 
   - name: core-base
     path: ../../build/
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index 4cfb9f09b..28e725369 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: v0.44.0
+    ref: v0.45.0
 
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
diff --git a/tasks/create.yaml b/tasks/create.yaml
index 6828d2792..6663a507a 100644
--- a/tasks/create.yaml
+++ b/tasks/create.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 includes:
-  - common: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/create.yaml
+  - common: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.6.0/tasks/create.yaml
 
 variables:
   - name: FLAVOR
diff --git a/tasks/iac.yaml b/tasks/iac.yaml
index a4cacafd7..cadf35fc7 100644
--- a/tasks/iac.yaml
+++ b/tasks/iac.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tasks:
   - name: install-eksctl
     actions:
       - cmd: |
-          curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/download/v0.198.0/eksctl_Linux_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
+          curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/download/v0.199.0/eksctl_Linux_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
           sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin
 
   - name: create-cluster
diff --git a/tasks/lint.yaml b/tasks/lint.yaml
index 57b0b4b46..f876a0364 100644
--- a/tasks/lint.yaml
+++ b/tasks/lint.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
 
 includes:
-  - remote: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/lint.yaml
+  - remote: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.6.0/tasks/lint.yaml
 
 tasks:
   - name: fix
diff --git a/tasks/setup.yaml b/tasks/setup.yaml
index db97ff52f..cfcc18f69 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:v0.44.0 --confirm --no-progress"
+        cmd: "uds zarf package deploy oci://ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/init:v0.45.0 --confirm --no-progress"
diff --git a/tasks/test.yaml b/tasks/test.yaml
index c71eb7ba0..11f46c3d2 100644
--- a/tasks/test.yaml
+++ b/tasks/test.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ includes:
   - base-layer: ../packages/base/tasks.yaml
   - idam-layer: ../packages/identity-authorization/tasks.yaml
   - common-setup: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/refs/tags/v0.13.1/tasks/setup.yaml
-  - compliance: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/compliance.yaml
+  - compliance: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.6.0/tasks/compliance.yaml
 
 tasks:
   - name: base