diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 82392ea1136401d8006f0063bcb4de5dc2dc4810..ca885c7b1b5ab16853bc31d7456800fbd23292ec 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/), and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ---
+## [2.4.0-bb.1] - 2025-01-29
+
+### Changed
+
+- Added support for istio Operatorless network policy values
 
 ## [2.4.0-bb.0] - 2025-01-20
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa98d2f48af60896deaf081bf03d846100665c01..bdd79ee43263814d25660b5ef8d3b72e93543ca8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- Warning: Do not manually edit this file. See notes on gluon + helm-docs at the end of this file for more information. -->
 # kiali
 
-![Version: 2.4.0-bb.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.4.0--bb.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.4.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Maintenance Track: bb_integrated](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintenance_Track-bb_integrated-green?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 2.4.0-bb.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.4.0--bb.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.4.0-informational?style=flat-square) ![Maintenance Track: bb_integrated](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintenance_Track-bb_integrated-green?style=flat-square)
 
 Kiali is an open source project for service mesh observability, refer to https://www.kiali.io for details.
 
diff --git a/chart/Chart.yaml b/chart/Chart.yaml
index 9a8e43e0d045a7503ee932e8f6ee554acfcbf131..3fda9d4d423bd26129fa39256c6ca3cbf9fbf09f 100644
--- a/chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: kiali
 description: Kiali is an open source project for service mesh observability, refer to https://www.kiali.io for details.
-version: 2.4.0-bb.0
+version: 2.4.0-bb.1
 appVersion: 2.4.0
 home: https://github.com/kiali/kiali-operator
 maintainers:
diff --git a/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/egress-istiod.yml b/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/egress-istiod.yml
index aca97d0e65881149aaf0307ae39c844914d6d5ed..fd8fa911c1af63ed5fe830e7a06d17ccee431850 100644
--- a/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/egress-istiod.yml
+++ b/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/egress-istiod.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ spec:
   - to:
     - namespaceSelector:
         matchLabels:
-          app.kubernetes.io/name: istio-controlplane
+          {{- if .Values.networkPolicies.istioNamespaceSelector }}
+          app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.networkPolicies.istioNamespaceSelector.egress }}
+          {{- else }}
+          app.kubernetes.io/name: "istio-controlplane"
+          {{- end }}
       podSelector:
         matchLabels:
           app: istiod
diff --git a/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/ingress-istio-ingressgateway.yml b/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/ingress-istio-ingressgateway.yml
index 421314b674049131dbefa760e475630d1b1835f0..4f868df0122ab774e34a9c55b1ec25ed333e2237 100644
--- a/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/ingress-istio-ingressgateway.yml
+++ b/chart/templates/bigbang/networkpolicies/ingress-istio-ingressgateway.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ spec:
     - from:
       - namespaceSelector:
           matchLabels:
-            app.kubernetes.io/name: istio-controlplane
+            {{- if .Values.networkPolicies.istioNamespaceSelector }}
+            app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ .Values.networkPolicies.istioNamespaceSelector.ingress }}
+            {{- else }}
+            app.kubernetes.io/name: "istio-controlplane"
+            {{- end }}
         podSelector:
           matchLabels:
             {{- toYaml .Values.networkPolicies.ingressLabels | nindent 12}}