diff --git a/packages/infrastructure/kube_aws_ebs_csi/main.tf b/packages/infrastructure/kube_aws_ebs_csi/main.tf
index 32a4d39c..141370aa 100644
--- a/packages/infrastructure/kube_aws_ebs_csi/main.tf
+++ b/packages/infrastructure/kube_aws_ebs_csi/main.tf
@@ -266,6 +266,32 @@ resource "helm_release" "ebs_csi_driver" {
           ],
           module.util_controller.tolerations
         )
+        volumes = [
+          {
+            name = "selinuxfs"
+            hostPath = {
+              path = "/sys/fs/selinux"
+              type = "Directory"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            name = "selinux-config"
+            hostPath = {
+              path = "/etc/selinux/config"
+              type = "FileOrCreate"
+            }
+          }
+        ]
+        volumeMounts = [
+          {
+            name      = "selinuxfs"
+            mountPath = "/sys/fs/selinux"
+          },
+          {
+            name      = "selinux-config"
+            mountPath = "/etc/selinux/config"
+          },
+        ]
       }
     })
   ]
@@ -306,6 +332,10 @@ resource "kubernetes_storage_class" "standard" {
     tagSpecification_2 : "panfactum.com/storageclass=ebs-standard"
     allowAutoIOPSPerGBIncrease = true
   }
+
+  mount_options = [
+    "context=\"system_u:object_r:local_t:s0\""
+  ]
 }
 
 resource "kubernetes_storage_class" "standard_retained" {
@@ -326,6 +356,10 @@ resource "kubernetes_storage_class" "standard_retained" {
     tagSpecification_2 : "panfactum.com/storageclass=ebs-standard-retained"
     allowAutoIOPSPerGBIncrease = true
   }
+
+  mount_options = [
+    "context=\"system_u:object_r:local_t:s0\""
+  ]
 }
 
 
@@ -358,6 +392,10 @@ resource "kubernetes_storage_class" "extra" {
     ext4BigAlloc               = each.value.big_alloc
     ext4ClusterSize            = each.value.cluster_size
   } : k => v if v != null }
+
+  mount_options = [
+    "context=\"system_u:object_r:local_t:s0\""
+  ]
 }
 
 /***************************************
diff --git a/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/main.tf b/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/main.tf
index 6aa7a304..5a23b070 100644
--- a/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/main.tf
+++ b/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/main.tf
@@ -461,6 +461,14 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "vpa_nginx" {
       labels    = module.util.labels
     }
     spec = {
+      resourcePolicy = {
+        containerPolicies = [{
+          containerName = "controller"
+          minAllowed = {
+            memory = "150Mi"
+          }
+        }]
+      }
       targetRef = {
         apiVersion = "apps/v1"
         kind       = "Deployment"
diff --git a/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/vars.tf b/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/vars.tf
index f295a606..229cee65 100644
--- a/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/vars.tf
+++ b/packages/infrastructure/kube_ingress_nginx/vars.tf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variable "nginx_ingress_helm_version" {
   description = "The version of the nginx-ingress helm chart to deploy"
   type        = string
-  default     = "4.10.0"
+  default     = "4.11.3"
 }
 
 variable "max_replicas" {
diff --git a/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/main.tf b/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/main.tf
index 7e73438d..0e09971f 100644
--- a/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/main.tf
+++ b/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/main.tf
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ resource "helm_release" "karpenter" {
         // during its sizing calculations by bumping vmMemoryOverheadPercent significantly.
         // This ensures that new nodes can run the dynamically sized daemonsets
         // as well as the other pods.
-        vmMemoryOverheadPercent = "0.3"
+        vmMemoryOverheadPercent = "0.2"
       }
 
       logConfig = {
diff --git a/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/vars.tf b/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/vars.tf
index 1d255cfe..1ec6bd01 100644
--- a/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/vars.tf
+++ b/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter/vars.tf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ variable "pull_through_cache_enabled" {
 variable "log_level" {
   description = "The log level for the karpenter pods"
   type        = string
-  default     = "warn"
+  default     = "info"
   validation {
     condition     = contains(["info", "error", "warn", "debug"], var.log_level)
     error_message = "Invalid log_level provided."
diff --git a/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter_node_pools/main.tf b/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter_node_pools/main.tf
index c0bc481e..1299a1a9 100644
--- a/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter_node_pools/main.tf
+++ b/packages/infrastructure/kube_karpenter_node_pools/main.tf
@@ -60,10 +60,7 @@ locals {
     "r7a",
     "r6g",
     "r6i",
-    "r6a",
-    "x8g",
-    "x2gd",
-    "x2iedn"
+    "r6a"
   ]
 
   // Blacklisted sizes
@@ -411,7 +408,7 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "burstable_node_pool" {
       }
       disruption = local.disruption_policy
 
-      weight = 10
+      weight = 25
     }
   })
   server_side_apply = true
@@ -480,7 +477,7 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "burstable_arm_node_pool" {
       }
       disruption = local.disruption_policy
 
-      weight = 10
+      weight = 30
     }
   })
   server_side_apply = true
@@ -546,7 +543,7 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "spot_node_pool" {
       }
       disruption = local.disruption_policy
 
-      weight = 10
+      weight = 15
     }
   })
   server_side_apply = true
@@ -615,7 +612,7 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "spot_arm_node_pool" {
       }
       disruption = local.disruption_policy
 
-      weight = 10
+      weight = 20
     }
   })
   server_side_apply = true
@@ -681,8 +678,7 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "on_demand_arm_node_pool" {
       }
       disruption = local.disruption_policy
 
-      // This should have the lowest preference
-      weight = 1
+      weight = 10
     }
   })
   server_side_apply = true
@@ -748,7 +744,7 @@ resource "kubectl_manifest" "on_demand_node_pool" {
       disruption = local.disruption_policy
 
       // This should have the lowest preference
-      weight = 1
+      weight = 5
     }
   })
   server_side_apply = true
diff --git a/packages/reference/flake.lock b/packages/reference/flake.lock
index 958b9a3b..933c8ce3 100644
--- a/packages/reference/flake.lock
+++ b/packages/reference/flake.lock
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       },
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 0,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0ffumZzWUBl02ZH4jvJ1VoCcdnBWL6LlaBh9cgQV0wc=",
+        "narHash": "sha256-JyYNeJ+WZC6YuGCr8JXQOpztxv9BkRHkWefD7Lto5CA=",
         "path": "../..",
         "type": "path"
       },
diff --git a/packages/website/src/app/changelog/edge/page.mdx b/packages/website/src/app/changelog/edge/page.mdx
index b1b7c22a..4aa0f434 100644
--- a/packages/website/src/app/changelog/edge/page.mdx
+++ b/packages/website/src/app/changelog/edge/page.mdx
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ Learn more [here](/docs/edge/guides/versioning/releases).*
 
 * Prevents Karpenter from scheduling instances on bare metal instances which we have observed issues with.
 
+* Upgrades [kube\_ingress\_nginx](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_nginx_ingress) so that it can run on nodes with a large number of CPU cores.
+
+* EBS-backed PVs with many large files took a long time to mount due to [this issue](https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/issues/3151)
+  with Bottlerocket OS (our underlying node OS). We have added the recommended remediation and now PVs should mount
+  nearly instantly. Note that this fix will **not** apply to existing PVs, only new ones.
+
+  To apply the fix to existing PVs, you will need to manually add the following mount option to their manifests:
+
+  ```yaml
+  apiVersion: v1
+  kind: PersistentVolume
+  metadata:
+      name: XXXX
+  spec:
+      mountOptions:
+        - context="system_u:object_r:local_t:s0"
+  ```
+
 ## edge.24-10-18
 
 ### Breaking Changes
@@ -82,39 +100,39 @@ Learn more [here](/docs/edge/guides/versioning/releases).*
   see [our documentation.](/docs/main/guides/development-shell/customizing)
 
 * `pf-get-version-hash` has been renamed to `pf-get-commit-hash` to better reflect what it does (get a commit hash given an arbitrary repo and [git ref](https://git-scm.com/book/ms/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References)).
-In addition, it has been updated to take named rather than positioned arguments in order to align with other Panfactum scripts.
-Finally, we have fixed several bugs in the script to make it more resilient to various inputs.
+  In addition, it has been updated to take named rather than positional arguments in order to align with other Panfactum scripts.
+  Finally, we have fixed several bugs in the script to make it more resilient to various inputs.
 
