diff --git a/tasks.yaml b/tasks.yaml
index 4407a78f9..9a081813a 100644
--- a/tasks.yaml
+++ b/tasks.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ variables:
 
   - name: PKG
 
+  - name: K3D_IMAGE
+    default: "ghcr.io/defenseunicorns/oss/uds-k3d-k3s:v1.28.7-k3s1"
+
 includes:
   - create: ./tasks/create.yaml
   - setup: ./tasks/setup.yaml
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index e5e59e28a..05b1792cd 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ tasks:
   - name: k3d-standard-bundle
     actions:
       - description: "Deploy the UDS Core Standard Bundle"
-        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle-k3d-core-demo-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --confirm --no-progress
+        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle-k3d-core-demo-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --set=uds-k3d-dev.K3D_IMAGE=${K3D_IMAGE} --confirm --no-progress
 
   - name: k3d-slim-dev-bundle
     actions:
       - description: "Deploy the UDS Core Slim Dev Only Bundle"
-        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle-k3d-core-slim-dev-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --confirm --no-progress
+        cmd: uds deploy bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle-k3d-core-slim-dev-${UDS_ARCH}-${VERSION}.tar.zst --set=uds-k3d-dev.K3D_IMAGE=${K3D_IMAGE} --confirm --no-progress
 
   - name: single-package
     actions:
diff --git a/tasks/setup.yaml b/tasks/setup.yaml
index d1e0d3a04..d82a70361 100644
--- a/tasks/setup.yaml
+++ b/tasks/setup.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ tasks:
     actions:
       - description: "Create the K3d cluster"
         # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=defenseunicorns/uds-k3d versioning=semver
-        cmd: "uds zarf package deploy oci://defenseunicorns/uds-k3d:0.5.0 --confirm"
+        cmd: "uds zarf package deploy oci://defenseunicorns/uds-k3d:0.5.0 --set=K3D_IMAGE=${K3D_IMAGE} --confirm"
 
   - name: k3d-test-cluster
     actions: