diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6062dca8..b0d1411a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ easy. Contents:
 | --------- | ----------- |
 | ansible | build your own Kubernetes cluster |
 | images | images which are published to Docker Hub |
-| k8s | container resources in kubernetes yaml format |
+| k8s | kubernetes resources and helm charts |
 | lib/build | build makefile and tools |
 | services | non-clustered docker-compose services |
 | ssl | PKI certificate tools (deprecated by k8s) |
@@ -121,4 +121,8 @@ Thank you to the following contributors!
 * [Alberto Galera](https://github.com/agalera)
 * [Andrew Eacott](https://github.com/andreweacott)
 
+### Contributing
+
+If you want to make improvements to this software, see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/instantlinux/docker-tools/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
 Contents created 2017-26 under [Apache 2.0 License](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) by Rich Braun.
diff --git a/ansible/requirements.txt b/ansible/requirements.txt
index b6c16c0f..ec9f69a2 100644
--- a/ansible/requirements.txt
+++ b/ansible/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ansible==12.3.0
 ansible-lint==26.1.1
-pip==25.3
+pip==26.0
diff --git a/images/data-sync/helm/values.yaml b/images/data-sync/helm/values.yaml
index 03395741..773ea154 100644
--- a/images/data-sync/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/images/data-sync/helm/values.yaml
@@ -115,9 +115,8 @@ configmap:
       ignore = Path data-sync/share/artifactory/data/logs/request.log
       ignore = Path data-sync/share/nagios/var/rw
       ignore = Path data-sync/share/openldap/data/lock.mdb
-      ignore = Path data-sync/share/snappymail/data/_data_/_default_/cache
+      ignore = Path data-sync/share/snappymail/data/_default_/cache
       ignore = Path data-sync/dos
-      ignore = Path data-sync/gitlab/data/gitaly
       ignore = Path data-sync/home/*/.kube/cache
       ignore = Path data-sync/jira/home/analytics-logs
       ignore = Path data-sync/jira/home/log/automation-jira-performance.csv
diff --git a/images/mysqldump/README.md b/images/mysqldump/README.md
index 00ed8aac..20542442 100644
--- a/images/mysqldump/README.md
+++ b/images/mysqldump/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ a subdirectory "mysql" in volume "backup".
 ### Usage
 Before running it, grant access to a mysql user thus:
 ~~~
-    mysql> GRANT SELECT,RELOAD,SUPER,REPLICATION CLIENT ON *.* TO
+    mysql> GRANT SELECT,RELOAD,REPLICATION CLIENT ON *.* TO
       '$USER'@'10.%' IDENTIFIED BY '$PSWD';
 ~~~
 Make sure the named volume "backup" exists, and that
diff --git a/k8s/Makefile.versions b/k8s/Makefile.versions
index 08528982..128dfa57 100644
--- a/k8s/Makefile.versions
+++ b/k8s/Makefile.versions
@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
-# Third-party versions - dockerhub
-export VERSION_DASHBOARD     ?= 7.10.0
-export VERSION_NGINX         ?= 1.29.3-alpine
-# deprecated
-export VERSION_LOGSPOUT      ?= v3.2.14
-
-# Third-party versions - other (quay.io, k8s.gcr.io, crunchydata.com)
+# Third-party versions
 export VERSION_CERT_MANAGER   ?= 1.19.2
 export VERSION_DEFAULTBACKEND ?= 1.5
 export VERSION_FLANNEL        ?= 0.28.0
diff --git a/k8s/README.md b/k8s/README.md
index 7b14e621..8087725f 100644
--- a/k8s/README.md
+++ b/k8s/README.md
@@ -373,3 +373,6 @@ notes are as of Jan 2019 on version 1.13.1:
   place what the restore procedure is and where to get the decyption
   codes. The k8s-cplane ansible playbook here should help.
 
+### Contributing
+
+If you want to make improvements to this software, see [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/instantlinux/docker-tools/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
diff --git a/k8s/helm/wordpress/Chart.yaml b/k8s/helm/wordpress/Chart.yaml
index 459ba5e5..e198466f 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/wordpress/Chart.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm/wordpress/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ sources:
 - https://github.com/instantlinux/docker-tools
 - https://build.trac.wordpress.org/browser
 type: application
-version: 0.1.4
-appVersion: "6.1.1-php7.4-apache"
+version: 0.1.5
+appVersion: "6.9.1-php8.4-apache"
 dependencies:
 - name: chartlib
   version: 0.1.8
diff --git a/k8s/helm/wordpress/values.yaml b/k8s/helm/wordpress/values.yaml
index d74b4a64..180d8044 100644
--- a/k8s/helm/wordpress/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/helm/wordpress/values.yaml
@@ -54,9 +54,12 @@ volumeMounts:
 - mountPath: /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/local-php.ini
   name: init
   subPath: local-php.ini
-- mountPath: /var/www/html
+- mountPath: /var/www/html/wp-config.php
   name: share
-  subPath: wordpress/html
+  subPath: wordpress-ci/html/wp-config.php
+- mountPath: /var/www/html/wp-content
+  name: share
+  subPath: wordpress/html/wp-content
 volumes:
 - name: init
   configMap: