diff --git a/docs/overrides.md b/docs/overrides.md
index bd9bf887..5935af92 100644
--- a/docs/overrides.md
+++ b/docs/overrides.md
@@ -130,6 +130,34 @@ The `value` is the value to set at the `path`. Values can be simple values such
               value:
                 customAnnotation: "customValue"
 ```
+If using a variable that has been [exported](../README.md#importingexporting-variables) from another package, that variable can also be used to set a value, using the syntax `${...}`. In the example below the `COLOR` variable is being used to set the `podinfo.ui.color` value.
+```
+kind: UDSBundle
+metadata:
+  name: export-vars
+  description: Example for using an imported variable to set an overrides value
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+packages:
+  - name: output-var
+    repository: localhost:888/output-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    exports:
+      - name: COLOR
+
+  - name: helm-overrides
+    path: "../../packages/helm"
+    ref: 0.0.1
+
+    overrides:
+      podinfo-component:
+        unicorn-podinfo:
+          values:
+            - path: "podinfo.replicaCount"
+              value: 1
+            - path: "podinfo.ui.color"
+              value: ${COLOR}
+```
 
 ### Variables
 Variables are similar to [values](#values) in that they allow users to override values in a Zarf package component's underlying Helm chart; they also share a similar syntax. However, unlike `values`, `variables` can be overridden at deploy time. For example, consider the following `variables`:
diff --git a/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go b/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
index a370f3a8..97274525 100644
--- a/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
+++ b/src/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2"
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ import (
 // ZarfOverrideMap is a map of Zarf packages -> components -> Helm charts -> values
 type ZarfOverrideMap map[string]map[string]map[string]interface{}
 
+// templatedVarRegex is the regex for templated variables
+var templatedVarRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`\${([^}]+)}`)
+
 // Deploy deploys a bundle
 //
 // : create a new provider
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ func deployPackages(packages []types.Package, resume bool, b *Bundle, zarfPackag
 			SetVariables:       pkgVars,
 		}
 
-		valuesOverrides, err := b.loadChartOverrides(pkg)
+		valuesOverrides, err := b.loadChartOverrides(pkg, pkgVars)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -201,6 +205,10 @@ func deployPackages(packages []types.Package, resume bool, b *Bundle, zarfPackag
 		// save exported vars
 		pkgExportedVars := make(map[string]string)
 		for _, exp := range pkg.Exports {
+			// ensure if variable exists in package
+			if _, ok := pkgCfg.SetVariableMap[exp.Name]; !ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("cannot export variable %s because it does not exist in package %s", exp.Name, pkg.Name)
+			}
 			pkgExportedVars[strings.ToUpper(exp.Name)] = pkgCfg.SetVariableMap[exp.Name].Value
 		}
 		bundleExportedVars[pkg.Name] = pkgExportedVars
@@ -281,7 +289,7 @@ func (b *Bundle) confirmBundleDeploy() (confirm bool) {
 }
 
 // loadChartOverrides converts a helm path to a ValuesOverridesMap config for Zarf
-func (b *Bundle) loadChartOverrides(pkg types.Package) (ZarfOverrideMap, error) {
+func (b *Bundle) loadChartOverrides(pkg types.Package, pkgVars map[string]string) (ZarfOverrideMap, error) {
 
 	// Create a nested map to hold the values
 	overrideMap := make(map[string]map[string]*values.Options)
@@ -290,7 +298,7 @@ func (b *Bundle) loadChartOverrides(pkg types.Package) (ZarfOverrideMap, error)
 	for componentName, component := range pkg.Overrides {
 		for chartName, chart := range component {
 			chartCopy := chart // Create a copy of the chart
-			err := b.processOverrideValues(&overrideMap, &chartCopy.Values, componentName, chartName)
+			err := b.processOverrideValues(&overrideMap, &chartCopy.Values, componentName, chartName, pkgVars)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -332,10 +340,10 @@ func (b *Bundle) loadChartOverrides(pkg types.Package) (ZarfOverrideMap, error)
 }
 
 // processOverrideValues processes a bundles values overrides and adds them to the override map
-func (b *Bundle) processOverrideValues(overrideMap *map[string]map[string]*values.Options, values *[]types.BundleChartValue, componentName string, chartName string) error {
+func (b *Bundle) processOverrideValues(overrideMap *map[string]map[string]*values.Options, values *[]types.BundleChartValue, componentName string, chartName string, pkgVars map[string]string) error {
 	for _, v := range *values {
 		// Add the override to the map, or return an error if the path is invalid
-		if err := addOverrideValue(*overrideMap, componentName, chartName, v.Path, v.Value); err != nil {
+		if err := addOverrideValue(*overrideMap, componentName, chartName, v.Path, v.Value, pkgVars); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -350,7 +358,7 @@ func (b *Bundle) processOverrideVariables(overrideMap *map[string]map[string]*va
 		v.Name = strings.ToUpper(v.Name)
 		// check for override in env vars
 		if envVarOverride, exists := os.LookupEnv(strings.ToUpper(config.EnvVarPrefix + v.Name)); exists {
-			if err := addOverrideValue(*overrideMap, componentName, chartName, v.Path, envVarOverride); err != nil {
+			if err := addOverrideValue(*overrideMap, componentName, chartName, v.Path, envVarOverride, nil); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			continue
@@ -373,7 +381,7 @@ func (b *Bundle) processOverrideVariables(overrideMap *map[string]map[string]*va
 		}
 
 		// Add the override to the map, or return an error if the path is invalid
-		if err := addOverrideValue(*overrideMap, componentName, chartName, v.Path, overrideVal); err != nil {
+		if err := addOverrideValue(*overrideMap, componentName, chartName, v.Path, overrideVal, nil); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -382,7 +390,7 @@ func (b *Bundle) processOverrideVariables(overrideMap *map[string]map[string]*va
 }
 
 // addOverrideValue adds a value to a ZarfOverrideMap
-func addOverrideValue(overrides map[string]map[string]*values.Options, component string, chart string, valuePath string, value interface{}) error {
+func addOverrideValue(overrides map[string]map[string]*values.Options, component string, chart string, valuePath string, value interface{}, pkgVars map[string]string) error {
 	// Create the component map if it doesn't exist
 	if _, ok := overrides[component]; !ok {
 		overrides[component] = make(map[string]*values.Options)
@@ -408,6 +416,9 @@ func addOverrideValue(overrides map[string]map[string]*values.Options, component
 		}
 		// use JSONValues because we can easily marshal the YAML to JSON and Helm understands it
 		jsonVals := fmt.Sprintf("%s=[%s]", valuePath, strings.Join(jsonStrs, ","))
+		if pkgVars != nil {
+			jsonVals = setTemplatedVariables(jsonVals, pkgVars)
+		}
 		overrides[component][chart].JSONValues = append(overrides[component][chart].JSONValues, jsonVals)
 	case map[string]interface{}:
 		// handle objects by parsing them as json and appending to Options.JSONValues
@@ -417,11 +428,34 @@ func addOverrideValue(overrides map[string]map[string]*values.Options, component
 		}
 		// use JSONValues because we can easily marshal the YAML to JSON and Helm understands it
 		val := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", valuePath, j)
+		if pkgVars != nil {
+			val = setTemplatedVariables(val, pkgVars)
+		}
 		overrides[component][chart].JSONValues = append(overrides[component][chart].JSONValues, val)
 	default:
+		// Check for any templated variables if pkgVars set
+		if pkgVars != nil {
+			templatedVariable := fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+			value = setTemplatedVariables(templatedVariable, pkgVars)
+		}
 		// handle default case of simple values like strings and numbers
 		helmVal := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%v", valuePath, value)
 		overrides[component][chart].Values = append(overrides[component][chart].Values, helmVal)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// setTemplatedVariables sets the value for the templated variables
+func setTemplatedVariables(templatedVariables string, pkgVars map[string]string) string {
+	// Use ReplaceAllStringFunc to handle all occurrences of templated variables
+	replacedValue := templatedVarRegex.ReplaceAllStringFunc(templatedVariables, func(match string) string {
+		// returns slice with the templated variable and the variable name
+		variableName := templatedVarRegex.FindStringSubmatch(match)[1]
+		// If we have a templated variable, get the value from pkgVars
+		if varValue, ok := pkgVars[variableName]; ok {
+			return varValue
+		}
+		return fmt.Sprintf("${%s_not_found}", variableName)
+	})
+	return replacedValue
+}
diff --git a/src/test/bundles/12-exported-pkg-vars/uds-bundle.yaml b/src/test/bundles/12-exported-pkg-vars/uds-bundle.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b22c7275
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/bundles/12-exported-pkg-vars/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+kind: UDSBundle
+metadata:
+  name: export-vars
+  description: testing a bundle using exported vars from zarf package
+  version: 0.0.1
+
+packages:
+  - name: output-var
+    repository: localhost:888/output-var
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    exports:
+      - name: COLOR
+      - name: ANNOTATION
+      - name: DEFENSE
+      - name: BOOL
+
+  - name: helm-overrides
+    path: "src/test/packages/helm"
+    ref: 0.0.1
+    imports:
+      - name: COLOR
+        package: output-var
+      - name: ANNOTATION
+        package: output-var
+
+    overrides:
+      podinfo-component:
+        unicorn-podinfo:
+          values:
+            - path: "podinfo.replicaCount"
+              value: 1
+            - path: "podinfo.ui.color"
+              value: ${COLOR}
+            - path: podinfo.podAnnotations
+              value:
+                customAnnotation: ${COLOR}${ANNOTATION}
+            - path: "podinfo.tolerations"
+              value:
+                - key: "unicorn"
+                  operator: "Equal"
+                  value: ${DEFENSE}
+                  effect: "NoSchedule"
+                - key: "uds"
+                  operator: "Equal"
+                  value: ${BOOL}
+                  effect: "NoSchedule"
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go b/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
index 1cf9e501..90eb0e1d 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/commands_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func createLocal(t *testing.T, bundlePath string, arch string) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
-func createLocalError(t *testing.T, bundlePath string, arch string) (stderr string) {
+func createLocalError(bundlePath string, arch string) (stderr string) {
 	cmd := strings.Split(fmt.Sprintf("create %s --insecure --confirm -a %s", bundlePath, arch), " ")
 	_, stderr, _ = e2e.UDS(cmd...)
