diff --git a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/01-dependencies.yaml.gotmpl b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/01-dependencies.yaml.gotmpl
index e456e84dd..def1ce71a 100644
--- a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/01-dependencies.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/01-dependencies.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ releases:
     <<: *dependency
 
   - name: openbao-server # this name MUST not change
-    version: 0.30.25
+    version: 0.32.1
     condition: openbao.enabled # From defaults.yaml or env overrides
     namespace: vault-system
     <<: *dependency # Inherits base values from the dependency template
diff --git a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl
index 53ab1eb59..c14724212 100644
--- a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl
+++ b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ releases:
     {{- $llmRequestRouterChartPath := dig "addons" "llm" "requestRouter" "chartPath" "" .Values }}
     chart: {{ $llmRequestRouterChartPath | default "nvcf/helm-nvcf-llm-request-router" | quote }}
     {{- if not $llmRequestRouterChartPath }}
-    version: 1.10.0
+    version: 1.12.1
     {{- end }}
     namespace: nvcf
     condition: addons.llm.enabled
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ releases:
 
   - name: llm-api-gateway
     chart: nvcf/helm-nvcf-llm-api-gateway
-    version: 1.4.1
+    version: 1.4.2
     namespace: nvcf
     condition: addons.llm.enabled
     values:
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ releases:
     {{- $gatewayRoutesChartPath := dig "ingress" "gatewayApi" "chartPath" "" .Values }}
     chart: {{ $gatewayRoutesChartPath | default "nvcf/nvcf-gateway-routes" | quote }}
     {{- if not $gatewayRoutesChartPath }}
-    version: 1.16.0
+    version: 1.17.0
     {{- end }}
     needs:
       - nvcf/notary-service
diff --git a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/cassandra-openbao-credential-wiring.sh b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/cassandra-openbao-credential-wiring.sh
index e018b30cc..5b58ccd5e 100755
--- a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/cassandra-openbao-credential-wiring.sh
+++ b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/cassandra-openbao-credential-wiring.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,21 @@ openbao_values="$work_dir/openbao-values.yaml"
 render_chart_values cassandra "$cassandra_values"
 render_chart_values openbao-server "$openbao_values"
 
+# Verify that the Helmfile selects the published OpenBao wrapper pin. The
+# manifest assertion below intentionally uses the local source chart because
+# the unit suite does not have OCI registry credentials.
+openbao_release="$(HELMFILE_ENV="$environment_name" \
+  HELMFILE_CACHE_HOME="$work_dir/helmfile-cache" \
+  helmfile "${helmfile_common[@]}" \
+    --selector name=openbao-server \
+    list --skip-charts --output json)"
+openbao_chart_name="$(jq -r '.[0].chart // ""' <<<"$openbao_release")"
+openbao_chart_version="$(jq -r '.[0].version // ""' <<<"$openbao_release")"
+test "$openbao_chart_name" = 'nvcf/helm-nvcf-openbao-server' ||
+  fail "expected default OpenBao chart, got ${openbao_chart_name:-missing}"
+test "$openbao_chart_version" = '0.32.1' ||
+  fail "expected default OpenBao version 0.32.1, got ${openbao_chart_version:-missing}"
+
 cassandra_password="$(yq -r '.cassandra.serviceRolePassword // ""' "$cassandra_values")"
 test -n "$cassandra_password" ||
   fail "Cassandra migrations received no application-role password"
diff --git a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/gateway-routes-local-chart.sh b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/gateway-routes-local-chart.sh
index 6b5352d91..377f13041 100755
--- a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/gateway-routes-local-chart.sh
+++ b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/gateway-routes-local-chart.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,80 @@ set -euo pipefail
 stack_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 chart_path="../../../helm/gateway-routes/chart"
 
