diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index cbc3e048..1f42210e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.29"
+  ".": "0.8.30"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2be015cb..7d098d5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.30](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/compare/v0.8.29...v0.8.30) (2025-01-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update module github.com/statnett/controller-runtime-viper to v0.3.29 ([#1227](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/issues/1227)) ([bfab789](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/commit/bfab7893dcde409c884bd06e6fe1eb48fbb552cd))
+* **deps:** update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.19.4 ([#1223](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/issues/1223)) ([a051a64](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/commit/a051a6415061a23027645eabf27903107b3d2632))
+
 ## [0.8.29](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/compare/v0.8.28...v0.8.29) (2025-01-02)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c39c9d4d..d0890cab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ base. Your initial kustomization.yaml could be as simple as:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```yaml
 resources:
-  - https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator?ref=v0.8.29
+  - https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator?ref=v0.8.30
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/kustomization.yaml b/kustomization.yaml
index bde984dc..95c95e60 100644
--- a/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: registry.dummy-domain.com/image-scanner/controller
     newName: ghcr.io/statnett/image-scanner-operator
-    newTag: 0.8.29 # x-release-please-version
+    newTag: 0.8.30 # x-release-please-version