diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.lock b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.lock
index ee2ae3cd9..0d0d4935c 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.lock
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: tailscale-operator
   repository: https://pkgs.tailscale.com/helmcharts
-  version: 1.94.2
-digest: sha256:cf509332b17c0dc32d3a89f0661e500d7dc5c29814dc982c9f5607e424669002
-generated: "2026-02-14T00:21:25.854980371Z"
+  version: 1.96.5
+digest: sha256:d7352b6781e248f6fc6bbb06e994c76eed77f06b3beaac6a5707e77df72ccc7d
+generated: "2026-04-07T22:44:46.706802204Z"
diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.yaml
index f4865b96a..e35304bbf 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/helm/tailscale-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainers:
   - name: alexlebens
 dependencies:
   - name: tailscale-operator
-    version: 1.94.2
+    version: 1.96.5
     repository: https://pkgs.tailscale.com/helmcharts
 icon: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/selfhst/icons/png/tailscale-light.png
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=tailscale/tailscale