diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index c4890f9d7..39810cae7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-examples/** linguist-generated=true
-examples/README.md linguist-generated=false
-examples/**/README.md linguist-generated=false
-examples/**/values.yaml linguist-generated=false
+charts/**/docs/examples/** linguist-generated=true
+charts/**/docs/examples/README.md linguist-generated=false
+charts/**/docs/examples/**/README.md linguist-generated=false
+charts/**/docs/examples/**/values.yaml linguist-generated=false
diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-release-v1.yml b/.github/workflows/helm-release-v1.yml
index a6a4dcc7e..62ae45bdd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-release-v1.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-release-v1.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ env:
   CR_INDEX_PATH: "${{ github.workspace }}/.cr-index"
   CR_PACKAGE_PATH: "${{ github.workspace }}/.cr-release-packages"
   CR_TOOL_PATH: "${{ github.workspace }}/.cr-tool"
-  CR_VERSION: "1.5.0"
+  CR_VERSION: "1.6.1"
 jobs:
   setup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cefc54c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+---
+name: Release Helm chart
+# yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  BIN_PATH: bin
+  PACKAGE_PATH: package
+  INDEX_PATH: index
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout grafana/k8s-monitoring-helm
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          path: source
+
+      - name: Checkout grafana/helm-charts
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          repository: grafana/helm-charts
+          path: helm-charts
+          token: "${{ secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Set up Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
+
+      - name: Install CR tool
+        run: |
+          mkdir "${BIN_PATH}"
+          mkdir "${PACKAGE_PATH}"
+          mkdir "${INDEX_PATH}"
+          crVersion=$(gh release list --repo helm/chart-releaser --exclude-pre-releases --json tagName --jq '.[0].tagName' | sed 's/v//')
+          curl -sSLo cr.tar.gz "https://github.com/helm/chart-releaser/releases/download/v${crVersion}/chart-releaser_${crVersion}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
+          tar -xzf cr.tar.gz -C "${BIN_PATH}"
+          rm -f cr.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          cd source
+          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
+          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          cd ../helm-charts
+          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
+          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Parse Chart.yaml
+        id: parse-chart
+        working-directory: source
+        run: |
+          name="$(yq ".name" charts/k8s-monitoring/Chart.yaml)"
+          version="$(yq ".version" charts/k8s-monitoring/Chart.yaml)"
+
+          {
+            echo "description=$(yq ".description" charts/k8s-monitoring/Chart.yaml)"
+            echo "version=${version}"
+            echo "tagVersion=v${version}"
+            echo "packageName=${name}-${version}"
+          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+      - name: Parse version
+        id: parse-version
+        uses: booxmedialtd/ws-action-parse-semver@v1
+        with:
+          input_string: ${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Create Helm package
+        working-directory: source
+        run: |
+          helm repo add grafana https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
+          helm repo add kepler https://sustainable-computing-io.github.io/kepler-helm-chart
+          helm repo add opencost https://opencost.github.io/opencost-helm-chart
+          helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
+          helm package charts/k8s-monitoring --destination "../${PACKAGE_PATH}"
+
+      - name: Create release on grafana/k8s-monitoring-helm
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.tagVersion }}
+          repository: grafana/k8s-monitoring-helm
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.tagVersion }}
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.parse-version.outputs.prerelease != '' }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: ${{ env.PACKAGE_PATH }}/${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.packagename }}.tgz
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+
+      # Note that this creates a release in grafana/helm-charts GitHub Repository with a new tag.
+      # The tag name in grafana/helm-charts is <package>-<version>, while the
+      # tag name for grafana/k8s-monitoring-helm is <version>.
+      - name: Create release on grafana/helm-charts
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.packagename }}
+          repository: grafana/helm-charts
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.packagename }}
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.parse-version.outputs.prerelease != '' }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          body: |
+            ${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.desc }}
+
+            Source commit: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${{ github.sha }}
+
+            Tag on source: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.tagname }}
+          files: ${{ env.PACKAGE_PATH }}/${{ steps.parse-chart.outputs.packagename }}.tgz
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+
+      - name: Update Helm repository index
+        working-directory: helm-charts
+        env:
+          CR_OWNER: grafana
+          CR_GIT_REPO: helm-charts
+          CR_PACKAGE_PATH: ${{ env.PACKAGE_PATH }}
+          CR_SKIP_EXISTING: true
+          CR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          "${BIN_PATH}/cr" index --index-path "${INDEX_PATH}" --push
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/Chart.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/Chart.yaml
index dbfd8f1ac..38e439802 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ type: application
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grafana/grafana/main/public/img/grafana_icon.svg
 sources:
   - https://github.com/grafana/k8s-monitoring-helm/tree/main/charts/k8s-monitoring
-version: 2.0.0-alpha.1
+version: 2.0.0-rc.1
 appVersion: 2.0.0
 maintainers:
   - email: pete.wall@grafana.com
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/README.md b/charts/k8s-monitoring/README.md
index f9437e8ea..c613d6da5 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/README.md
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # k8s-monitoring
 
-![Version: 2.0.0-alpha.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.0.0--alpha.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.0.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.0.0-informational?style=flat-square)
+![Version: 2.0.0-rc.1](https://img.shields.io/badge/Version-2.0.0--rc.1-informational?style=flat-square) ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square) ![AppVersion: 2.0.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/AppVersion-2.0.0-informational?style=flat-square)
 
 Capture all telemetry data from your Kubernetes cluster.
 
