diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.lock b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.lock
index 9708ef3d0..ff686a80f 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.lock
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.lock
@@ -31,6 +31,6 @@ dependencies:
   version: 0.5.12
 - name: beyla
   repository: https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
-  version: 1.5.0
-digest: sha256:82ac03bb41bb8fd3b8257244485571cf02cff35b7e73c1dfcb023a8ad93b5c06
-generated: "2025-01-14T00:22:42.254579466Z"
+  version: 1.6.1
+digest: sha256:f6022eedb42cdffc980b99d73764916975d52583c1883ad7d75cdecef1f52556
+generated: "2025-01-14T00:24:19.40856936Z"
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.yaml
index 41d6b524d..5bc9e79f9 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/Chart.yaml
@@ -58,6 +58,6 @@ dependencies:
     repository: https://sustainable-computing-io.github.io/kepler-helm-chart
     condition: kepler.enabled
   - name: beyla
-    version: 1.5.0
+    version: 1.6.1
     repository: https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts
     condition: beyla.enabled
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/README.md b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/README.md
index c92b47cb6..698985011 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/README.md
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/README.md
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ The Prometheus and Loki services may be hosted on the same cluster, or remotely
 | https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts | alloy-events(alloy) | 0.10.1 |
 | https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts | alloy-logs(alloy) | 0.10.1 |
 | https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts | alloy-profiles(alloy) | 0.10.1 |
-| https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts | beyla | 1.5.0 |
+| https://grafana.github.io/helm-charts | beyla | 1.6.1 |
 | https://opencost.github.io/opencost-helm-chart | opencost | 1.43.0 |
 | https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts | kube-state-metrics | 5.28.0 |
 | https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts | prometheus-node-exporter | 4.43.1 |
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/charts/beyla-1.5.0.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/charts/beyla-1.5.0.tgz
deleted file mode 100644
index 526b2f347..000000000
Binary files a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/charts/beyla-1.5.0.tgz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/charts/beyla-1.6.1.tgz b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/charts/beyla-1.6.1.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7d0e7862
Binary files /dev/null and b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/charts/beyla-1.6.1.tgz differ
diff --git a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/docs/examples/beyla/output.yaml b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/docs/examples/beyla/output.yaml
index c7bdb2f5a..aabc611d7 100644
--- a/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/docs/examples/beyla/output.yaml
+++ b/charts/k8s-monitoring-v1/docs/examples/beyla/output.yaml
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ metadata:
   name: k8smon-beyla
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.5.0
+    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.6.1
     app.kubernetes.io/name: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.7"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
@@ -1365,10 +1365,10 @@ metadata:
   name: k8smon-beyla
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.5.0
+    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.6.1
     app.kubernetes.io/name: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.7"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/component: config
@@ -67601,10 +67601,10 @@ kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   name: k8smon-beyla
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.5.0
+    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.6.1
     app.kubernetes.io/name: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.7"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
@@ -67934,10 +67934,10 @@ kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: k8smon-beyla
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.5.0
+    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.6.1
     app.kubernetes.io/name: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.7"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/component: rbac
@@ -68399,10 +68399,10 @@ metadata:
   name: k8smon-beyla
   namespace: default
   labels:
-    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.5.0
+    helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.6.1
     app.kubernetes.io/name: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.0"
+    app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.7"
     app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: beyla
     app.kubernetes.io/component: workload
@@ -68419,10 +68419,10 @@ spec:
         checksum/config: 01ba4719c80b6fe911b091a7c05124b64eeece964e09c058ef8f9805daca546b
         k8s.grafana.com/logs.job: integrations/beyla
       labels:
-        helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.5.0
+        helm.sh/chart: beyla-1.6.1
         app.kubernetes.io/name: beyla
         app.kubernetes.io/instance: k8smon
-        app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.0"
+        app.kubernetes.io/version: "1.9.7"
         app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: Helm
         app.kubernetes.io/part-of: beyla
         app.kubernetes.io/component: workload
@@ -68431,7 +68431,7 @@ spec:
       hostPID: true
       containers:
         - name: beyla
-          image: docker.io/grafana/beyla:1.9.0
+          image: docker.io/grafana/beyla:1.9.7
           imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
           securityContext:
             privileged: true