diff --git a/charts/cloudflared/Chart.yaml b/charts/cloudflared/Chart.yaml
index ecbb575..10667c7 100644
--- a/charts/cloudflared/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/cloudflared/Chart.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ maintainers:
   - name: kubitodev
     url: https://kubito.dev
 apiVersion: v2
-appVersion: 2026.3.0
-version: 1.7.9
+appVersion: 2026.9.3
+version: 1.8.0
 description: Kubito Cloudflared (Argo Tunnel) Helm Chart
 home: https://github.com/kubitodev/helm/tree/main/charts/cloudflared
 icon: https://kubito.dev/images/kubito.svg
diff --git a/charts/cloudflared/README.md b/charts/cloudflared/README.md
index 0b614c2..d787e88 100644
--- a/charts/cloudflared/README.md
+++ b/charts/cloudflared/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ The command removes all the Kubernetes components associated with the chart and
 | `livenessProbe`                                 | Liveness probe configuration. Leave empty to disable. Requires metrics.enabled=true for a listening port.                                     | `{}`    |
 | `readinessProbe`                                | Readiness probe configuration. Leave empty to disable. Requires metrics.enabled=true for a listening port.                                    | `{}`    |
 | `logLevel`                                      | The log level to use for the tunnel.                                                                                                          | `info`  |
+| `protocol`                                      | The protocol used to establish a connection between cloudflared and the Cloudflare global network.                                            | `auto`  |
 | `priorityClassName`                             | The priority class name to use for the tunnel.                                                                                                | `""`    |
 | `metrics.enabled`                               | Enable metrics for prometheus monitoring. The crd monitoring.coreos.com/v1 must be already installed on the target.                           | `false` |
 | `metrics.port`                                  | The port to use for metrics.                                                                                                                  | `""`    |
diff --git a/charts/cloudflared/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/cloudflared/templates/deployment.yaml
index bfadc0e..d550193 100644
--- a/charts/cloudflared/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/cloudflared/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ spec:
         - --loglevel
         - {{ .Values.logLevel }}
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if .Values.protocol }}
+        - --protocol
+        - {{ .Values.protocol }}
+        {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.local.enabled }}
         - --config
         - /etc/cloudflared/config.yaml
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ spec:
         - $(CF_MANAGED_TUNNEL_TOKEN)
         {{- end }}
         name: {{ .Release.Name }}
-        image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+        image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.imagePullPolicy }}
         {{- if .Values.managed.enabled }}
         env:
diff --git a/charts/cloudflared/values.yaml b/charts/cloudflared/values.yaml
index f0590fb..b2b0746 100644
--- a/charts/cloudflared/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/cloudflared/values.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@
 ## @param image.imagePullPolicy The logic of image pulling.
 ##
 image:
+  # -- The docker image repository to use
   repository: cloudflare/cloudflared
-  tag: "2026.3.0"
+  # -- Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+  tag: ""
+  # -- This sets the pull policy for images.
   imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 ## @section Deployment parameters
@@ -44,6 +47,9 @@ readinessProbe: {}
 ## @param logLevel The log level to use for the tunnel.
 logLevel: info
 
+## @param protocol The protocol used to establish a connection between cloudflared and the Cloudflare global network. Available values are auto, http2, and quic.
+protocol: auto
+
 ## @param priorityClassName The priority class name to use for the tunnel.
 priorityClassName: ""