diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index e08976e54150c82c9b6357d4431dde06288cd3d0..7e40f86a299294cd033c6f704fc646b0f2f356de 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@ jaeger:
   git:
     repo: https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/product/packages/jaeger.git
     path: "./chart"
-    tag: "2.50.1-bb.2"
+    tag: "2.50.1-bb.3"
   helmRepo:
     repoName: "registry1"
     chartName: "jaeger"
-    tag: "2.50.1-bb.2"
+    tag: "2.50.1-bb.3"
 
   # -- Flux reconciliation overrides specifically for the Jaeger Package
   flux:
diff --git a/tests/test-values.yaml b/tests/test-values.yaml
index 605dd7d162a52b4c80b82c125bd5f3122ffe0263..100fe1f57cd73e0ee5c431c46bfa9dd69fafc87e 100644
--- a/tests/test-values.yaml
+++ b/tests/test-values.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ jaeger:
     client_id: dev_00eb8904-5b88-4c68-ad67-cec0d2e07aa6_jaeger
   values:
     istio:
+      enabled: true
       hardened:
         enabled: true
         customAuthorizationPolicies:
@@ -93,8 +94,22 @@ jaeger:
                 - source:
                     namespaces:
                     - jaeger
-      jaeger:
-        enabled: true
+        customServiceEntries:
+          - name: "cypress-service-entries-jaeger"
+            enabled: true
+            spec:
+              hosts:
+                - 'registry.npmjs.org'
+                - 'download.cypress.io'
+                - 'cdn.cypress.io'
+                - 'repo1.dso.mil'
+                - 'tracing.dev.bigbang.mil'
+              location: MESH_EXTERNAL
+              ports:
+                - number: 443
+                  protocol: TLS
+                  name: https
+              resolution: DNS
     bbtests:
       enabled: true
       cypress: