diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
index f951f1d..bd6d50d 100755
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ack_generate_info:
-  build_date: "2025-02-17T21:07:14Z"
-  build_hash: 11e0a33c63d0cfcd43042d8f8d07466fc1814135
-  go_version: go1.24.0
-  version: v0.42.0-2-g11e0a33
+  build_date: "2025-02-18T00:59:10Z"
+  build_hash: 66c0f840b0bcf6f552be46cf5ee0fb95ad57053e
+  go_version: go1.23.6
+  version: v0.43.0
 api_directory_checksum: 12d59cc27a5fc11bf285d7735d81240e980b1046
 api_version: v1alpha1
 aws_sdk_go_version: v1.32.6
diff --git a/config/controller/kustomization.yaml b/config/controller/kustomization.yaml
index 08d0388..d6ff376 100644
--- a/config/controller/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/controller/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 images:
 - name: controller
   newName: public.ecr.aws/aws-controllers-k8s/s3-controller
-  newTag: 1.0.22
+  newTag: 1.0.23
diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
index fa8a459..becb130 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: s3-chart
 description: A Helm chart for the ACK service controller for Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
-version: 1.0.22
-appVersion: 1.0.22
+version: 1.0.23
+appVersion: 1.0.23
 home: https://github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/s3-controller
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aws/eks-charts/master/docs/logo/aws.png
 sources:
diff --git a/helm/templates/NOTES.txt b/helm/templates/NOTES.txt
index d3f52a4..fa27022 100644
--- a/helm/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/helm/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {{ .Chart.Name }} has been installed.
-This chart deploys "public.ecr.aws/aws-controllers-k8s/s3-controller:1.0.22".
+This chart deploys "public.ecr.aws/aws-controllers-k8s/s3-controller:1.0.23".
 
 Check its status by running:
   kubectl --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} get pods -l "app.kubernetes.io/instance={{ .Release.Name }}"
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index c4f7748..1bc45de 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 image:
   repository: public.ecr.aws/aws-controllers-k8s/s3-controller
-  tag: 1.0.22
+  tag: 1.0.23
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   pullSecrets: []
 
diff --git a/pkg/resource/bucket/manager.go b/pkg/resource/bucket/manager.go
index 0b8d879..088dfcf 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/bucket/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/bucket/manager.go
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func (rm *resourceManager) FilterSystemTags(res acktypes.AWSResource) {
 	}
 	existingTags = r.ko.Spec.Tagging.TagSet
 	resourceTags := ToACKTags(existingTags)
-	ignoreAWSTags(resourceTags)
+	ignoreSystemTags(resourceTags)
 	r.ko.Spec.Tagging = &svcapitypes.Tagging{}
 	r.ko.Spec.Tagging.TagSet = FromACKTags(resourceTags)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/resource/bucket/tags.go b/pkg/resource/bucket/tags.go
index f384f17..c74b386 100644
--- a/pkg/resource/bucket/tags.go
+++ b/pkg/resource/bucket/tags.go
@@ -66,12 +66,11 @@ func FromACKTags(tags acktags.Tags) []*svcapitypes.Tag {
 	return result
 }
 
-// ignoreAWSTags ignores tags that have keys that start with "aws:"
-// is needed to ensure the controller does not attempt to remove
-// tags set by AWS
+// ignoreSystemTags ignores tags that have keys that start with "aws:"
+// and ACKSystemTags, to avoid patching them to the resourceSpec.
 // Eg. resources created with cloudformation have tags that cannot be
 // removed by an ACK controller
-func ignoreAWSTags(tags acktags.Tags) {
+func ignoreSystemTags(tags acktags.Tags) {
 	for k := range tags {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(k, "aws:") ||
 			slices.Contains(ACKSystemTags, k) {