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diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/Chart.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29b2f4e514
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+annotations:
+  catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+  catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+  catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+  catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+  catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+  catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+apiVersion: v2
+appVersion: 1.2.0-rc1
+description: GKE Operator CustomResourceDefinitions
+name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+version: 103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/crds.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/crds.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aaa323f363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator-crd/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/crds.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  annotations:
+    helm.sh/resource-policy: keep
+  name: gkeclusterconfigs.gke.cattle.io
+spec:
+  group: gke.cattle.io
+  names:
+    kind: GKEClusterConfig
+    plural: gkeclusterconfigs
+    shortNames:
+    - gkecc
+    singular: gkeclusterconfig
+  preserveUnknownFields: false
+  scope: Namespaced
+  versions:
+  - name: v1
+    schema:
+      openAPIV3Schema:
+        properties:
+          spec:
+            properties:
+              clusterAddons:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  horizontalPodAutoscaling:
+                    type: boolean
+                  httpLoadBalancing:
+                    type: boolean
+                  networkPolicyConfig:
+                    type: boolean
+                type: object
+              clusterIpv4Cidr:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              clusterName:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              description:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              enableKubernetesAlpha:
+                nullable: true
+                type: boolean
+              googleCredentialSecret:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              imported:
+                type: boolean
+              ipAllocationPolicy:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  clusterIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  clusterSecondaryRangeName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  createSubnetwork:
+                    type: boolean
+                  nodeIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  servicesIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  servicesSecondaryRangeName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  subnetworkName:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                  useIpAliases:
+                    type: boolean
+                type: object
+              kubernetesVersion:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              labels:
+                additionalProperties:
+                  nullable: true
+                  type: string
+                nullable: true
+                type: object
+              locations:
+                items:
+                  nullable: true
+                  type: string
+                nullable: true
+                type: array
+              loggingService:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              maintenanceWindow:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              masterAuthorizedNetworks:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  cidrBlocks:
+                    items:
+                      properties:
+                        cidrBlock:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        displayName:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                      type: object
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: array
+                  enabled:
+                    type: boolean
+                type: object
+              monitoringService:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              network:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              networkPolicyEnabled:
+                nullable: true
+                type: boolean
+              nodePools:
+                items:
+                  properties:
+                    autoscaling:
+                      nullable: true
+                      properties:
+                        enabled:
+                          type: boolean
+                        maxNodeCount:
+                          type: integer
+                        minNodeCount:
+                          type: integer
+                      type: object
+                    config:
+                      nullable: true
+                      properties:
+                        diskSizeGb:
+                          type: integer
+                        diskType:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        imageType:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        labels:
+                          additionalProperties:
+                            nullable: true
+                            type: string
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: object
+                        localSsdCount:
+                          type: integer
+                        machineType:
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: string
+                        oauthScopes:
+                          items:
+                            nullable: true
+                            type: string
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: array
+                        preemptible:
+                          type: boolean
+                        tags:
+                          items:
+                            nullable: true
+                            type: string
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: array
+                        taints:
+                          items:
+                            properties:
+                              effect:
+                                nullable: true
+                                type: string
+                              key:
+                                nullable: true
+                                type: string
+                              value:
+                                nullable: true
+                                type: string
+                            type: object
+                          nullable: true
+                          type: array
+                      type: object
+                    initialNodeCount:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: integer
+                    management:
+                      nullable: true
+                      properties:
+                        autoRepair:
+                          type: boolean
+                        autoUpgrade:
+                          type: boolean
+                      type: object
+                    maxPodsConstraint:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: integer
+                    name:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: string
+                    version:
+                      nullable: true
+                      type: string
+                  type: object
+                nullable: true
+                type: array
+              privateClusterConfig:
+                nullable: true
+                properties:
+                  enablePrivateEndpoint:
+                    type: boolean
+                  enablePrivateNodes:
+                    type: boolean
+                  masterIpv4CidrBlock:
+                    nullable: true
+                    type: string
+                type: object
+              projectID:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              region:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              subnetwork:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              zone:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+            type: object
+          status:
+            properties:
+              failureMessage:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+              phase:
+                nullable: true
+                type: string
+            type: object
+        type: object
+    served: true
+    storage: true
+    subresources:
+      status: {}
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/Chart.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71a45f6715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+annotations:
+  catalog.cattle.io/auto-install: rancher-gke-operator-crd=match
+  catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+  catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.20.0-0 < 1.28.0-0'
+  catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+  catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+  catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+  catalog.cattle.io/provides-gvr: gkeclusterconfigs.gke.cattle.io/v1
+  catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.8.0-0 < 2.9.0-0'
+  catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator
+  catalog.cattle.io/scope: management
+apiVersion: v2
+appVersion: 1.2.0-rc1
+description: A Helm chart for provisioning GKE clusters
+home: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+name: rancher-gke-operator
+sources:
+- https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+version: 103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..238173d1bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+You have deployed the Rancher GKE operator
+Version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion }}
+Description: This operator provisions GKE clusters
+from GKEClusterConfig CRs.
