diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-consumer-chart-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/bump-consumer-chart-image.yaml
index 6f69da8..b59b930 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-consumer-chart-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-consumer-chart-image.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Bump cdc.image.tag in core-provider-chart
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      # Needed to regenerate the chart's cdc-runtime-template golden (helm template) below.
+      - name: Install Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
+        with:
+          version: v3.19.0
       - name: Open chart image-tag bump PR
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
@@ -39,13 +44,20 @@ jobs:
           # Idempotent in-place set of the pinned CDC image tag.
           yq -i ".cdc.image.tag = \"${TAG}\"" chart/values.yaml
 
+          # The cdc-runtime-template golden snapshots the CDC image tag, so a tag-only bump would
+          # fail the chart's cdc-template check and the PR would be closed unmerged. Regenerate the
+          # golden alongside the bump so the PR lands green and mergeable.
+          if [ -f hack/verify-cdc-template.sh ]; then
+            ./hack/verify-cdc-template.sh --update
+          fi
+
           if git diff --quiet; then
             echo "chart cdc.image.tag already ${TAG} — nothing to do."
             exit 0
           fi
 
           git checkout -b "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || { git push origin --delete "$BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true; git checkout -b "$BRANCH"; }
-          git add chart/values.yaml
+          git add -A
           git commit -m "chore(cdc): bump composition-dynamic-controller image to ${TAG}
 
           Automated by the composition-dynamic-controller release (${TAG}): aligns the chart's
@@ -53,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
           git push origin "$BRANCH"
 
           PR_TITLE="chore(cdc): bump composition-dynamic-controller image to ${TAG}"
-          PR_BODY="Automated on the CDC \`${TAG}\` release: aligns \`cdc.image.tag\` in \`chart/values.yaml\` so the chart deploys the just-released controller."
+          PR_BODY="Automated on the CDC \`${TAG}\` release: aligns \`cdc.image.tag\` in \`chart/values.yaml\` (and refreshes the \`cdc-runtime-template\` golden) so the chart deploys the just-released controller."
           PR_STATE=$(gh pr view "$BRANCH" --repo "$TARGET_REPO" --json state -q .state 2>/dev/null || echo "NONE")
           if [ "$PR_STATE" = "OPEN" ]; then
             echo "PR already open for $BRANCH."