diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57058096c28487d514bfd91fceaec936e7c024d2..2ba1d15588888e19b8c50be98abe7aacba6330d9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ---
 
+## [1.6.2]
+
+* [!455](https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/bigbang/-/merge_requests/455): gatekeeper values not hardcoded
+
 ## [1.6.1]
 
 * [#19](https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/apps/core/istio-controlplane/-/issues/19): istio-cni image hub reverted to dsop.io domain
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a8c06c4a52834fc938640659f9daabd0e5fa679..e3a70d267d7f813c5ba2d55d17fa06fde6851792 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # bigbang
 
-![Version: 1.6.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.6.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 1.6.2](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-1.6.2-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Big Bang is a declarative, continuous delivery tool for core DoD hardened and approved packages into a Kubernetes cluster.
 
diff --git a/base/gitrepository.yaml b/base/gitrepository.yaml
index 4fcbc9e3ed04b52d07736daeec08165412cfd6c8..7f78af29a27356b818a74cb9b2d9b47b9f717db3 100644
--- a/base/gitrepository.yaml
+++ b/base/gitrepository.yaml
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ spec:
   interval: 10m
   url: https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/bigbang.git
   ref:
-    tag: 1.6.1
+    tag: 1.6.2
diff --git a/chart/Chart.yaml b/chart/Chart.yaml
index cc5d87f13c7dde951a0e86c4a80cdff1e98a2435..7308d34d356cfaa696aa72d9bc94b74796b3a62f 100644
--- a/chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: bigbang
-version: 1.6.1
+version: 1.6.2
 description: Big Bang is a declarative, continuous delivery tool for core DoD hardened and approved packages into a Kubernetes cluster.
 
 type: application