diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6285c60..04ee0ac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Change Log (v2.8.1+)
 
+## v4.4.0 [2025-10-24]
+
+__What's New:__
+
+* Added Manager Approval support to `[application_management|secrets_manager|system]`.
+* Added GCP Federation Provider.
+
+__Enhancements:__
+
+* Added `manager_condition` parameter to `[application_management.profiles|secrets_manager|system].policies.build`.
+* Drop `socket` usage to speed up response times in specific scenarios, e.g., Windows DNS in WSL environments.
+
+__Bug Fixes:__
+
+* None
+
+__Dependencies:__
+
+* None
+
+__Other:__
+
+* Test naming convention updates.
+
 ## v4.3.2 [2025-09-04]
 
 __What's New:__
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ec998d8..9da742b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ keywords = ["britive", "cpam", "identity", "jit"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 azure = ["azure-identity"]
+gcp = ["google-auth"]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://www.britive.com"
diff --git a/src/britive/__init__.py b/src/britive/__init__.py
index a36a695..26a6c39 100644
--- a/src/britive/__init__.py
+++ b/src/britive/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '4.3.2'
+__version__ = '4.4.0'
diff --git a/src/britive/application_management/applications.py b/src/britive/application_management/applications.py
index 1c21d70..58571bc 100644
--- a/src/britive/application_management/applications.py
+++ b/src/britive/application_management/applications.py
@@ -147,7 +147,9 @@ def scan(self, application_id: str, org_scan_only: bool = False) -> dict:
         :return: Details of the scan that was initiated.
         """
 
-        return self.britive.application_management.scans.scan(application_id=application_id, org_scan_only=org_scan_only)
+        return self.britive.application_management.scans.scan(
+            application_id=application_id, org_scan_only=org_scan_only
+        )
 
     def delete(self, application_id: str) -> None:
         """
diff --git a/src/britive/application_management/profiles/policies.py b/src/britive/application_management/profiles/policies.py
index 8409519..78c7a6d 100644
--- a/src/britive/application_management/profiles/policies.py
+++ b/src/britive/application_management/profiles/policies.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Literal, Union
 
 
 class Policies:
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
         access_validity_time: int = 120,
         approver_users: list = None,
         approver_tags: list = None,
+        manager_condition: Literal['All', 'Any', 'Manager'] = '',
         access_type: str = 'Allow',
         identifier_type: str = 'name',
         condition_as_dict: bool = False,
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
             If `approval_notification_medium` is set then either `approver_users` or `approver_tags` is required.
         :param approver_tags: Optional list of tag names who are considered approvers.
             If `approval_notification_medium` is set then either `approver_users` or `approver_tags` is required.
+        :param manager_condition: Optional condition to enable requiring user's manager approval. Valid values are
+            `Any` or `All` or `Manager`. `Any` corresponds to manager approval required, `All` corresponds to
+            manager and approver_users/approver_tags approval required, and `Manager` corresponds to just the manager's
+            approval required
         :param access_type: The type of access this policy provides. Valid values are `Allow` and `Deny`. Defaults
             to `Allow`.
         :param identifier_type: Valid values are `id` or `name`. Defaults to `name`. Represents which type of
@@ -105,6 +110,7 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
             access_validity_time=access_validity_time,
             approver_users=approver_users,
             approver_tags=approver_tags,
+            manager_condition=manager_condition,
             access_type=access_type,
             identifier_type=identifier_type,
             condition_as_dict=condition_as_dict,
diff --git a/src/britive/exceptions/__init__.py b/src/britive/exceptions/__init__.py
index 779a2f2..4aa9bc9 100644
--- a/src/britive/exceptions/__init__.py
+++ b/src/britive/exceptions/__init__.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ class MethodNotAllowed(BritiveException):
 class MissingAzureDependency(BritiveException):
     pass
 
+class MissingGcpDependency(BritiveException):
+    pass
 
 class NoSecretsVaultFound(BritiveException):
     pass
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ class NoSecretsVaultFound(BritiveException):
 class NotExecutingInAzureEnvironment(BritiveException):
     pass
 
+class NotExecutingInGcpEnvironment(BritiveException):
+    pass
 
 class NotExecutingInBitbucketEnvironment(BritiveException):
     pass
diff --git a/src/britive/federation_providers/__init__.py b/src/britive/federation_providers/__init__.py
index 1577514..ba95794 100644
--- a/src/britive/federation_providers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/britive/federation_providers/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from .azure_user_assigned_managed_identity import AzureUserAssignedManagedIdentityFederationProvider
 from .bitbucket import BitbucketFederationProvider
 from .federation_provider import FederationProvider
+from .gcp import GcpFederationProvider
 from .github import GithubFederationProvider
 from .gitlab import GitlabFederationProvider
 from .spacelift import SpaceliftFederationProvider
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ def __init__(self, britive) -> None:
         self.azure_system_assigned_managed_identity = AzureSystemAssignedManagedIdentityFederationProvider(britive)
         self.azure_user_assigned_managed_identity = AzureUserAssignedManagedIdentityFederationProvider(britive)
         self.bitbucket = BitbucketFederationProvider(britive)
+        self.gcp = GcpFederationProvider(britive)
         self.generic = FederationProvider(britive)
         self.github = GithubFederationProvider(britive)
         self.gitlab = GitlabFederationProvider(britive)
diff --git a/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_system_assigned_managed_identity.py b/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_system_assigned_managed_identity.py
index 13f87d4..7617489 100644
--- a/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_system_assigned_managed_identity.py
+++ b/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_system_assigned_managed_identity.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ def get_token(self) -> str:
             return f'OIDC::{token}'
         except ImportError as e:
             raise MissingAzureDependency(
-                '`azure-identity` package required to use the azure managed identity federation provider'
+                'azure dependency package required to use the azure managed identity federation provider, '
+                'install with `pip install britive[azure]'
             ) from e
         except CredentialUnavailableError as e:
             msg = (
diff --git a/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_user_assigned_managed_identity.py b/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_user_assigned_managed_identity.py
index b3968a7..32951a6 100644
--- a/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_user_assigned_managed_identity.py
+++ b/src/britive/federation_providers/azure_user_assigned_managed_identity.py
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ def get_token(self) -> str:
             return f'OIDC::{token}'
         except ImportError as e:
             raise MissingAzureDependency(
-                '`azure-identity` package required to use the azure managed identity federation provider'
+                'azure dependency package required to use the azure managed identity federation provider, '
+                'install with `pip install britive[azure]'
             ) from e
         except CredentialUnavailableError as e:
             msg = (
diff --git a/src/britive/federation_providers/gcp.py b/src/britive/federation_providers/gcp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fff0352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/britive/federation_providers/gcp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+from britive.exceptions import MissingGcpDependency, NotExecutingInGcpEnvironment
+
+from .federation_provider import FederationProvider
+
+
+class GcpFederationProvider(FederationProvider):
+    def __init__(self, audience: str = None) -> None:
+        self.audience = audience if audience else 'https://accounts.google.com/'
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def get_token(self):
+        try:
+            from google.auth.exceptions import DefaultCredentialsError
+            from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
+            from google.oauth2 import id_token
+
+            token = id_token.fetch_id_token(Request(), self.audience)
+
+            return f'OIDC::{token}'
+        except ImportError as e:
+            raise MissingGcpDependency(
+                'google dependency package required to use the gcp managed identity federation provider, '
+                'install with `pip install britive[gcp]'
+            ) from e
+        except DefaultCredentialsError as e:
+            msg = (
+                'the codebase is not executing in an Gcp environment or some other issue is causing the '
+                'managed identity credentials to be unavailable'
+            )
+            raise NotExecutingInGcpEnvironment(msg) from e
diff --git a/src/britive/helpers/utils.py b/src/britive/helpers/utils.py
index 3b4ba02..9870557 100644
--- a/src/britive/helpers/utils.py
+++ b/src/britive/helpers/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import socket
+import warnings
 from typing import Optional, Union
 
 import requests
+import urllib3
 
 from britive.exceptions import BritiveException, InvalidFederationProvider, allowed_exceptions
 from britive.exceptions.badrequest import bad_request_code_map
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@
     AzureSystemAssignedManagedIdentityFederationProvider,
     AzureUserAssignedManagedIdentityFederationProvider,
     BitbucketFederationProvider,
+    GcpFederationProvider,
     GithubFederationProvider,
     GitlabFederationProvider,
     SpaceliftFederationProvider,
@@ -59,18 +61,20 @@ def pagination_type(headers, result) -> str:
     return 'none'
 
 
-def parse_tenant(tenant: str) -> str:
-    domain = tenant.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', '').split('/')[0]  # remove scheme and paths
+def parse_tenant(tenant: str, timeout: float = 3) -> str:
+    if not (domain := urllib3.util.parse_url(tenant).host).endswith('britive-app.com'):
+        domain = f'{domain}.britive-app.com'
     try:
-        socket.getaddrinfo(host=domain, port=443)  # if success then a full domain was provided
+        requests.head(f'https://{domain}/api/health', timeout=timeout)
         return domain
-    except socket.gaierror:  # assume just the tenant name was provided (originally the only supported method)
-        resolved_domain = f'{tenant}.britive-app.com'
-        try:
-            socket.getaddrinfo(host=resolved_domain, port=443)  # validate the hostname is real
-            return resolved_domain  # and if so set the tenant accordingly
-        except socket.gaierror as e:
-            raise InvalidTenantError(f'Invalid tenant provided: {tenant}. DNS resolution failed.') from e
+    except requests.exceptions.Timeout:
+        original = warnings.formatwarning
+        warnings.formatwarning = lambda msg, *a, **k: f'{msg}\n'
+        warnings.warn(f'WARNING: Tenant validation timed out, but domain structure is valid: [{domain}]')
+        warnings.formatwarning = original
+        return domain
+    except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
+        raise InvalidTenantError(f'Invalid tenant provided: {tenant}. Domain resolution failed.') from e
 
 
 def response_has_no_content(response) -> bool:
@@ -128,6 +132,9 @@ def source_federation_token(provider: str, tenant: Optional[str] = None, duratio
         `azuresmi-<audience>` and `azureumi-<client-id>|<audience>`. If no audience is provided the default audience
          of `https://management.azure.com/` will be used.
 
+        For the GCP provider it is possible to provide an OIDC audience value via
+        `gcp-<audience>`. If no audience is provided the default audience of https://accounts.google.com/ will be used.
+
         For the Github provider it is possible to provide an OIDC audience value via `github-<audience>`. If no
         audience is provided the default Github audience value will be used.
 
@@ -151,6 +158,7 @@ def source_federation_token(provider: str, tenant: Optional[str] = None, duratio
             profile=safe_list_get(helper, 1), tenant=tenant, duration=duration_seconds
         ).get_token(),
         'bitbucket': lambda: BitbucketFederationProvider().get_token(),
+        'gcp': lambda: GcpFederationProvider().get_token(audience=safe_list_get(helper, 1)).get_token(),
         'github': lambda: GithubFederationProvider(audience=safe_list_get(helper, 1)).get_token(),
         'gitlab': lambda: GitlabFederationProvider(token_env_var=safe_list_get(helper, 1)).get_token(),
         'spacelift': lambda: SpaceliftFederationProvider().get_token(),
diff --git a/src/britive/secrets_manager/policies.py b/src/britive/secrets_manager/policies.py
index c3e4abb..882ce65 100644
--- a/src/britive/secrets_manager/policies.py
+++ b/src/britive/secrets_manager/policies.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Literal, Union
 
 
 class PasswordPolicies:
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
         access_validity_time: int = 120,
         approver_users: list = None,
         approver_tags: list = None,
+        manager_condition: Literal['All', 'Any', 'Manager'] = '',
         access_type: str = 'Allow',
         identifier_type: str = 'name',
         condition_as_dict: bool = False,
@@ -249,6 +250,10 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
             If `approval_notification_medium` is set then either `approver_users` or `approver_tags` is required.
         :param approver_tags: Optional list of tag names who are considered approvers.
             If `approval_notification_medium` is set then either `approver_users` or `approver_tags` is required.
+        :param manager_condition: Optional condition to enable requiring user's manager approval. Valid values are
+            `Any` or `All` or `Manager`. `Any` corresponds to manager approval required, `All` corresponds to
+            manager and approver_users/approver_tags approval required, and `Manager` corresponds to just the manager's
+            approval required
         :param access_type: The type of access this policy provides. Valid values are `Allow` and `Deny`. Defaults
             to `Allow`.
         :param identifier_type: Valid values are `id` or `name`. Defaults to `name`. Represents which type of
@@ -279,6 +284,7 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
             access_validity_time=access_validity_time,
             approver_users=approver_users,
             approver_tags=approver_tags,
+            manager_condition=manager_condition,
             access_type=access_type,
             identifier_type=identifier_type,
             condition_as_dict=condition_as_dict,
diff --git a/src/britive/system/policies.py b/src/britive/system/policies.py
index 5aa3947..61d6115 100644
--- a/src/britive/system/policies.py
+++ b/src/britive/system/policies.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import json
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Literal, Union
 
 
 class SystemPolicies:
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
         access_validity_time: int = 120,
         approver_users: list = None,
         approver_tags: list = None,
+        manager_condition: Literal['All', 'Any', 'Manager'] = '',
         access_type: str = 'Allow',
         identifier_type: str = 'name',
         condition_as_dict: bool = False,
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
             If `approval_notification_medium` is set then either `approver_users` or `approver_tags` is required.
         :param approver_tags: Optional list of tag names who are considered approvers.
             If `approval_notification_medium` is set then either `approver_users` or `approver_tags` is required.
+        :param manager_condition: Optional condition to enable requiring user's manager approval. Valid values are
+            `Any` or `All` or `Manager`. `Any` corresponds to manager approval required, `All` corresponds to
+            manager and approver_users/approver_tags approval required, and `Manager` corresponds to just the manager's
+            approval required
         :param access_type: The type of access this policy provides. Valid values are `Allow` and `Deny`. Defaults
             to `Allow`.
         :param identifier_type: Valid values are `id` or `name`. Defaults to `name`. Represents which type of
@@ -247,10 +252,8 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
 
         # handle approval logic
         if approval_notification_medium:
-            if not approver_users and not approver_tags:
-                raise ValueError(
-                    'when approval is required either approver_tags or approver_users or both must be provided'
-                )
+            if not approver_users and not approver_tags and manager_condition.capitalize() != 'Manager':
+                raise ValueError('when approval is required either approver_tags or approver_users must be provided')
             approval_condition = {
                 'notificationMedium': approval_notification_medium,
                 'timeToApprove': time_to_approve,
@@ -263,6 +266,8 @@ def build(  # noqa: PLR0913
                 approval_condition['approvers'].pop('userIds')
             if not approver_tags:
                 approval_condition['approvers'].pop('tags')
+            if manager_condition:
+                approval_condition['managerApproval'] = {'required': True, 'condition': manager_condition.capitalize()}
 
             condition['approval'] = approval_condition
 
diff --git a/tests/000-global_settings-02-notification_mediums.py b/tests/000-global_settings-02-notification_mediums.py
index 3deab6c..1d8b72e 100644
--- a/tests/000-global_settings-02-notification_mediums.py
+++ b/tests/000-global_settings-02-notification_mediums.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 def test_create(cached_notification_medium):
     assert isinstance(cached_notification_medium, dict)
-    assert 'pytest-nm-' in cached_notification_medium['name']
+    assert 'pysdktest-nm-' in cached_notification_medium['name']
 
 
 def test_list():
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def test_get(cached_notification_medium):
 
 def test_update(cached_notification_medium):
     r = str(random.randint(0, 999))
-    new_name = f'{cached_notification_medium["name"]}-{r}'
+    new_name = f'{r}-{cached_notification_medium["name"]}'[:30]
     britive.global_settings.notification_mediums.update(cached_notification_medium['id'], parameters={'name': new_name})
     response = britive.global_settings.notification_mediums.get(cached_notification_medium['id'])
     assert response['name'] == new_name
diff --git a/tests/150-secrets_manager-01-secrets_manager.py b/tests/150-secrets_manager-01-secrets_manager.py
index 4c22d4a..2e57d4d 100644
--- a/tests/150-secrets_manager-01-secrets_manager.py
+++ b/tests/150-secrets_manager-01-secrets_manager.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_password_policies_list():
 
 def test_password_policies_update(cached_password_policies):
     r = str(random.randint(0, 999))
-    new_name = f'{cached_password_policies["name"]}-{r}'
+    new_name = f'{r}-{cached_password_policies["name"]}'[:30]
     britive.secrets_manager.password_policies.update(cached_password_policies['id'], name=new_name)
     assert britive.secrets_manager.password_policies.get(cached_password_policies['id'])['name'] == new_name