diff --git a/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/aks/uds-bundle.yaml
index 1b00233664..7ff2b482d3 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 f59908b6c5..c0ebe2b774 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 19e755bbd2..db558c0991 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 d636446e6a..d3fcad205c 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 5bf69f182e..560b4847c8 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 671a4aef5c..c108ad4f28 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 4cfb9f09b0..28e725369b 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/setup.yaml b/tasks/setup.yaml
index db97ff52fb..cfcc18f69d 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"