diff --git a/kapitan/version.py b/kapitan/version.py
index 873b4d83f..5aed103e2 100644
--- a/kapitan/version.py
+++ b/kapitan/version.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 """Project description variables."""
 
 PROJECT_NAME = "kapitan"
-VERSION = "0.34.3"
+VERSION = "0.34.4"
 DESCRIPTION = "Generic templated configuration management for Kubernetes, Terraform and other things"
 AUTHOR = "Ricardo Amaro"
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = "ramaro@kapicorp.com"
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 008cc687a..7aecf8c85 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -157,17 +157,17 @@ uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "boto3"
-version = "1.35.92"
+version = "1.35.93"
 description = "The AWS SDK for Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "boto3-1.35.92-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:786930d5f1cd13d03db59ff2abbb2b7ffc173fd66646d5d8bee07f316a5f16ca"},
-    {file = "boto3-1.35.92.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f7851cb320dcb2a53fc73b4075187ec9b05d51291539601fa238623fdc0e8cd3"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.35.93-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7de2c44c960e486f3c57e5203ea6393c6c4f0914c5f81c789ceb8b5d2ba5d1c5"},
+    {file = "boto3-1.35.93.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2446e819cf4e295833474cdcf2c92bc82718ce537e9ee1f17f7e3d237f60e69b"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
-botocore = ">=1.35.92,<1.36.0"
+botocore = ">=1.35.93,<1.36.0"
 jmespath = ">=0.7.1,<2.0.0"
 s3transfer = ">=0.10.0,<0.11.0"
 
@@ -176,13 +176,13 @@ crt = ["botocore[crt] (>=1.21.0,<2.0a0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "botocore"
-version = "1.35.92"
+version = "1.35.93"
 description = "Low-level, data-driven core of boto 3."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "botocore-1.35.92-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f94ae1e056a675bd67c8af98a6858d06e3927d974d6c712ed6e27bb1d11bee1d"},
-    {file = "botocore-1.35.92.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:caa7d5d857fed5b3d694b89c45f82b9f938f840e90a4eb7bf50aa65da2ba8f82"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.35.93-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:47f7161000af6036f806449e3de12acdd3ec11aac7f5578e43e96241413a0f8f"},
+    {file = "botocore-1.35.93.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b8d245a01e7d64c41edcf75a42be158df57b9518a83a3dbf5c7e4b8c2bc540cc"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -1094,6 +1094,21 @@ files = [
     {file = "jsonnet-0.20.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7e770c7bf3a366b97b650a39430450f77612e74406731eb75c5bd59f3f104d4f"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jsonpath-ng"
+version = "1.7.0"
+description = "A final implementation of JSONPath for Python that aims to be standard compliant, including arithmetic and binary comparison operators and providing clear AST for metaprogramming."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "jsonpath-ng-1.7.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f6f5f7fd4e5ff79c785f1573b394043b39849fb2bb47bcead935d12b00beab3c"},
+    {file = "jsonpath_ng-1.7.0-py2-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:898c93fc173f0c336784a3fa63d7434297544b7198124a68f9a3ef9597b0ae6e"},
+    {file = "jsonpath_ng-1.7.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f3d7f9e848cba1b6da28c55b1c26ff915dc9e0b1ba7e752a53d6da8d5cbd00b6"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+ply = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jsonschema"
 version = "4.23.0"
@@ -1575,6 +1590,17 @@ docs = ["sphinx (>=4.0.0)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=1.0.0)"]
 ssh = ["paramiko"]
 test = ["coverage[toml]", "paramiko", "psutil", "pytest (>=6.0)", "pytest-cov", "pytest-mock", "pytest-timeout"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ply"
+version = "3.11"
+description = "Python Lex & Yacc"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "ply-3.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:096f9b8350b65ebd2fd1346b12452efe5b9607f7482813ffca50c22722a807ce"},
+    {file = "ply-3.11.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:00c7c1aaa88358b9c765b6d3000c6eec0ba42abca5351b095321aef446081da3"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "portalocker"
 version = "2.10.1"
@@ -1875,13 +1901,13 @@ files = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pygments"
-version = "2.19.0"
+version = "2.19.1"
 description = "Pygments is a syntax highlighting package written in Python."
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pygments-2.19.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4755e6e64d22161d5b61432c0600c923c5927214e7c956e31c23923c89251a9b"},
-    {file = "pygments-2.19.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:afc4146269910d4bdfabcd27c24923137a74d562a23a320a41a55ad303e19783"},
+    {file = "pygments-2.19.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9ea1544ad55cecf4b8242fab6dd35a93bbce657034b0611ee383099054ab6d8c"},
+    {file = "pygments-2.19.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:61c16d2a8576dc0649d9f39e089b5f02bcd27fba10d8fb4dcc28173f7a45151f"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -2086,13 +2112,13 @@ cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "python-gnupg"
-version = "0.5.3"
+version = "0.5.4"
 description = "A wrapper for the Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG or GnuPG)"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 files = [
-    {file = "python-gnupg-0.5.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:290d8ddb9cd63df96cfe9284b9b265f19fd6e145e5582dc58fd7271f026d0a47"},
-    {file = "python_gnupg-0.5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2f8a4c6f63766feca6cc1416408f8b84e1b914fe7b54514e570fc5cbe92e9248"},
+    {file = "python-gnupg-0.5.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f2fdb5fb29615c77c2743e1cb3d9314353a6e87b10c37d238d91ae1c6feae086"},
+    {file = "python_gnupg-0.5.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:40ce25cde9df29af91fe931ce9df3ce544e14a37f62b13ca878c897217b2de6c"},
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2858,4 +2884,4 @@ reclass-rs = ["reclass-rs"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10,<3.13"
-content-hash = "0f7c2ea6fc552d2dcca6fafef1abd87240083592a4a6ef29666d807f42e46cd8"
+content-hash = "fa9ba96328bed41686e65fd1ac0bac64d0cfd6165b987fddc389250b6cee9fdc"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ce3b8075f..e5fad2c62 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
 ]
 license = "Apache-2.0"
-version = "0.34.3"
+version = "0.34.4"
 packages = [
     { include = "kapitan" },
 ]
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ pydantic = "^2.8.2"
 pydantic-settings = "^2.4.0"
 python-box = "^7.2.0"
 copier = "^9.3.1"
+jsonpath-ng = "^1.7.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 gojsonnet = ["gojsonnet"]
@@ -124,3 +125,7 @@ extend-ignore = "E203,E501,E701"
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 110
 target-version = ['py311']
+
+[tool.poetry_bumpversion.file."kapitan/version.py"]
+search = 'VERSION = "{current_version}"'
+replace = 'VERSION = "{new_version}"'