diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-docs-shim.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-docs-shim.yaml
index 6918b8f..0c93962 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-docs-shim.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-docs-shim.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         type: [install, upgrade]
         flavor: [upstream, unicorn]
-    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-ci-docs-shim.yaml@5b91b1e0809cc34b397cf3914cda81e32ccb85b2 # v1.4.0
+    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-ci-docs-shim.yaml@a94be6798ba20e2d23fe16afc6578e442e55fb0a # v1.5.1
     with:
       flavor: ${{ matrix.flavor }}
       type: ${{ matrix.type }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/commitlint.yaml b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yaml
index a2d9bb5..3f0ee1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commitlint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   validate:
-    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-commitlint.yaml@5b91b1e0809cc34b397cf3914cda81e32ccb85b2 # v1.4.0
+    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-commitlint.yaml@a94be6798ba20e2d23fe16afc6578e442e55fb0a # v1.5.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 60d02cd..7b435a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: Lint
 on:
   # This workflow is triggered on pull requests to the main branch.
   pull_request:
-    # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
+    # milestoned is added here as a way to retrigger workflows that are stuck or otherwise didn't run correctly
     types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
 
 # Permissions for the GITHUB_TOKEN used by the workflow.
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   validate:
-    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-lint.yaml@5b91b1e0809cc34b397cf3914cda81e32ccb85b2 # v1.4.0
+    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-lint.yaml@a94be6798ba20e2d23fe16afc6578e442e55fb0a # v1.5.1
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 90d8f84..67989a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -15,25 +15,11 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
 
 jobs:
-  tag-new-version:
-    permissions: write-all
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      release_created: ${{ steps.release-flag.outputs.release_created }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Create Release Tag
-        id: tag
-        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@7987652d64b4581673a76e33ad5e98e3dd56832f # v4.1.3
-      - id: release-flag
-        run: echo "release_created=${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_created || false }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
   publish:
     permissions:
-      contents: read # Allows reading the content of the repository.
+      contents: write # Allows reading the content of the repository.
       packages: write # Allows reading the content of the repository's packages.
       id-token: write
-    needs: tag-new-version
-    if: ${{ needs.tag-new-version.outputs.release_created == 'true' }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         flavor: [upstream, unicorn]
@@ -41,8 +27,9 @@ jobs:
         exclude:
           - flavor: registry1
             architecture: arm64
-    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-publish.yaml@5b91b1e0809cc34b397cf3914cda81e32ccb85b2 # v1.4.0
+    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-publish.yaml@a94be6798ba20e2d23fe16afc6578e442e55fb0a # v1.5.1
     with:
       flavor: ${{ matrix.flavor }}
       runsOn: ${{ matrix.architecture == 'arm64' && 'uds-swf-ubuntu-arm64-8-core' || 'uds-swf-ubuntu-big-boy-8-core' }}
+      uds-releaser: true
     secrets: inherit # Inherits all secrets from the parent workflow.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
index 442fbe4..f5f38dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yaml
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
       # Used to receive a badge.
       id-token: write
-    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-scorecard.yaml@5b91b1e0809cc34b397cf3914cda81e32ccb85b2 # v1.4.0
+    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-scorecard.yaml@a94be6798ba20e2d23fe16afc6578e442e55fb0a # v1.5.1
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 0ed3a0a..60943b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: Test
 on:
   # This workflow is triggered on pull requests to the main branch.
   pull_request:
-    # milestoned is added here as a workaround for release-please not triggering PR workflows (PRs should be added to a milestone to trigger the workflow).
+    # milestoned is added here as a way to retrigger workflows that are stuck or otherwise didn't run correctly
     types: [milestoned, opened, reopened, synchronize]
     paths-ignore:
       - "**.md"
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ on:
       - docs/**
       - .gitignore
       - renovate.json
-      - .release-please-config.json
-      - release-please-config.json
+      - releaser.yaml
       - CODEOWNERS
       - LICENSE
       - CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
 
