diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yaml
index be9130bfc..5e76bd9e8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ runs:
       uses: defenseunicorns/setup-zarf@main
       with:
         # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/zarf versioning=semver
-        version: v0.31.1
+        version: v0.45.0
         download-init-package: true
 
     - name: Use Node.js latest
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 465ff4c6c..ff767d5f1 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       "src/**/validate.yaml"
     ],
     // renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/zarf versioning=semver
-    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/v0.31.1/zarf.schema.json": [
+    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/defenseunicorns/zarf/v0.45.0/zarf.schema.json": [
       "zarf.yaml"
     ]
   },
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
index 6a296e9fc..43eb8ce3c 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-istio/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ zarf-packages:
   - name: init
     repository: ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/packages/init
     # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/zarf versioning=semver
-    ref: v0.31.1
+    ref: v0.45.0
 
   - name: core-istio
     path: ../../build/
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index f9bd74a16..1d7a13fb1 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ zarf-packages:
   - name: init
     repository: ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/packages/init
     # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/zarf versioning=semver
-    ref: v0.31.1
+    ref: v0.45.0
 
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/