 	return stderr
diff --git a/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go b/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go
index f97b3083..038bb2ed 100644
--- a/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go
+++ b/src/test/e2e/variable_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func TestBundleVariables(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Test with bad variable name in import
 	bundleDir = "src/test/bundles/02-simple-vars/import-all-bad-name"
-	stderr = createLocalError(t, bundleDir, e2e.Arch)
+	stderr = createLocalError(bundleDir, e2e.Arch)
 	require.Contains(t, stderr, "does not have a matching export")
 
 	// Test name collisions with exported variables
@@ -234,3 +234,46 @@ func TestVariablePrecedence(t *testing.T) {
 
 	remove(t, bundlePath)
 }
+
+func TestZarfPackageExportVarsAsGlobalBundleVars(t *testing.T) {
+	deployZarfInit(t)
+	zarfPkgPath1 := "src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var"
+	e2e.CreateZarfPkg(t, zarfPkgPath1, false)
+
+	e2e.SetupDockerRegistry(t, 888)
+	defer e2e.TeardownRegistry(t, 888)
+
+	pkg := filepath.Join(zarfPkgPath1, fmt.Sprintf("zarf-package-output-var-%s-0.0.1.tar.zst", e2e.Arch))
+	zarfPublish(t, pkg, "localhost:888")
+
+	e2e.HelmDepUpdate(t, "src/test/packages/helm/unicorn-podinfo")
+	e2e.CreateZarfPkg(t, "src/test/packages/helm", false)
+	bundleDir := "src/test/bundles/12-exported-pkg-vars"
+	bundlePath := filepath.Join(bundleDir, fmt.Sprintf("uds-bundle-export-vars-%s-0.0.1.tar.zst", e2e.Arch))
+
+	createLocal(t, bundleDir, e2e.Arch)
+	deploy(t, bundlePath)
+
+	// check templated variables overrides in values
+	cmd := strings.Split("zarf tools kubectl get deploy -n podinfo unicorn-podinfo -o=jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[?(@.name==\"PODINFO_UI_COLOR\")].value}'", " ")
+	outputUIColor, _, err := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
+	require.Equal(t, "'orange'", outputUIColor)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// check multiple templated variables as object overrides in values
+	cmd = strings.Split("zarf tools kubectl get deployment -n podinfo unicorn-podinfo -o=jsonpath='{.spec.template.metadata.annotations}'", " ")
+	annotations, _, err := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
+	require.Contains(t, annotations, "\"customAnnotation\":\"orangeAnnotation\"")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// check templated variable list-type overrides in values
+	cmd = strings.Split("zarf tools kubectl get deployment -n podinfo unicorn-podinfo -o=jsonpath='{.spec.template.spec.tolerations}'", " ")
+	tolerations, _, err := e2e.UDS(cmd...)
+	require.Contains(t, tolerations, "\"key\":\"uds\"")
+	require.Contains(t, tolerations, "\"value\":\"true\"")
+	require.Contains(t, tolerations, "\"key\":\"unicorn\"")
+	require.Contains(t, tolerations, "\"value\":\"defense\"")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	remove(t, bundlePath)
+}
diff --git a/src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var/zarf.yaml b/src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var/zarf.yaml
index a958f4fc..a54b3477 100644
--- a/src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var/zarf.yaml
+++ b/src/test/packages/no-cluster/output-var/zarf.yaml
@@ -31,3 +31,15 @@ components:
               echo "shared var in output-var pkg: "${ZARF_VAR_DOMAIN}""
           - cmd: |
               echo "output-var SPECIFIC_PKG_VAR = "${ZARF_VAR_SPECIFIC_PKG_VAR}""
+          - cmd: echo "orange"
+            setVariables:
+              - name: COLOR
+          - cmd: echo "Annotation"
+            setVariables:
+              - name: ANNOTATION
+          - cmd: echo "defense"
+            setVariables:
+              - name: DEFENSE
+          - cmd: echo "true"
+            setVariables:
+              - name: BOOL