+default_result="$(cd "$stack_dir" && HELMFILE_ENV=base helmfile \
+  --file helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl \
+  --environment default \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.enabled=true \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.controllerNamespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.routes.llmWorker.enabled=true \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.routes.llmWorker.backend.namespace=nvcf \
+  --state-values-set-string global.workerEndpoints.llmRequestRouterAddress=http://llm-grpc-gw:50071 \
+  --state-values-set-string addons.llm.requestRouter.backendRouter.pylonGrpcDialAddress=http://llm-grpc-gw:50071 \
+  --state-values-set-string addons.llm.requestRouter.backendRouter.pylonReverseTunnelDialAddress=llm-quic-gw:50072 \
+  --state-values-set addons.llm.requestRouter.grpcTls.allowInsecureHttp=true \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.shared.name=shared-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.shared.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.grpc.name=grpc-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.grpc.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmGrpc.name=llm-grpc-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmGrpc.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmGrpc.listenerName=llm-grpc \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmQuic.name=llm-quic-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmQuic.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmQuic.listenerName=llm-quic \
+  --selector name=ingress \
+  list --skip-charts --output json)"
+
+default_chart="$(jq -r '.[0].chart // ""' <<<"$default_result")"
+default_version="$(jq -r '.[0].version // ""' <<<"$default_result")"
+test "$default_chart" = 'nvcf/nvcf-gateway-routes' || {
+  echo "gateway-routes-local-chart: expected default chart, got ${default_chart:-missing}" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+test "$default_version" = '1.17.0' || {
+  echo "gateway-routes-local-chart: expected default version 1.17.0, got ${default_version:-missing}" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+default_values="$(mktemp)"
+trap 'rm -f "$default_values"' EXIT
+(cd "$stack_dir" && HELMFILE_ENV=base helmfile \
+  --file helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl \
+  --environment default \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.enabled=true \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.controllerNamespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.routes.llmWorker.enabled=true \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.routes.llmWorker.backend.namespace=nvcf \
+  --state-values-set-string global.workerEndpoints.llmRequestRouterAddress=http://llm-grpc-gw:50071 \
+  --state-values-set-string addons.llm.requestRouter.backendRouter.pylonGrpcDialAddress=http://llm-grpc-gw:50071 \
+  --state-values-set-string addons.llm.requestRouter.backendRouter.pylonReverseTunnelDialAddress=llm-quic-gw:50072 \
+  --state-values-set addons.llm.requestRouter.grpcTls.allowInsecureHttp=true \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.shared.name=shared-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.shared.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.grpc.name=grpc-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.grpc.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmGrpc.name=llm-grpc-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmGrpc.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmGrpc.listenerName=llm-grpc \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmQuic.name=llm-quic-gw \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmQuic.namespace=gateway \
+  --state-values-set ingress.gatewayApi.gateways.llmQuic.listenerName=llm-quic \
+  --selector name=ingress \
+  write-values --output-file-template "$default_values" >/dev/null)
+
+test "$(yq -r '.nvcfGatewayRoutes.routes.llmWorker.enabled' "$default_values")" = 'true' || {
+  echo "gateway-routes-local-chart: default chart values did not enable the LLM worker routes" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+test "$(yq -r '.nvcfGatewayRoutes.gateways.llmGrpc.listenerName' "$default_values")" = 'llm-grpc' || {
+  echo "gateway-routes-local-chart: default chart values did not configure the LLM TCP listener" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+test "$(yq -r '.nvcfGatewayRoutes.gateways.llmQuic.listenerName' "$default_values")" = 'llm-quic' || {
+  echo "gateway-routes-local-chart: default chart values did not configure the LLM UDP listener" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
 result="$(cd "$stack_dir" && HELMFILE_ENV=base helmfile \
   --file helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl \
   --environment default \
diff --git a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-router-split-cluster.sh b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-router-split-cluster.sh
index 227374acd..a8381afba 100755
--- a/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-router-split-cluster.sh
+++ b/deploy/stacks/self-managed/tests/llm-router-split-cluster.sh
@@ -253,6 +253,55 @@ assert_resource_field "$gateway_manifest" BackendTrafficPolicy llm-worker-grpc-s
 assert_resource_field "$gateway_manifest" BackendTrafficPolicy llm-worker-grpc-streams "$gateway_namespace" \
   '.spec.timeout.http.requestTimeout' '0s'
 
+# The source-tree chart override above keeps the manifest-focused assertions
+# offline. Exercise the normal release path separately so a pin update cannot
+# silently bypass the values contract used by the published chart.
+default_source_environment_name="${environment_name}-default-source"
+default_source_environment_file="$test_stack_dir/environments/$default_source_environment_name.yaml"
+cp "$environment_file" "$default_source_environment_file"
+printf '{}\n' >"$test_stack_dir/secrets/$default_source_environment_name-secrets.yaml"
+yq -i 'del(.addons.llm.requestRouter.chartPath)' "$default_source_environment_file"
+
+default_source_release="$(HELMFILE_ENV="$default_source_environment_name" \
+  HELMFILE_CACHE_HOME="$work_dir/helmfile-cache" \
+  helmfile \
+    --file "$test_stack_dir/helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl" \
+    --environment default \
+    --selector name=llm-request-router \
+    list --skip-charts --output json)"
+default_source_chart="$(jq -r '.[0].chart // ""' <<<"$default_source_release")"
+default_source_version="$(jq -r '.[0].version // ""' <<<"$default_source_release")"
+test "$default_source_chart" = 'nvcf/helm-nvcf-llm-request-router' ||
+  fail "expected default request-router chart, got ${default_source_chart:-missing}"
+test "$default_source_version" = '1.12.1' ||
+  fail "expected default request-router version 1.12.1, got ${default_source_version:-missing}"
+
+default_source_values="$work_dir/default-source-router-values.yaml"
+HELMFILE_ENV="$default_source_environment_name" \
+  HELMFILE_CACHE_HOME="$work_dir/helmfile-cache" \
+  helmfile \
+    --file "$test_stack_dir/helmfile.d/02-core.yaml.gotmpl" \
+    --environment default \
+    --selector name=llm-request-router \
+    write-values \
+    --output-file-template "$default_source_values"
+
+assert_file_value "$default_source_values" \
+  '.llmRequestRouter.backendRouter.pylonGrpcDialAddress' \
+  'https://llm-grpc.example.com:50071'
+assert_file_value "$default_source_values" \
+  '.llmRequestRouter.backendRouter.pylonReverseTunnelDialAddress' \
+  'llm-quic.example.com:50072'
+assert_file_value "$default_source_values" \
+  '.llmRequestRouter.certificate.dnsNames[0]' \
+  'llm-request-router.nvcf.svc.cluster.local'
+assert_file_value "$default_source_values" \
+  '.llmRequestRouter.certificate.dnsNames[1]' \
+  '*.llm-request-router-headless.nvcf.svc.cluster.local'
+assert_file_value "$default_source_values" \
+  '.llmRequestRouter.tls.quicInsecure' \
+  'false'
+
 assert_partial_backend_override_rejected() {
   local missing_key="$1"
   local case_name="$2"