diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9372765..88b25bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ charts/*/charts
 **/*.egg-info/
 **/flagged/
 web-apps/**/overrides.yml
+**/.env
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json b/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json
index 1e6e2bb..89ab2c7 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/azimuth-chat/values.schema.json
@@ -128,6 +128,17 @@
                     }
                 }
             }
+        },
+        "api": {
+            "properties": {
+                "image": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "version": {
+                            "default": "v0.9.0.1"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json b/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json
index a20a1e0..a3fa086 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/azimuth-image-analysis/values.schema.json
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@
                     }
                 }
             }
+        },
+        "api": {
+            "properties": {
+                "image": {
+                    "properties": {
+                        "version": {
+                            "default": "v0.9.0.1"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json
index b94315b..ac778d3 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json
+++ b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.schema.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                             "type": "string",
                             "title": "Backend vLLM version",
                             "description": "The vLLM version to use as a backend. Must be a version tag from [this list](https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/tags)",
-                            "default": "v0.8.5.post1"
+                            "default": "v0.9.0.1"
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml
index f2f982c..e7acab3 100644
--- a/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/azimuth-llm/values.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ api:
     # ghcr.io/stackhpc/vllm-xpu when api.gpus > 0 and intelXPUsEnabled is true,
     # or ghcr.io/stackhpc/vllm-cpu when api.gpus == 0
     repository:
-    version: v0.8.5.post1
+    version: v0.9.0.1
   monitoring:
     enabled: true
   # The number of replicas for the backend deployment