diff --git a/licenses.d2iq.yaml b/licenses.d2iq.yaml
index 9dfa2c560..a9a0580f9 100644
--- a/licenses.d2iq.yaml
+++ b/licenses.d2iq.yaml
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ resources:
       - license_path: LICENSE
         ref: ${image_tag}
         url: https://github.com/kiali/kiali-operator
-  - container_image: quay.io/kiali/kiali:v1.87.0-distro
+  - container_image: quay.io/kiali/kiali:v1.88.0-distro
     sources:
       - license_path: LICENSE
         ref: ${image_tag%-distro}
diff --git a/services/kiali/1.88.0/defaults/cm.yaml b/services/kiali/1.88.0/defaults/cm.yaml
index 4363b6140..98287fdcb 100644
--- a/services/kiali/1.88.0/defaults/cm.yaml
+++ b/services/kiali/1.88.0/defaults/cm.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ metadata:
 data:
   values.yaml: |
     priorityClassName: dkp-high-priority
+    allowAdHocKialiImage: true
     cr:
       create: true
       namespace: ${releaseNamespace}
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ data:
             use_grpc: true
         deployment:
           priority_class_name: dkp-high-priority
+          image_version: v1.88.0-distro
           accessible_namespaces:
           - '**'
           ingress:
diff --git a/services/kiali/1.88.0/extra-images.txt b/services/kiali/1.88.0/extra-images.txt
index b54aa803c..50716194b 100644
--- a/services/kiali/1.88.0/extra-images.txt
+++ b/services/kiali/1.88.0/extra-images.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-quay.io/kiali/kiali:v1.87.0-distro
+quay.io/kiali/kiali:v1.88.0-distro
diff --git a/services/kiali/1.88.0/kiali.yaml b/services/kiali/1.88.0/kiali.yaml
index abf0745e8..738f4d2a0 100644
--- a/services/kiali/1.88.0/kiali.yaml
+++ b/services/kiali/1.88.0/kiali.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ data:
   dashboardLink: "/dkp/kiali"
   docsLink: "https://istio.io/docs/tasks/telemetry/kiali/"
   # Chart version matches app version
-  version: "1.87.0"
+  version: "1.88.0"
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole