diff --git a/.github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml b/.github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml
index 097db0c7e..19b23c61e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ runs:
     - name: Create UDS Cluster
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.22.2 --confirm
+        make create-uds-cpu-cluster
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-llama-cpp-python.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-llama-cpp-python.yaml
index d2f0c777c..a20596ea3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-llama-cpp-python.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-llama-cpp-python.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       # Ignore updates to the .github directory, unless it's this current file
       - "!.github/**"
       - ".github/workflows/e2e-llama-cpp-python.yaml"
+      - ".github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml"
 
       # Ignore docs and website things
       - "!**.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-playwright.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-playwright.yaml
index bf6524f9b..b29b6e7a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-playwright.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-playwright.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       # Ignore updates to the .github directory, unless it's this current file
       - "!.github/**"
       - ".github/workflows/e2e-playwright.yaml"
+      - ".github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml"
 
       # Ignore docs and website things
       - "!**.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-text-embeddings.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-text-embeddings.yaml
index d601bf75c..095548a27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-text-embeddings.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-text-embeddings.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       # Ignore updates to the .github directory, unless it's this current file
       - "!.github/**"
       - ".github/workflows/e2e-text-embeddings.yaml"
+      - ".github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml"
 
       # Ignore docs and website things
       - "!**.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-vllm.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-vllm.yaml
index 7c41a5fc2..91c1d1ae3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-vllm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-vllm.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       # Ignore updates to the .github directory, unless it's this current file
       - "!.github/**"
       - ".github/workflows/e2e-vllm.yaml"
+      - ".github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml"
 
       # Ignore docs and website things
       - "!**.md"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-whisper.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-whisper.yaml
index 6b365f890..ad356c205 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-whisper.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-whisper.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ on:
       # Ignore updates to the .github directory, unless it's this current file
       - "!.github/**"
       - ".github/workflows/e2e-whisper.yaml"
+      - ".github/actions/uds-cluster/action.yaml"
 
       # Ignore docs and website things
       - "!**.md"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb4d8c464..92a1b8af6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ LeapfrogAI can be deployed and run locally via UDS and Kubernetes, built out usi
 Prior to deploying any LeapfrogAI packages, a UDS Kubernetes cluster must be deployed using the most recent k3d bundle:
 
 ```sh
-uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.23.0
+make create-uds-cpu-cluster
 ```
 
 #### UDS Latest
diff --git a/packages/k3d-gpu/Makefile b/packages/k3d-gpu/Makefile
index 5f62feaeb..4193e6d0f 100644
--- a/packages/k3d-gpu/Makefile
+++ b/packages/k3d-gpu/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MAKEFILE_DIR := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 
-UDS_VERSION := 0.24.1
+UDS_VERSION := 0.25.0
 LOCAL_VERSION ?= $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 DOCKER_FLAGS :=
 ZARF_FLAGS :=
diff --git a/website/content/en/docs/local deploy guide/quick_start.md b/website/content/en/docs/local deploy guide/quick_start.md
index 6b71a848b..2b94d21b9 100644
--- a/website/content/en/docs/local deploy guide/quick_start.md	
+++ b/website/content/en/docs/local deploy guide/quick_start.md	
@@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ git clone https://github.com/defenseunicorns/leapfrogai.git
 From within the cloned repository, deploy K3D and the LeapfrogAI bundle:
 
 ``` bash
+make create-uds-cpu-cluster
+
 cd uds-bundles/latest/cpu/
 uds create .
-uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.23.0      # be sure to check if a newer version exists
 uds deploy uds-bundle-leapfrogai-*.tar.zst --confirm
 ```
 
@@ -86,9 +87,12 @@ uds deploy uds-bundle-leapfrogai-*.tar.zst --confirm
 In order to test the GPU deployment locally on K3d, use the following command when deploying UDS-Core:
 
 ```bash
+ make build-k3d-gpu # build the image
+ make create-uds-gpu-cluster # create a uds cluster equipped with the k3d-gpu image
+ make test-uds-gpu-cluster # deploy a test gpu pod to see if everything is working
+
  cd uds-bundles/latest/gpu/
  uds create .
- uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.23.0 --set K3D_EXTRA_ARGS="--gpus=all --image=ghcr.io/justinthelaw/k3d-gpu-support:v1.27.4-k3s1-cuda"     # be sure to check if a newer version exists
  uds deploy uds-bundle-leapfrogai-*.tar.zst --confirm
 ```