diff --git a/.changeset/thick-ideas-cheer.md b/.changeset/thick-ideas-cheer.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52ebd7fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-ideas-cheer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"kubernetes-agent": minor
+---
+
+k8s-monitor (0.31.0) with custom permissions support
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kubernetes-agent-publish-chart.yaml b/.github/workflows/kubernetes-agent-publish-chart.yaml
index 51e09ce0..4f2093d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kubernetes-agent-publish-chart.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kubernetes-agent-publish-chart.yaml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
           chart_version="${{ steps.read_chart_yaml.outputs.version }}"
           pre_release=""
 
-          if [ "${{steps.branch_names.outputs.branch_name}}" != "main" ] && [[ "${{steps.branch_names.outputs.branch_name}}" != "release/kubernetes-agent/v"* ]]
+          if [ "${{github.ref_name}}" != "main" ] && [[ "${{github.ref_name}}" != "release/kubernetes-agent/v"* ]]
           then
               # underscores in branches make for illegal version-string, replace with "-"
               cleansed_branch=`echo ${{steps.branch_names.outputs.branch_name}} | sed s/_/-/g`
diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.lock b/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.lock
index 5a6b1560..5d1d071f 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: kubernetes-monitor-chart
   repository: oci://docker.io/octopusdeploy
-  version: 0.30.0
-digest: sha256:3ec8531d416ef2e0e22b297a386e6395815f8b32151b83dc5cc16a4b15ca0444
-generated: "2026-06-18T17:00:16.671755+03:00"
+  version: 0.31.0
+digest: sha256:6680ecd67d4905b78833f90f6db6f932dbef9f765efbdb3b7d8e56f95ea75ca9
+generated: "2026-06-22T19:34:09.293175+03:00"
diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.yaml b/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.yaml
index 846dfa0b..52535103 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-agent/Chart.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainers:
     url: "https://octopus.com"
 dependencies:
   - name: kubernetes-monitor-chart
-    version: "0.30.0"
+    version: "0.31.0"
     repository: "oci://docker.io/octopusdeploy"
     condition: kubernetesMonitor.enabled
     alias: kubernetesMonitor