diff --git a/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml
index 749446375..64ec19690 100644
--- a/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/bundles/eks/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   name: uds-core-eks-nightly
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying EKS and UDS Core
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../../build
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.29.0
+    ref: 0.29.1
     # x-release-please-end
     optionalComponents:
       - metrics-server
diff --git a/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml
index 1e2d1e214..eecdccd16 100644
--- a/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/bundles/rke2/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   name: uds-core-rke2-nightly
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying RKE2 and UDS Core
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../../build
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.29.0
+    ref: 0.29.1
     # x-release-please-end
     optionalComponents:
       - metrics-server
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 88d34f8c0..51ec78e0e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.29.0"
+    ".": "0.29.1"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1478fe0b0..dbed3df9b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,41 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.29.1](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.29.0...v0.29.1) (2024-10-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* adr link in func layers doc ([#903](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/903)) ([c42ccf8](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/c42ccf87c7bced4402d308e3400a0dc78ec017c3))
+* codespell config ([#934](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/934)) ([73eb385](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/73eb3852391740694b712626f5ef9c150ae968ff))
+* decompose istio oscal ([#826](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/826)) ([83c6ae5](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/83c6ae53057c798c8b52f822f61e4fe008fe2522))
+* don't add duplicate policy names to `uds-core.pepr.dev/mutated` annotation ([#916](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/916)) ([99d1c83](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/99d1c83a64904f4af373e4618172d05f0d8c7151))
+* istio proxy exiting early when Pod has restart policy ([#914](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/914)) ([f87e3d4](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/f87e3d4b4e509f7bea7f642ccf6e6846430b2497))
+* test ci license check ([#924](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/924)) ([c5b1d54](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/c5b1d545aa7241c1895eb432fc7f5daaf198ab8e))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* add e2e playwright tests for grafana ([#844](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/844)) ([1af5a8f](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/1af5a8f89783579f082a6ab2e2c36f50a5c73c63))
+* add local lula compose task ([#892](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/892)) ([075b519](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/075b5191142e43e9183d26644f869fc9789af618))
+* add nightly testing for AKS ([#908](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/908)) ([105aea6](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/105aea6d87eb87de261e84fc1189c60361fc012e))
+* add playwright deps to support-deps renovate ([#937](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/937)) ([94655cd](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/94655cdbd67e9e30871067ba3a6ceaa4be52e7a4))
+* **deps:** revert pepr to 0.37.2 ([#940](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/940)) ([3317bbe](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/3317bbe148583c7ba1455b642f4e78dd3807d7d4))
+* **deps:** update grafana helm chart to v8.5.5 ([#905](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/905)) ([ca9a485](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/ca9a48587a395ccdcbe6cf5c2256f0f4103efdbf))
+* **deps:** update pepr to v0.38.0 ([#870](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/870)) ([de8419c](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/de8419c0903c358d00d3633423d4f871e44df1b1))
+* **deps:** update pepr to v0.38.0 ([#915](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/915)) ([6fe4e57](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/6fe4e5769fa3772f2ff9f8f726da81e0e728e2f2))
+* **deps:** update pepr to v0.38.1 ([#922](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/922)) ([3c5d341](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/3c5d3416ffb3141f40b83601b94699e532a572f0))
+* **deps:** update prometheus-stack ([#863](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/863)) ([d3f03b4](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/d3f03b4e1c25637b9bdd3884048095839d44bf0b))
+* **deps:** update prometheus-stack to v65.3.1 ([#920](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/920)) ([0b80107](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/0b80107633116679882c6d06dc1ef2dbeab93f75))
+* **deps:** update runtime to v0.6.1 ([#910](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/910)) ([be63105](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/be631055038d637559d375a8c75859a31885afc7))
+* **deps:** update support dependencies to v0.192.0 ([#906](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/906)) ([8dfd362](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/8dfd362e770e3525a90a11481b1cfb88fe04eca2))
+* **deps:** update support-deps ([#898](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/898)) ([380af83](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/380af8378f731228f0840265f143e187e882b443))
+* **deps:** update support-deps ([#912](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/912)) ([bf23a89](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/bf23a896c9386577d2455b0879c21794711a0b6f))
+* **docs:** custom resource docs generation ([#902](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/902)) ([e73597d](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/e73597d9370ef255b200caf537a336bd2fef5f76))
+* ensure http2 watch config is used by internal exemption watch ([#909](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/909)) ([25bfd59](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/25bfd5908faae0de730cab725d012674c321924e))
+* group setup action in support deps ([#930](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/930)) ([d0a0123](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/d0a0123a88c7aa83a34db2df94abffcecc390492))
+* group vscode/settings.json with support-deps ([#933](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/933)) ([81e41d8](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/81e41d841589b05ecc6891d8f822e36cbf8e3d30))
+
 ## [0.29.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.28.0...v0.29.0) (2024-10-11)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a822ad61..878a6b6ae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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:0.29.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.29.1
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Deploy Istio, Keycloak and Pepr:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```bash
-uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.29.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.29.1
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
index 0e4b28ea9..fb4ff1a10 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-base
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.29.0
+    ref: 0.29.1
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       istio-admin-gateway:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-identity-authorization
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.29.0
+    ref: 0.29.1
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       keycloak:
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index f0e9c2bab..83c65e9d7 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ 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: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.29.0
+    ref: 0.29.1
     # x-release-please-end
     optionalComponents:
       - istio-passthrough-gateway
diff --git a/packages/backup-restore/zarf.yaml b/packages/backup-restore/zarf.yaml
index bfed659f8..d4579a13e 100644
--- a/packages/backup-restore/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/backup-restore/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Backup and Restore)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: ["base"]
 
