diff --git a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
index b7519c74..27ed101e 100755
--- a/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
+++ b/apis/v1alpha1/ack-generate-metadata.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ack_generate_info:
-  build_date: "2025-09-11T20:48:05Z"
-  build_hash: 9e29f017d9e942548af133d2f31aecae248a8816
-  go_version: go1.25.0
-  version: v0.51.0-3-g9e29f01
+  build_date: "2025-09-19T17:24:00Z"
+  build_hash: 6b4211163dcc34776b01da9a18217bac0f4103fd
+  go_version: go1.24.6
+  version: v0.52.0
 api_directory_checksum: b32f97274be98ca3f4cf5cbf559258210c872946
 api_version: v1alpha1
 aws_sdk_go_version: v1.32.6
diff --git a/config/controller/kustomization.yaml b/config/controller/kustomization.yaml
index 59ed70b2..fc8731d6 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/ec2-controller
-  newTag: 1.6.1
+  newTag: 1.6.2
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 964678c5..8f817596 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.0
 toolchain go1.24.1
 
 require (
-	github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.51.0
+	github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.52.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.35.0
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 v1.202.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 568e13d9..c83ba8ce 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.51.0 h1:ZKu1DXPG7+CsvbEPLMCGqWFdfK37kSbceLzYf9lRZbw=
-github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.51.0/go.mod h1:OkUJN+Ds799JLYZsMJrO2vDJ4snxUeHK2MgrQHbU+Qc=
+github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.52.0 h1:Q5UIAn6SSBr60t/DiU/zr6NLBlUuK2AG3yy2ma/9gDU=
+github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/runtime v0.52.0/go.mod h1:OkUJN+Ds799JLYZsMJrO2vDJ4snxUeHK2MgrQHbU+Qc=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.0 h1:g9BkW1fo9GqKfwg2+zCD+TW/D36Ux+vtfJ8guF4AYmY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.49.0/go.mod h1:LF8svs817+Nz+DmiMQKTO3ubZ/6IaTpq3TjupRn3Eqk=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2 v1.35.0 h1:jTPxEJyzjSuuz0wB+302hr8Eu9KUI+Zv8zlujMGJpVI=
diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
index 8a1929b0..4060ce4f 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 name: ec2-chart
 description: A Helm chart for the ACK service controller for Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)
-version: 1.6.1
-appVersion: 1.6.1
+version: 1.6.2
+appVersion: 1.6.2
 home: https://github.com/aws-controllers-k8s/ec2-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 6d2d19e0..6fb49c11 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/ec2-controller:1.6.1".
+This chart deploys "public.ecr.aws/aws-controllers-k8s/ec2-controller:1.6.2".
 
 Check its status by running:
   kubectl --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} get pods -l "app.kubernetes.io/instance={{ .Release.Name }}"
diff --git a/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
index cd64ee2b..e09b4995 100644
--- a/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ spec:
         - --feature-gates
         - "$(FEATURE_GATES)"
 {{- end }}
+        - --enable-carm={{ .Values.enableCARM }}
         image: {{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}
         imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
         name: controller
diff --git a/helm/values.schema.json b/helm/values.schema.json
index e656c749..c3f56a0c 100644
--- a/helm/values.schema.json
+++ b/helm/values.schema.json
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@
       },
       "type": "object"
     },
+    "enableCARM": {
+      "description": "Parameter to enable or disable cross account resource management.",
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": true
+   },
     "serviceAccount": {
       "description": "ServiceAccount settings",
       "properties": {
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index bb380b5b..ca12f540 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 image:
   repository: public.ecr.aws/aws-controllers-k8s/ec2-controller
-  tag: 1.6.1
+  tag: 1.6.2
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
   pullSecrets: []
 
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ leaderElection:
   # pod.
   namespace: ""
 
+# Enable Cross Account Resource Management (default = true). Set this to false to disable cross account resource management.
+enableCARM: true
+
 # Configuration for feature gates.  These are optional controller features that
 # can be individually enabled ("true") or disabled ("false") by adding key/value
 # pairs below.