diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index c9b0b4cf89..13599f6ebb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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       "version": "0.6.0",
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-        "pepr": "0.46.1"
+        "pepr": "0.46.3"
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-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "individual",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/RubenVerborgh"
-        }
-      ],
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=4.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "debug": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
-      }
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/foreach/-/foreach-2.0.6.tgz",
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+    "node_modules/heredoc": {
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/heredoc/-/heredoc-1.3.1.tgz",
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+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/html-escaper": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-escaper/-/html-escaper-2.0.2.tgz",
@@ -5546,9 +5532,9 @@
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     "node_modules/kubernetes-fluent-client": {
-      "version": "3.4.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kubernetes-fluent-client/-/kubernetes-fluent-client-3.4.2.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kubernetes-fluent-client/-/kubernetes-fluent-client-3.4.5.tgz",
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       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@kubernetes/client-node": "1.0.0-rc7",
@@ -5556,8 +5542,8 @@
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         "node-fetch": "2.7.0",
         "quicktype-core": "23.0.171",
-        "type-fest": "4.35.0",
-        "undici": "7.3.0",
+        "type-fest": "4.37.0",
+        "undici": "7.5.0",
         "yargs": "17.7.2"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -5568,9 +5554,9 @@
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     "node_modules/kubernetes-fluent-client/node_modules/type-fest": {
-      "version": "4.35.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-4.35.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2/AwEFQDFEy30iOLjrvHDIH7e4HEWH+f1Yl1bI5XMqzuoCUqwYCdxachgsgv0og/JdVZUhbfjcJAoHj5L1753A==",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/type-fest/-/type-fest-4.37.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-S/5/0kFftkq27FPNye0XM1e2NsnoD/3FS+pBmbjmmtLT6I+i344KoOf7pvXreaFsDamWeaJX55nczA1m5PsBDg==",
       "license": "(MIT OR CC0-1.0)",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=16"
@@ -6749,18 +6735,18 @@
       "license": "MIT"
     },
     "node_modules/pepr": {
-      "version": "0.46.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pepr/-/pepr-0.46.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-qtSZAaoLJPRKCjBHEWASC1emyutLBjfjv9P7iu70sf8EMyUsEVgJGZQ8NDWvonVzTLWEkYx4sq0zS3fSaNTrVg==",
+      "version": "0.46.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pepr/-/pepr-0.46.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-U96ow3wbu0CqWCw/5v3RFs0W7LfZJP9GtOJFEDPJrNoJNf1lLOWO+fchlsWkP6D/mdJEwjSGHlLhmVAjGeyUKQ==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@types/ramda": "0.30.2",
         "express": "4.21.2",
         "fast-json-patch": "3.1.1",
-        "follow-redirects": "1.15.9",
+        "heredoc": "^1.3.1",
         "http-status-codes": "^2.3.0",
         "json-pointer": "^0.6.2",
-        "kubernetes-fluent-client": "3.4.2",
+        "kubernetes-fluent-client": "3.4.5",
         "pino": "9.6.0",
         "pino-pretty": "13.0.0",
         "prom-client": "15.1.3",
@@ -8286,9 +8272,9 @@
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     },
     "node_modules/undici": {
-      "version": "7.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-7.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Qy96NND4Dou5jKoSJ2gm8ax8AJM/Ey9o9mz7KN1bb9GP+G0l20Zw8afxTnY2f4b7hmhn/z8aC2kfArVQlAhFBw==",
+      "version": "7.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici/-/undici-7.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-NFQG741e8mJ0fLQk90xKxFdaSM7z4+IQpAgsFI36bCDY9Z2+aXXZjVy2uUksMouWfMI9+w5ejOq5zYYTBCQJDQ==",
       "license": "MIT",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=20.18.1"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4af84d144e..d1f36d986c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "k3d-setup": "k3d cluster delete pepr-dev && k3d cluster create pepr-dev --k3s-arg '--debug@server:0'"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "pepr": "0.46.1"
+    "pepr": "0.46.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@jest/globals": "29.7.0",
diff --git a/tasks/create.yaml b/tasks/create.yaml
index 512bc04fd9..c0744182fc 100644
--- a/tasks/create.yaml
+++ b/tasks/create.yaml
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ variables:
 
   - name: REGISTRY1_PEPR_IMAGE
     # renovate: datasource=docker depName=registry1.dso.mil/ironbank/opensource/defenseunicorns/pepr/controller versioning=semver
-    default: registry1.dso.mil/ironbank/opensource/defenseunicorns/pepr/controller:v0.46.1
+    default: registry1.dso.mil/ironbank/opensource/defenseunicorns/pepr/controller:v0.46.3
 
   - name: UNICORN_PEPR_IMAGE
     # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/pepr versioning=semver
-    default: ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/pepr/private/controller:v0.46.1
+    default: ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/pepr/private/controller:v0.46.3
 
   - name: LAYER