diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index 08cfaad0..e92f71fd 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -83,3 +83,6 @@
 ## Further Changes for v2.0 (February 25, 2026)
 
 * Pin utility-container version to v1.0.2 to workaround issue with loading AAP config
+* Unpin utility-container; use v1 branch hmi-config-as-code and inventory to avoid breaking changes
+* Update golang-external-secrets to allow API v1
+* Update AAP to v2.6, 4.22 does not have 2.5 in the Operator catalog
diff --git a/overrides/values-aap-config-aeg.yaml b/overrides/values-aap-config-aeg.yaml
index 4809a92d..338ee277 100644
--- a/overrides/values-aap-config-aeg.yaml
+++ b/overrides/values-aap-config-aeg.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 ---
 agof:
   iac_repo: https://github.com/validatedpatterns-demos/ansible-edge-gitops-hmi-config-as-code.git
-  iac_revision: main
+  iac_revision: v1
diff --git a/overrides/values-egv-vms.yaml b/overrides/values-egv-vms.yaml
index eb3b63c3..61620266 100644
--- a/overrides/values-egv-vms.yaml
+++ b/overrides/values-egv-vms.yaml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ vms:
   kiosk:
     count: 2
     role: kiosk
+    machineType: q35
diff --git a/values-hub.yaml b/values-hub.yaml
index 8e970949..34c3c96f 100644
--- a/values-hub.yaml
+++ b/values-hub.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ clusterGroup:
     aap-operator:
       name: ansible-automation-platform-operator
       namespace: ansible-automation-platform
-      channel: stable-2.5
+      channel: stable-2.6
     openshift-data-foundation:
       name: odf-operator
       namespace: openshift-storage
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ clusterGroup:
       chartVersion: 0.1.*
       extraValueFiles:
         - $patternref/overrides/values-aap-config-aeg.yaml
-      overrides:
-        - name: configJob.image
-          value: quay.io/validatedpatterns/utility-container:v1.0.2
     edge-gitops-vms:
       name: edge-gitops-vms
       namespace: edge-gitops-vms
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ clusterGroup:
       namespace: golang-external-secrets
       project: hub
       chart: golang-external-secrets
-      chartVersion: 0.1.*
+      chartVersion: 0.2.*
     odf:
       name: odf
       namespace: openshift-storage