diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1ce61b10..49b599f6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [0.0.26](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/) (2023-10-11)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Bump PO to v0.66.0 ([#319](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/319)) ([5e42a1d](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/5e42a1dc29027166c5fd2e75894bf53cd0be710b))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* add description field to CSV base ([#366](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/366)) ([22bb08b](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/22bb08b5ca8b7e12d4974a75c412a063a6658789))
+* Clean up deprecated functions  ([#326](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/326)) ([3f29722](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/3f29722f49b1cd836f1ff0fc05395d985ca1d586))
+* remove ServiceMonitor observability-operator from bundle ([#354](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/354)) ([e9f13ce](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/e9f13ce9901205f94dc825033673351be81bf5a3))
+* remove stripped down crds hack ([#362](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/362)) ([4f1dc2f](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/4f1dc2f0c3e6bfb14aa914969f98cc8c9c082575))
+* test scripts and readme doc about uninstallation ([#330](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/330)) ([fca1667](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/fca16679cb6cb10bf10a7731e046b11617572711))
+* update github workflow to use node>=16 ([#336](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/336)) ([a66295f](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/a66295f0e2c096cd33b522310de7e6f3ca76e7f2))
+* use framework default timeout in ns tests ([#335](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/issues/335)) ([d19d7f2](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/d19d7f2eb8a76f9d51a6291de1b36bedcd17ddc4))
+
 ### [0.0.25](https://github.com/rhobs/monitoring-stack-operator/commit/) (2023-08-07)
 
 
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d34586a1..41ba552b 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.25
\ No newline at end of file
+0.0.26
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 26563751..21343172 100644
--- a/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/bundle/manifests/observability-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ metadata:
     capabilities: Basic Install
     categories: Monitoring
     certified: "false"
-    containerImage: observability-operator:0.0.25
-    createdAt: "2023-10-04T08:52:37Z"
+    containerImage: observability-operator:0.0.26
+    createdAt: "2023-10-11T12:07:39Z"
     description: A Go based Kubernetes operator to setup and manage highly available
       Monitoring Stack using Prometheus, Alertmanager and Thanos Querier.
     operators.operatorframework.io/builder: operator-sdk-v1.31.0
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ metadata:
       ]
     operators.operatorframework.io/project_layout: unknown
     repository: https://github.com/rhobs/observability-operator
-  name: observability-operator.v0.0.25
+  name: observability-operator.v0.0.26
   namespace: placeholder
 spec:
   apiservicedefinitions: {}
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ spec:
                   valueFrom:
                     fieldRef:
                       fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-                image: observability-operator:0.0.25
+                image: observability-operator:0.0.26
                 imagePullPolicy: Always
                 livenessProbe:
                   httpGet:
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ spec:
   maturity: alpha
   provider:
     name: Red Hat
-  version: 0.0.25
+  version: 0.0.26
   webhookdefinitions:
   - admissionReviewVersions:
     - v1
diff --git a/deploy/olm/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/olm/kustomization.yaml
index 18f7b9cc..003ca686 100644
--- a/deploy/olm/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/olm/kustomization.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ resources:
 images:
 - name: observability-operator
   newName: observability-operator
-  newTag: 0.0.25
+  newTag: 0.0.26
 
 patches:
 - patch: |-
diff --git a/deploy/package-operator/operator/kustomization.yaml b/deploy/package-operator/operator/kustomization.yaml
index c61a9b7a..f1c9c2f0 100644
--- a/deploy/package-operator/operator/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deploy/package-operator/operator/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace: observability-operator
 images:
 - name: observability-operator
   newName: observability-operator
-  newTag: 0.0.25
+  newTag: 0.0.26
 commonAnnotations:
   package-operator.run/phase: operator
 resources: