diff --git a/.version b/.version
index 158c747..7bc1c40 100644
--- a/.version
+++ b/.version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.9.5
+1.9.6
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8cdc6f1..01a01fe 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+
+## [1.9.6] - 2021-08-03
+
+### Added
+
+- Added special priority for BSS pods.
+
 ## [1.9.5] - 2021-07-27
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/Chart.yaml b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/Chart.yaml
index 664d683..f9744b3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/Chart.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ apiVersion: v1
 description: "Kubernetes resources for cray-hms-bss"
 name: "cray-hms-bss"
 home: "HMS/hms-bss"
-version: 1.9.5
+version: 1.9.6
diff --git a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.lock b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.lock
index f6f8f03..544b5bf 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.lock
+++ b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: cray-service
-  repository: http://helmrepo.dev.cray.com:8080
-  version: 1.11.2-20200814124600+4f580e2
-digest: sha256:2752b2d1b42bdefc9df970df3dc2479d4e4ca55f11fb40b761b1afe25e7e308c
-generated: "2020-08-18T09:53:11.851087-05:00"
+  repository: https://artifactory.algol60.net/artifactory/csm-helm-charts
+  version: 2.8.0
+digest: sha256:f4f2b37a8d941f327fa470a3264c10e48f67914c7d490b2cdc4faf208ff8e37a
+generated: "2021-08-03T15:25:59.222855066-05:00"
diff --git a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.yaml b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.yaml
index 4a390a8..1eb86c7 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/requirements.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
 dependencies:
 - name: cray-service
-  version: "~2.0.1-0"
-  repository: "@cray-internal"
+  version: "~2.8.0-0"
+  repository: "@cray-algol60"
diff --git a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/values.yaml b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/values.yaml
index fb6c7e2..326aa91 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cray-hms-bss/values.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ cray-service:
   type: "Deployment"
   nameOverride: "cray-bss"
   fullnameOverride: "cray-bss"
+  priorityClassName: csm-high-priority-service
   replicaCount: 3
   etcdCluster:
     enabled: true