diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 3a88b68a59f7123430be5cef32c8cfacf94fb1a0..e291c29ffeb1a509287cad6b28aa80693ef92831 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -643,11 +643,11 @@ fluentbit:
   git:
     repo: https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/product/packages/fluentbit.git
     path: "./chart"
-    tag: "0.43.0-bb.2"
+    tag: "0.43.0-bb.3"
   helmRepo:
     repoName: "registry1"
     chartName: "fluentbit"
-    tag: "0.43.0-bb.2"
+    tag: "0.43.0-bb.3"
 
   # -- Flux reconciliation overrides specifically for the Fluent-Bit Package
   flux: {}
diff --git a/tests/test-values.yaml b/tests/test-values.yaml
index 27ef2e813b5914457fc4a059bce4cb342ab86f7c..a9371a1cfe190442a06e8e0efa92679044c0435e 100644
--- a/tests/test-values.yaml
+++ b/tests/test-values.yaml
@@ -837,11 +837,41 @@ elasticsearchKibana:
 fluentbit:
   enabled: false
   values:
+    istio:
+      hardened:
+        enabled: true
+        customServiceEntries:
+          - name: "allow-npm-for-cypress-tests"
+            enabled: true
+            spec:
+              hosts:
+                - 'registry.npmjs.org'
+                - 'download.cypress.io'
+                - 'cdn.cypress.io'
+              location: MESH_EXTERNAL
+              ports:
+                - number: 443
+                  protocol: TLS
+                  name: https
+              resolution: DNS
+          - name: "allow-repo1-for-cypress"
+            enabled: true
+            spec:
+              hosts:
+                - 'repo1.dso.mil'
+              location: MESH_EXTERNAL
+              ports:
+                - number: 443
+                  protocol: TLS
+                  name: https
+              resolution: DNS
+
     securityContext:
       privileged: true
     bbtests:
       enabled: true
 
+
 loki:
   strategy: scalable
   values: