diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dba5349fec57c118ffe8f97a2a9cd0322b5a8084..47c6823c3f5be1a23cd9458b754306d15d11d13c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ variables:
   CONTAINER_GALAXY_URL: "${NDIP_DOCKER_REPOSITORY}/${CI_PROJECT_PATH}"
   CONTAINER_GALAXY_BASE_URL: "${CONTAINER_GALAXY_URL}/base"
   CONTAINER_GALAXY_COMMIT_URL: "${CONTAINER_GALAXY_URL}/commit"
-  GALAXY_VERSION_PYTHON: 24.2.dev5+ornl
-  GALAXY_VERSION_DOCKER: 24.2.dev5.ornl
+  GALAXY_VERSION_PYTHON: 24.2.dev6+ornl
+  GALAXY_VERSION_DOCKER: 24.2.dev6.ornl
 
 # This import is for the func_rse_docker_* functions
 before_script:
diff --git a/client/src/components/Masthead/Masthead.vue b/client/src/components/Masthead/Masthead.vue
index 32a0814bb2d42a1ef7926a9b17d4514e0ae96cef..1f958482b9631b6f64ef71f3be55c56a9fddcc04 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Masthead/Masthead.vue
+++ b/client/src/components/Masthead/Masthead.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { BNavbar, BNavbarBrand, BNavbarNav } from "bootstrap-vue";
 import { storeToRefs } from "pinia";
 import { userLogout } from "utils/logout";
 import { withPrefix } from "utils/redirect";
-import { onMounted, ref } from "vue";
+import { computed, onMounted, ref } from "vue";
 import { useRouter } from "vue-router/composables";
 
 import { useConfig } from "@/composables/config";
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ const props = defineProps({
 const extensionTabs = ref([]);
 const windowToggle = ref(false);
 
+const novaUrl = computed(() => {
+    if (isConfigLoaded.value) {
+        return config.value.dashboard_url;
+    }
+
+    return "";
+});
+
 function openUrl(url, target = null) {
     if (!target) {
         router.push(url);
@@ -94,6 +102,12 @@ onMounted(() => {
             </span>
         </BNavbarNav>
         <BNavbarNav v-if="isConfigLoaded" class="mr-1">
+            <li v-if="novaUrl" class="cursor-pointer justify-content-center mx-2">
+                <a class="text-white" :href="novaUrl" target="_blank">
+                    <img :src="withPrefix('/static/nova_square.png')" alt="NOVA Square Logo" class="mr-1" width="24" />
+                    NOVA Dashboard
+                </a>
+            </li>
             <MastheadItem
                 v-if="windowTab"
                 :id="windowTab.id"
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
index 9b88819707573067067d5f75369a37cabacb59d5..3879343a8bcc910c55c805f1f0cbac829e088ad9 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
@@ -1399,6 +1399,10 @@ galaxy:
   # change the default logo including the galaxy brand title.
   #display_galaxy_brand: true
 
+  # Add a link to the dashboard for managing interactive tools to the
+  # masthead.
+  #dashboard_url: ''
+
   # Format string used when showing date and time information. The
   # string may contain: - the directives used by Python time.strftime()
   # function (see
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/schemas/config_schema.yml b/lib/galaxy/config/schemas/config_schema.yml
index f1e4016e686a77fae555e55509cf55c3ad47162a..36c912ace6a5b1161ccf8403f366459fbf87b7b5 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/schemas/config_schema.yml
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/schemas/config_schema.yml
@@ -1656,6 +1656,13 @@ mapping:
           URL prefix for Galaxy application. If Galaxy should be served under a prefix set this to
           the desired prefix value.
 
+      dashboard_url:
+        type: str
+        default: ''
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          URL of the dashboard for managing interactive tools.
+
       galaxy_infrastructure_url:
         type: str
         default: http://localhost:8080
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py b/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
index 71060fae8a6a85f32ece9ae587f811c891a58676..d5c8476a00c102a76ecee690b9799716397d93cd 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ class ConfigSerializer(base.ModelSerializer):
             # TODO: this is available from user data, remove
             "is_admin_user": lambda *a, **c: False,
             "brand": _use_config,
+            "dashboard_url": _use_config,
             "logo_url": _use_config,
             "logo_src": _use_config,
             "logo_src_secondary": _use_config,
diff --git a/static/nova_square.png b/static/nova_square.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3fe5b331843558d3ed8762b928db337b67b39ecb
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/nova_square.png differ