       - name: test-flavor
-        uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/actions/test-flavor@5b91b1e0809cc34b397cf3914cda81e32ccb85b2 # v1.4.0
+        uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/actions/test-flavor@a94be6798ba20e2d23fe16afc6578e442e55fb0a # v1.5.1
         id: test-flavor
     outputs:
       upgrade-flavors: ${{ steps.test-flavor.outputs.upgrade-flavors }}
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         type: [install, upgrade]
         flavor: [upstream, unicorn]
-    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-test.yaml@5b91b1e0809cc34b397cf3914cda81e32ccb85b2 # v1.4.0
+    uses: defenseunicorns/uds-common/.github/workflows/callable-test.yaml@a94be6798ba20e2d23fe16afc6578e442e55fb0a # v1.5.1
     with:
       upgrade-flavors: ${{ needs.check-flavor.outputs.upgrade-flavors }}
       flavor: ${{ matrix.flavor }}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 92d7d01..0000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    ".": "8.0.1-uds.2"
-}
diff --git a/bundle/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundle/uds-bundle.yaml
index 5fbe0c3..11dd717 100644
--- a/bundle/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundle/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ kind: UDSBundle
 metadata:
   name: valkey-test
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying Valkey and on a development cluster
-  # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: 8.0.1-uds.2
-  # x-release-please-end
+  version: dev
 
 packages:
   - name: valkey
     path: ../
-    # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 8.0.1-uds.2
-    # x-release-please-end
+    ref: dev
     overrides:
       valkey:
         uds-valkey-config:
@@ -50,9 +46,7 @@ packages:
                   memory: 300Mi
   - name: valkey
     path: ../
-    # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 8.0.1-uds.2
-    # x-release-please-end
+    ref: dev
     overrides:
       valkey:
         uds-valkey-config:
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b883dd5..0000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "packages": {
-    ".": {
-      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
-      "changelog-sections": [
-        { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
-        { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes", "hidden": false },
-        { "type": "chore", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false }
-      ],
-      "release-type": "simple",
-      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
-      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
-      "draft": false,
-      "versioning": "prerelease",
-      "prerelease-type": "uds",
-      "extra-files": [
-        "bundle/uds-bundle.yaml",
-        "tasks.yaml",
-        "zarf.yaml"
-      ]
-    }
-  },
-  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
-}
diff --git a/releaser.yaml b/releaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2255a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
+
+flavors:
+  - name: upstream
+    # renovate-uds: datasource=docker depName=bitnami/valkey extractVersion=^(?<version>\d+\.\d+\.\d+)(-debian-.*)?$
+    version: 8.0.1-uds.3
+  - name: unicorn
+    # renovate-uds: datasource=docker depName=cgr.dev/du-uds-defenseunicorns/valkey
+    version: 8.0.1-uds.3
diff --git a/tasks.yaml b/tasks.yaml
index ae91e35..669c909 100644
--- a/tasks.yaml
+++ b/tasks.yaml
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 
 includes:
   - test: ./tasks/test.yaml
-  - create: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/create.yaml
-  - publish: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/publish.yaml
-  - lint: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/lint.yaml
-  - pull: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/pull.yaml
-  - deploy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/deploy.yaml
-  - setup: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/setup.yaml
-  - actions: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/actions.yaml
-  - badge: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/badge.yaml
-  - upgrade: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/upgrade.yaml
-  - compliance: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.4.0/tasks/compliance.yaml
+  - create: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/create.yaml
+  - publish: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/publish.yaml
+  - lint: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/lint.yaml
+  - pull: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/pull.yaml
+  - deploy: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/deploy.yaml
+  - setup: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/setup.yaml
+  - actions: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/actions.yaml
+  - badge: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/badge.yaml
+  - upgrade: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/upgrade.yaml
+  - compliance: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/uds-common/v1.5.1/tasks/compliance.yaml
 
 tasks:
   - name: default
@@ -74,7 +74,3 @@ tasks:
       - task: create-deploy-test-bundle
       - description: Publish the package
         task: publish:package
-        with:
-          # x-release-please-start-version
-          version: "8.0.1-uds.2"
-          # x-release-please-end
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index be70457..0000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-8.0.1-uds.2
diff --git a/zarf.yaml b/zarf.yaml
index 718d4f8..14fb617 100644
--- a/zarf.yaml
+++ b/zarf.yaml
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   name: valkey
   description: "A deployment of Valkey (a Redis alternative by the Linux Foundation)"
   url: https://github.com/valkey-io/valkey
-  # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "8.0.1-uds.2"
-  # x-release-please-end
+  version: "dev"
 
 components:
   - name: valkey