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..de3b332f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{{/* vim: set filetype=mustache: */}}
+
+{{- define "system_default_registry" -}}
+{{- if .Values.global.cattle.systemDefaultRegistry -}}
+{{- printf "%s/" .Values.global.cattle.systemDefaultRegistry -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- "" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Windows cluster will add default taint for linux nodes,
+add below linux tolerations to workloads could be scheduled to those linux nodes
+*/}}
+{{- define "linux-node-tolerations" -}}
+- key: "cattle.io/os"
+  value: "linux"
+  effect: "NoSchedule"
+  operator: "Equal"
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{- define "linux-node-selector" -}}
+kubernetes.io/os: linux
+{{- end -}}
+
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/clusterrole.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c352696ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+kind: ClusterRole
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: gke-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
+rules:
+  - apiGroups: ['']
+    resources: ['secrets']
+    verbs: ['get', 'list', 'create', 'watch']
+  - apiGroups: ['gke.cattle.io']
+    resources: ['gkeclusterconfigs']
+    verbs: ['get', 'list', 'update', 'watch']
+  - apiGroups: ['gke.cattle.io']
+    resources: ['gkeclusterconfigs/status']
+    verbs: ['update']
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2af390c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
+kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+metadata:
+  name:  gke-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
+roleRef:
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
+  kind: ClusterRole
+  name: gke-operator
+subjects:
+- kind: ServiceAccount
+  name: gke-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dbf549903a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: gke-config-operator
+  namespace: cattle-system
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      ke.cattle.io/operator: gke
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        ke.cattle.io/operator: gke
+    spec:
+      nodeSelector: {{ include "linux-node-selector" . | nindent 8 }}
+{{- if .Values.nodeSelector }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.nodeSelector | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
+      tolerations: {{ include "linux-node-tolerations" . | nindent 8 }}
+{{- if .Values.tolerations }}
+{{ toYaml .Values.tolerations | indent 8 }}
+{{- end }}
+      serviceAccountName: gke-operator
+      {{- if .Values.priorityClassName }}
+      priorityClassName: "{{.Values.priorityClassName}}"
+      {{- end }}
+      securityContext:
+        fsGroup: 1007
+        runAsUser: 1007
+      containers:
+      - name: rancher-gke-operator
+        image: {{ template "system_default_registry" . }}{{ .Values.gkeOperator.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.gkeOperator.image.tag }}
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+        env:
+        - name: HTTP_PROXY
+          value: {{ .Values.httpProxy }}
+        - name: HTTPS_PROXY
+          value: {{ .Values.httpsProxy }}
+        - name: NO_PROXY
+          value: {{ .Values.noProxy }}
+{{- if .Values.additionalTrustedCAs }}
+        # gke-operator mounts the additional CAs in two places:
+        volumeMounts:
+            # This directory is owned by the gke-operator user so c_rehash works here.
+          - mountPath: /etc/rancher/ssl/ca-additional.pem
+            name: tls-ca-additional-volume
+            subPath: ca-additional.pem
+            readOnly: true
+            # This directory is root-owned so c_rehash doesn't work here,
+            # but the cert is here in case update-ca-certificates is called in the future or by the OS.
+          - mountPath: /etc/pki/trust/anchors/ca-additional.pem
+            name: tls-ca-additional-volume
+            subPath: ca-additional.pem
+            readOnly: true
+      volumes:
+        - name: tls-ca-additional-volume
+          secret:
+            defaultMode: 0400
+            secretName: tls-ca-additional
+  {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba52af6280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  namespace: cattle-system
+  name: gke-operator
diff --git a/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/values.yaml b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79ee421409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/rancher-gke-operator/103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+global:
+  cattle:
+    systemDefaultRegistry: ""
+
+gkeOperator:
+  image:
+    repository: rancher/gke-operator
+    tag: v1.2.0-rc1
+
+httpProxy: ""
+httpsProxy: ""
+noProxy: ""
+additionalTrustedCAs: false
+## Node labels for pod assignment
+## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
+##
+nodeSelector: {}
+## List of node taints to tolerate (requires Kubernetes >= 1.6)
+tolerations: []
+
+## PriorityClassName assigned to deployment.