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-annotation-autodiscovery-1.0.0.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-annotation-autodiscovery-1.0.0.tgz
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diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-application-observability-1.0.0.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-application-observability-1.0.0.tgz
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diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-integrations-1.0.0.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-integrations-1.0.0.tgz
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diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-pod-logs-1.0.0.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-pod-logs-1.0.0.tgz
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diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-profiling-1.0.0.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-profiling-1.0.0.tgz
index dda58c36a..51c895ad4 100644
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diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-prometheus-operator-objects-1.0.0.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring/charts/k8s-monitoring-feature-prometheus-operator-objects-1.0.0.tgz
index e6cd55c47..827306b24 100644
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diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml
index 99edab395..165a513a9 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/bearer-token/output.yaml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="applicationObservability", protocols="otlpgrpc", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/embedded-secrets/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/embedded-secrets/output.yaml
index 9a3f70e8a..d194febfb 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/embedded-secrets/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/embedded-secrets/output.yaml
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="applicationObservability", protocols="otlpgrpc", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml
index e9198dda9..8d69d1cad 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/external-secrets/output.yaml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="applicationObservability", protocols="otlpgrpc", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/sigv4/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/sigv4/output.yaml
index ad36213cc..e0d660960 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/sigv4/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/auth/sigv4/output.yaml
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/autoscaling/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/autoscaling/output.yaml
index 5b09065af..0b6a02da9 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/autoscaling/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/autoscaling/output.yaml
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/collector-storage/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/collector-storage/output.yaml
index 7f8bf4bb2..9448270e8 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/collector-storage/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/collector-storage/output.yaml
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/extra-rules/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/extra-rules/output.yaml
index 035324457..6b3ae3d9d 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/extra-rules/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/extra-rules/output.yaml
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/default/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/default/output.yaml
index 610b7ad41..aab0aa52e 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/default/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/default/output.yaml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="annotationAutodiscovery", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/prom-annotations/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/prom-annotations/output.yaml
index e631bd882..9ad66ae97 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/prom-annotations/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/annotation-autodiscovery/prom-annotations/output.yaml
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="annotationAutodiscovery", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/applicaiton-observability/default/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/applicaiton-observability/default/output.yaml
index d7fe65a5f..8ffda5c4e 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/applicaiton-observability/default/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/applicaiton-observability/default/output.yaml
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="applicationObservability", protocols="otlpgrpc", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/control-plane-monitoring/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/control-plane-monitoring/output.yaml
index 809bf7880..4f0eb8aba 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/control-plane-monitoring/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/control-plane-monitoring/output.yaml
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="controlPlane,kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/default/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/default/output.yaml
index 11b48db6d..d5c8dc555 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/default/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/cluster-metrics/default/output.yaml
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/alloy/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/alloy/output.yaml
index a11870c3f..73030fba9 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/alloy/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/alloy/output.yaml
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="integrations", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/cert-manager/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/cert-manager/output.yaml
index de5e5721d..b8dad397e 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/cert-manager/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/cert-manager/output.yaml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="integrations", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/etcd/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/etcd/output.yaml
index 606ea2219..b7939c56d 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/etcd/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/integrations/etcd/output.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="integrations", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/prometheus-operator-objects/default/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/prometheus-operator-objects/default/output.yaml
index de8394ac2..56aaf6a27 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/prometheus-operator-objects/default/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/features/prometheus-operator-objects/default/output.yaml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="prometheusOperatorObjects", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/metrics-tuning/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/metrics-tuning/output.yaml
index c272a9a31..993579574 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/metrics-tuning/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/metrics-tuning/output.yaml
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="annotationAutodiscovery", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/azure-aks/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/azure-aks/output.yaml
index 07cb3f321..7ab34a4c2 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/azure-aks/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/azure-aks/output.yaml
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/eks-fargate/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/eks-fargate/output.yaml
index 06ffdfe60..27ecd5901 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/eks-fargate/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/eks-fargate/output.yaml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/gke-autopilot/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/gke-autopilot/output.yaml
index 338aeea15..8177d7cbe 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/gke-autopilot/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/gke-autopilot/output.yaml
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/openshift/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/openshift/output.yaml
index cf4588ec6..c2a1a5a54 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/openshift/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/platforms/openshift/output.yaml
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform="openshift"} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform="openshift"} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter,kepler", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter,kepler", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/output.yaml
index bc58c1a06..581bae021 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/private-image-registries/output.yaml
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{deployments="kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", feature="clusterMetrics", sources="kubelet,kubeletResource,cadvisor,kube-state-metrics,node-exporter,windows-exporter", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/proxies/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/proxies/output.yaml
index 1b4c8d48e..d9892d5a2 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/proxies/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/proxies/output.yaml
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ data:
   self-reporting-metric.prom: |
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info A metric to report the version of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info gauge
-    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-alpha.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
+    grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_build_info{version="2.0.0-rc.1", namespace="default", platform=""} 1
     # HELP grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info A metric to report the enabled features of the Kubernetes Monitoring Helm chart
     # TYPE grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info gauge
     grafana_kubernetes_monitoring_feature_info{feature="applicationObservability", protocols="otlpgrpc", version="1.0.0"} 1
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/README.md b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/README.md
index bb533ddfd..38056c78e 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/README.md
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ## Values
 
 ```yaml
+---
 cluster:
   name: remote-config-example-cluster
 
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/values.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/values.yaml
index 326a8b4f2..2b56be0b0 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring/docs/examples/remote-config/values.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+---
 cluster:
   name: remote-config-example-cluster