diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d89a103c9..cbf14acb2 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.14.5"
+    ".": "0.15.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22cd57071..318b9c95c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.15.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.14.5...v0.15.0) (2024-03-07)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add policy exemptions ([#165](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/165)) ([196df88](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/196df88b01347e530eb1cb49df7440d62c986e0e))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* **deps:** update dependency defenseunicorns/uds-common to v0.2.2 ([#232](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/232)) ([083ae0c](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/083ae0c45667e5b9064cbff781fbe4e5bc0d2991))
+* **deps:** update githubactions to de90cc6 ([#215](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/215)) ([f79eed0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/f79eed03b2495d9f3e11edb433291ce8a3aa55ee))
+
 ## [0.14.5](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.14.4...v0.14.5) (2024-03-06)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bdcdab61..5cf008de6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ 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:0.14.5
+uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.15.0
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ In addition to the demo bundle, a [k3d-core-istio-dev bundle](./bundles/k3d-isti
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```bash
-uds deploy k3d-core-istio-dev:0.14.5
+uds deploy k3d-core-istio-dev:0.15.0
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
index 414ac8266..af9f0bb24 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core-istio-dev
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying Istio from UDS Core on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.14.5"
+  version: "0.15.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-istio
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.14.5
+    ref: 0.15.0
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       istio-admin-gateway:
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index a1f7057b9..7b177a8fd 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ 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: "0.14.5"
+  version: "0.15.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.14.5
+    ref: 0.15.0
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       istio-admin-gateway:
diff --git a/packages/istio/zarf.yaml b/packages/istio/zarf.yaml
index 78d3a4563..fdededd1e 100644
--- a/packages/istio/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/istio/zarf.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Istio Only)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.14.5"
+  version: "0.15.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
index 27487317e..a2f6ad895 100644
--- a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.14.5"
+  version: "0.15.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index f0bc7240c..8dbfbf144 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to deploy"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.14.5"
+    default: "0.15.0"
     # x-release-please-end
   - name: FLAVOR
     default: upstream
diff --git a/tasks/publish.yaml b/tasks/publish.yaml
index b06e6aaaa..54bbff56d 100644
--- a/tasks/publish.yaml
+++ b/tasks/publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to build"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.14.5"
+    default: "0.15.0"
     # x-release-please-end
 
 tasks: