diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fb5eb80e..0d4b31bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@
 /.charts-build-scripts
 *.DS_Store
 dev/
-kubeconfig.yaml
-get_helm.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+kubeconfig*.yaml
+get_helm.sh
+Dockerfile.dapper*
+!Dockerfile.dapper
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile.dapper b/Dockerfile.dapper
index bf0a36b0..3d291193 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.dapper
+++ b/Dockerfile.dapper
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 FROM registry.suse.com/bci/golang:1.22 AS helm
+ARG HELM_VERSION=v3.13.3-rancher1
 RUN zypper -n install git
-RUN git -C / clone --branch release-v3.9.0 --depth=1 https://github.com/rancher/helm
+RUN git -C / clone --branch $HELM_VERSION --depth=1 https://github.com/rancher/helm
 RUN make -C /helm
 
 FROM registry.suse.com/bci/golang:1.22
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ COPY --from=docker.io/docker/buildx-bin:0.17.1 /buildx /usr/libexec/docker/cli-p
 ARG DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
 ENV ARCH $DAPPER_HOST_ARCH
 
-RUN zypper -n install git docker vim less file curl wget
+RUN zypper -n install git docker vim less file curl wget patch
 RUN go install golang.org/x/tools/cmd/goimports@latest
 RUN if [ "${ARCH}" == "amd64" ]; then \
         curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/golangci-lint/master/install.sh | sh -s v1.51.2; \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9aa8370..c4f766e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ For more info on _Helm Locker_, see the [dedicated README file](README-helm-lock
 
 For more information, see the [Getting Started guide](docs/prometheus-federator/gettingstarted.md).
 
+### Branches and Releases
+This is the current branch strategy for `rancher/backup-restore-operator`, it may change in the future.
+
+| Branch         | Tag      | Rancher                |
+|----------------|----------|------------------------|
+| `main`         | `head`   | `main` branch (`head`) |
+| `release/v0.0` | `v0.x.x` | `v2.9.x`, `v2.8.x`     |
+
+> [!NOTE]
+> We are starting our new Branch strategy officially in 2.10, the prior Rancher versions will receive updates to their new versions once cleared for backporting.
+
+
 ## More Info
 
 Prometheus Federator is an operator (powered by [`rancher/helm-project-operator`](README-helm-project-operator.md) and [`rancher/charts-build-scripts`](README-helm-locker.md)) that manages deploying one or more Project Monitoring Stacks composed of the following set of resources that are scoped to project namespaces:
@@ -54,6 +66,10 @@ For more information, see the [Developing guide](docs/prometheus-federator/devel
 
 ## Versioning and Releasing For Rancher
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> We are starting our new Branch strategy officially in 2.10, the prior Rancher versions will receive updates to their new versions once cleared for backporting.
+> Once we fully adopt this branching and release process, we will remove this note.
+
 While this repository does maintain a standalone Helm repository for vanilla Helm users to consume directly, users of Rancher will see forked versions of these chart releases available on Rancher's Apps & Marketplace; the forked chart releases are maintained in the [`rancher/charts`](https://github.com/rancher/charts) repository on being released from a `dev-vX.X` branch to a `release-vX.X` branch, where `X.X` corresponds to the Rancher `${Major}.${Minor}` version that the users is using (i.e. Rancher `2.7`). 
 
 **The chart in rancher/charts is generally the version that is intended for use in production since that is the chart that will be tested by Rancher's QA team.** Generally, these charts will match stable versions of charts available in this repository, so non-Rancher users **should** be able to safely use those versions in this repository for production use cases (at their own risk).
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7130f8f1..3854395e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module github.com/rancher/prometheus-federator
 
-go 1.22.3
+go 1.22
+
+toolchain go1.22.8
 
 replace (
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.22.3
diff --git a/package/Dockerfile-prometheus-federator b/package/Dockerfile-prometheus-federator
index ba8b2623..2c9dc53f 100644
--- a/package/Dockerfile-prometheus-federator
+++ b/package/Dockerfile-prometheus-federator
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM rancher/mirrored-tonistiigi-xx:1.3.0 AS xx
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM registry.suse.com/bci/golang:1.22 AS helm
 
 # Clone repository once, and reuse it for target archs.
-ARG HELM_VERSION=release-v3.9.0
+ARG HELM_VERSION=v3.13.3-rancher1
 ADD --keep-git-dir=true https://github.com/rancher/helm.git#${HELM_VERSION} /helm
 RUN cd /helm && go mod download
 
diff --git a/pkg/helm-locker/codegen/main.go b/pkg/helm-locker/codegen/main.go
index 84870058..1f5b3e4e 100644
--- a/pkg/helm-locker/codegen/main.go
+++ b/pkg/helm-locker/codegen/main.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	os.Unsetenv("GOPATH")
+	logrus.Info("Generating controller boilerplate")
 	controllergen.Run(args.Options{
 		OutputPackage: "github.com/rancher/prometheus-federator/pkg/helm-locker/generated",
 		Boilerplate:   "gen/boilerplate.go.txt",
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index e907fb55..c4b9a35e 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 module example.com
 
-go 1.22.3
+go 1.22.0
+
+toolchain go1.23.1
 
 require (
 	github.com/caarlos0/env/v11 v11.0.0