diff --git a/packages/base/zarf.yaml b/packages/base/zarf.yaml
index 254120929..f1eda52b3 100644
--- a/packages/base/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/base/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Base)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: []
 
diff --git a/packages/identity-authorization/zarf.yaml b/packages/identity-authorization/zarf.yaml
index 2d985c0a3..55ca5937f 100644
--- a/packages/identity-authorization/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/identity-authorization/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Identity & Authorization)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: ["base"]
 
diff --git a/packages/logging/zarf.yaml b/packages/logging/zarf.yaml
index 416d18e05..88991ba6c 100644
--- a/packages/logging/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/logging/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Logging)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: ["base"]
 
diff --git a/packages/metrics-server/zarf.yaml b/packages/metrics-server/zarf.yaml
index 7658b4526..0cff4a5da 100644
--- a/packages/metrics-server/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/metrics-server/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Metrics Server)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: ["base"]
 
diff --git a/packages/monitoring/zarf.yaml b/packages/monitoring/zarf.yaml
index 9cd7340ef..b6599138e 100644
--- a/packages/monitoring/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/monitoring/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core Monitoring (Prometheus and Grafana)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: ["base", "identity-authorization"]
 
diff --git a/packages/runtime-security/zarf.yaml b/packages/runtime-security/zarf.yaml
index 99ecd76ab..e377d0f46 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-security/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/runtime-security/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Runtime Security)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: ["base", "identity-authorization"]
 
diff --git a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
index fc79236de..d43b791b9 100644
--- a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/packages/ui/zarf.yaml b/packages/ui/zarf.yaml
index c69cd5493..7ff6d9553 100644
--- a/packages/ui/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/ui/zarf.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (UI)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.29.0"
+  version: "0.29.1"
   # x-release-please-end
   x-uds-dependencies: ["base", "identity-authorization"]
 
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index 27f13643a..923144cbd 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to deploy"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.29.0"
+    default: "0.29.1"
     # x-release-please-end
   - name: FLAVOR
     default: upstream
diff --git a/tasks/publish.yaml b/tasks/publish.yaml
index 4a523a95d..eff648357 100644
--- a/tasks/publish.yaml
+++ b/tasks/publish.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to build"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.29.0"
+    default: "0.29.1"
     # x-release-please-end
 
   - name: LAYER