diff --git a/chart/templates/minio/minio-operator/values.yaml b/chart/templates/minio/minio-operator/values.yaml
index c995dcd80a97f5fd5e95c00e3cd0f00894fab725..6017beb8b1b7800a4cac9975e4dde330e72e864f 100644
--- a/chart/templates/minio/minio-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/minio/minio-operator/values.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ imagePullSecrets:
 operator:
   image:
     pullPolicy: {{ .Values.imagePullPolicy}}
+    imagePullSecrets:
+      - name: private-registry
 
   {{- if .Values.monitoring.enabled }}
   env:
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index c7bd5de49682a50ff687b1b6cb9cc41a67a2550c..16eb8ff6632520e542d944035059550959852b4a 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ addons:
     git:
       repo: https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/apps/application-utilities/minio-operator.git
       path: "./chart"
-      tag: "4.4.25-bb.0"
+      tag: "4.4.28-bb.0"
 
     # -- Flux reconciliation overrides specifically for the Minio Operator Package
     flux: {}
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ addons:
     git:
       repo: https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang/apps/application-utilities/minio.git
       path: "./chart"
-      tag: "4.4.25-bb.0"
+      tag: "4.4.28-bb.0"
 
     # -- Flux reconciliation overrides specifically for the Minio Package
     flux: {}