diff --git a/chart/templates/elasticsearch-kibana/values.yaml b/chart/templates/elasticsearch-kibana/values.yaml
index f121a0adc85db8a1d5699a17b9f988fc8d151c70..a47482324b4a38f3a3ce364c5de33dcd8c3e1503 100644
--- a/chart/templates/elasticsearch-kibana/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/elasticsearch-kibana/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy }}
 
 istio:
   enabled: {{ .Values.istio.enabled }}
+  hardened:
+    {{- if or (dig "istio" "hardened" "enabled" .Values.loki.values) (dig "istio" "hardened" "enabled" .Values.elasticsearchKibana.values) }}
+    enabled: true
+    {{- else }}
+    enabled: false
+    {{- end }}
   kibana:
     gateways:
     - istio-system/{{ default "public" .Values.elasticsearchKibana.ingress.gateway }}
diff --git a/chart/templates/loki/values.yaml b/chart/templates/loki/values.yaml
index 634ecfe2442d5896706d7ea1aa84952e167d8ea1..38efec3710dfef5b5c44044c4fd04103a4b30d8a 100644
--- a/chart/templates/loki/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/loki/values.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ openshift: {{ .Values.openshift }}
 
 istio:
   enabled: {{ .Values.istio.enabled }}
+  hardened:
+    {{- if or (dig "istio" "hardened" "enabled" .Values.loki.values) (dig "istio" "hardened" "enabled" .Values.elasticsearchKibana.values) }}
+    enabled: true
+    {{- else }}
+    enabled: false
+    {{- end }}
 
 imagePullSecrets:
   - name: private-registry
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 001ffbcb8e8c133a2abfb0bff54eb41de66f7f39..726314e5815e9c9cb119f2485a3cb60a39c09a0a 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -571,11 +571,11 @@ elasticsearchKibana:
   git:
     repo: https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/product/packages/elasticsearch-kibana.git
     path: "./chart"
-    tag: "1.9.0-bb.0"
+    tag: "1.9.0-bb.1"
   helmRepo:
     repoName: "registry1"
     chartName: "elasticsearch-kibana"
-    tag: "1.9.0-bb.0"
+    tag: "1.9.0-bb.1"
 
   # -- Flux reconciliation overrides specifically for the Logging (EFK) Package
   flux:
@@ -697,11 +697,11 @@ loki:
   git:
     repo: https://repo1.dso.mil/big-bang/product/packages/loki.git
     path: "./chart"
-    tag: "5.42.0-bb.1"
+    tag: "5.42.0-bb.2"
   helmRepo:
     repoName: "registry1"
     chartName: "loki"
-    tag: "5.42.0-bb.1"
+    tag: "5.42.0-bb.2"
 
   # -- Flux reconciliation overrides specifically for the Loki Package
   flux: {}
diff --git a/tests/test-values.yaml b/tests/test-values.yaml
index bb870734dc61e95fc6bbac3cbcd7594d9af1c091..d8df392dd8b782179ff3558afbc3ee67a6b01c2d 100644
--- a/tests/test-values.yaml
+++ b/tests/test-values.yaml
@@ -703,6 +703,9 @@ elasticsearchKibana:
   license:
     trial: false
   values:
+    istio:
+      hardened:
+        enabled: true
     elasticsearch:
       master:
         count: 1