 * Removes `pgadmin4` from the devShell as it significantly increased build times and was not useful to all users. Users
-should have an option to pick their favorite DB clients rather than us be prescriptive.
+  should have an option to pick their favorite DB clients rather than us be prescriptive.
 
 ### Changes
 
-* Upgrades [kube_cilium](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_cilium) to v1.16.3. This change
-brings [new Cilium features](https://isovalent.com/blog/post/cilium-1-16), reduces the per-node memory usage by 75MB,
-and reduces the amount of errors that users can encounter during the bootstrapping guide.
+* Upgrades [kube\_cilium](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_cilium) to v1.16.3. This change
+  brings [new Cilium features](https://isovalent.com/blog/post/cilium-1-16), reduces the per-node memory usage by 75MB,
+  and reduces the amount of errors that users can encounter during the bootstrapping guide.
 
-* Upgrades [kube_aws_ebs_csi](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_aws_ebs_csi) to v1.36 in order
-to support Karpenter v1 disruption taints and improve node shutdown performance.
+* Upgrades [kube\_aws\_ebs\_csi](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_aws_ebs_csi) to v1.36 in order
+  to support Karpenter v1 disruption taints and improve node shutdown performance.
 
-* Updates [wf_dockerfile_build](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_dockerfile_build) to support 10 concurrent image builds per module
-rather than just one.
+* Updates [wf\_dockerfile\_build](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_dockerfile_build) to support 10 concurrent image builds per module
+  rather than just one.
 
 ### Added
 
-* Adds `cdn_mode_enabled` boolean to the [kube_vault](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_vault) & [kube_authentik](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_authentik) module to enable CDN for Vault.
-* Adds `image_tag_prefix` string to the [wf_dockerfile_build](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_dockerfile_build)
+* Adds `cdn_mode_enabled` boolean to the [kube\_vault](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_vault) & [kube\_authentik](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_authentik) module to enable CDN for Vault.
+* Adds `image_tag_prefix` string to the [wf\_dockerfile\_build](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_dockerfile_build)
 
 ### Fixed
 
-* Fixed a handful of scheduling constraint bugs that resulting in less than optimal resource utilization. These improvements
-should result in a significant improvement to resource utilization in tiny clusters and a minor improvement in larger clusters.
+* Fixed a handful of scheduling constraint bugs that resulted in less-than-optimal resource utilization. These improvements
+  should result in a significant improvement to resource utilization in tiny clusters and a minor improvement in larger clusters.
 
 * Fixed an issue where `pf_stack_version` could not be a commit hash. It can now be any valid [git ref](https://git-scm.com/book/ms/v2/Git-Internals-Git-References).
 
 * Fixed an issue where `pf-wf-git-checkout` would fail when given a branch name as a git ref. This impact both
-[wf_tf_deploy](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_tf_deploy)
-and [wf_dockerfile_build](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_dockerfile_build).
+  [wf\_tf\_deploy](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_tf_deploy)
+  and [wf\_dockerfile\_build](/docs/edge/reference/infrastructure-modules/submodule/workflow/wf_dockerfile_build).
 
 ## edge.24-10-15
 
diff --git a/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_ingress_nginx/page.mdx b/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_ingress_nginx/page.mdx
index d936bd11..8cb6e79e 100644
--- a/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_ingress_nginx/page.mdx
+++ b/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_ingress_nginx/page.mdx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Description: The version of the nginx-ingress helm chart to deploy
 
 Type: `string`
 
-Default: `"4.10.0"`
+Default: `"4.11.3"`
 
 ### panfactum\_scheduler\_enabled
 
diff --git a/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_karpenter/page.mdx b/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_karpenter/page.mdx
index 665d8e50..e088380d 100644
--- a/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_karpenter/page.mdx
+++ b/packages/website/src/app/docs/main/reference/infrastructure-modules/direct/kubernetes/kube_karpenter/page.mdx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Description: The log level for the karpenter pods
 
 Type: `string`
 
-Default: `"warn"`
+Default: `"info"`
 
 ### monitoring\_enabled