+priorityClassName: ""
diff --git a/index.yaml b/index.yaml
index f37d7d0143..fa784ce25e 100755
--- a/index.yaml
+++ b/index.yaml
@@ -8248,6 +8248,30 @@ entries:
     - assets/rancher-gatekeeper-crd/rancher-gatekeeper-crd-3.1.100.tgz
     version: 3.1.100
   rancher-gke-operator:
+  - annotations:
+      catalog.cattle.io/auto-install: rancher-gke-operator-crd=match
+      catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+      catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+      catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.20.0-0 < 1.28.0-0'
+      catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+      catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+      catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+      catalog.cattle.io/provides-gvr: gkeclusterconfigs.gke.cattle.io/v1
+      catalog.cattle.io/rancher-version: '>= 2.8.0-0 < 2.9.0-0'
+      catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator
+      catalog.cattle.io/scope: management
+    apiVersion: v2
+    appVersion: 1.2.0-rc1
+    created: "2023-08-21T18:18:20.261514015+02:00"
+    description: A Helm chart for provisioning GKE clusters
+    digest: 9d5435e630fbe6644bc296bcb6bf643f2bedad48324cbd0120b101ab4d878632
+    home: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+    name: rancher-gke-operator
+    sources:
+    - https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator
+    urls:
+    - assets/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1.tgz
+    version: 103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1
   - annotations:
       catalog.cattle.io/auto-install: rancher-gke-operator-crd=match
       catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
@@ -8391,6 +8415,22 @@ entries:
     - assets/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-100.0.0+up1.1.1.tgz
     version: 100.0.0+up1.1.1
   rancher-gke-operator-crd:
+  - annotations:
+      catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
+      catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
+      catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
+      catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
+      catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
+      catalog.cattle.io/release-name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+    apiVersion: v2
+    appVersion: 1.2.0-rc1
+    created: "2023-08-21T18:18:21.844922109+02:00"
+    description: GKE Operator CustomResourceDefinitions
+    digest: f3349f7fed0bed3f7af97c8ee5129297ff61fc46b96857fc655548c172148646
+    name: rancher-gke-operator-crd
+    urls:
+    - assets/rancher-gke-operator-crd/rancher-gke-operator-crd-103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1.tgz
+    version: 103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1
   - annotations:
       catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
       catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
diff --git a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml
index ef67018681..3290a73b5f 100644
--- a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml
+++ b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator-crd/package.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.1.5/rancher-gke-operator-crd-1.1.5.tgz
-version: 103.0.0
-doNotRelease: true
\ No newline at end of file
+url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.2.0-rc1/rancher-gke-operator-crd-1.2.0-rc1.tgz
+version: 103.0.1
diff --git a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch
index a01adaa013..fa4f70a837 100644
--- a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch
+++ b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/generated-changes/patch/Chart.yaml.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    catalog.cattle.io/certified: rancher
    catalog.cattle.io/hidden: "true"
 -  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.18.0-0'
-+  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.20.0-0 < 1.27.0-0'
++  catalog.cattle.io/kube-version: '>= 1.20.0-0 < 1.28.0-0'
    catalog.cattle.io/namespace: cattle-system
    catalog.cattle.io/os: linux
    catalog.cattle.io/permits-os: linux,windows
diff --git a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml
index 3541aa45a2..2c31c4d44c 100644
--- a/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml
+++ b/packages/rancher-gke-operator/rancher-gke-operator/package.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.1.5/rancher-gke-operator-1.1.5.tgz
-version: 103.0.0
-doNotRelease: true
\ No newline at end of file
+url: https://github.com/rancher/gke-operator/releases/download/v1.2.0-rc1/rancher-gke-operator-1.2.0-rc1.tgz
+version: 103.0.1
diff --git a/release.yaml b/release.yaml
index c181497f35..e4c515fd71 100644
--- a/release.yaml
+++ b/release.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ rancher-aks-operator:
 - 103.0.0+up1.2.0-rc1
 rancher-aks-operator-crd:
 - 103.0.0+up1.2.0-rc1
+rancher-gke-operator:
+- 103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1
+rancher-gke-operator-crd:
+- 103.0.1+up1.2.0-rc1