diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
index 0408c5d335..7d61e6b48e 100644
--- a/.github/release-please/manifest.json
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"charts/base-cluster":"11.1.1","charts/teuto-portal-k8s-worker":"3.4.2","charts/t8s-cluster":"9.7.0","charts/stellio-context-broker":"0.1.0","charts/chirpstack":"0.1.0","charts/common":"2.0.0","charts/ckan":"1.4.0","charts/teuto-cnpg":"3.1.0"}
+{"charts/base-cluster":"11.1.1","charts/teuto-portal-k8s-worker":"3.4.2","charts/t8s-cluster":"9.7.1","charts/stellio-context-broker":"0.1.0","charts/chirpstack":"0.1.0","charts/common":"2.0.0","charts/ckan":"1.4.0","charts/teuto-cnpg":"3.1.0"}
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/CHANGELOG.md b/charts/t8s-cluster/CHANGELOG.md
index d5c9c68f60..76bc9ee535 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [9.7.1](https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/compare/t8s-cluster-v9.7.0...t8s-cluster-v9.7.1) (2026-04-01)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **t8s-cluster/workload-cluster:** adjust cilium healthChecks ([#2038](https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/issues/2038)) ([c23830e](https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/commit/c23830e3c269928ed1b5510d66de6f9e2df635bc))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* **t8s-cluster/workload-cluster:** move the updateStrategy -> strategy ([c23830e](https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/commit/c23830e3c269928ed1b5510d66de6f9e2df635bc))
+
 ## [9.7.0](https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/compare/t8s-cluster-v9.6.0...t8s-cluster-v9.7.0) (2026-03-18)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/Chart.yaml b/charts/t8s-cluster/Chart.yaml
index 654bb257e7..1c2f12fb98 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ maintainers:
     name: tasches
 name: t8s-cluster
 sources:
-  - https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/tree/t8s-cluster-v9.7.0/charts/t8s-cluster
+  - https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/tree/t8s-cluster-v9.7.1/charts/t8s-cluster
   - https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/tree/main/charts/t8s-cluster
 type: application
-version: 9.7.0
+version: 9.7.1
 annotations:
   artifacthub.io/images: |-
     - image: quay.io/cilium/cilium-envoy:v1.35.9-1768828720-c6e4827ebca9c47af2a3a6540c563c30947bae29@sha256:696582a3391ce05a62edb4140e6a99f774351f363f5b5d7f1581f3a244430249  #  default/HelmRelease/t8s-cluster-cni/kube-system/DaemonSet/cilium-envoy.yaml
diff --git a/charts/t8s-cluster/README.md b/charts/t8s-cluster/README.md
index 057c685003..aabb637beb 100644
--- a/charts/t8s-cluster/README.md
+++ b/charts/t8s-cluster/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- vim: set ft=markdown: -->
 # t8s-cluster
 
-![Version: 9.7.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-9.7.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 9.7.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-9.7.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 t8s-operator cluster with necessary addons
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ t8s-operator cluster with necessary addons
 
 ## Source Code
 
-* <https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/tree/t8s-cluster-v9.7.0/charts/t8s-cluster>
+* <https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/tree/t8s-cluster-v9.7.1/charts/t8s-cluster>
 * <https://github.com/teutonet/teutonet-helm-charts/tree/main/charts/t8s-cluster>
 
 ## Requirements