diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 3dab277f..cbc3e048 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.28"
+  ".": "0.8.29"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8430029d..cadf8f76 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.29](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/compare/v0.8.28...v0.8.29) (2024-12-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update k8s.io/utils digest to 24370be ([#1205](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/issues/1205)) ([e497ba1](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/commit/e497ba13090e2be49b609c9d44734aa011c08367))
+* **deps:** update kubernetes packages to v0.32.0 ([#1207](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/issues/1207)) ([de32c5a](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/commit/de32c5ad0e315f17e136e08ebb479362fc98b7bf))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.36.1 ([#1204](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/issues/1204)) ([e2adca5](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/commit/e2adca5bc1f6aa9af7d0a64f24bf228298b5ddae))
+* **deps:** update module sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 to v4.5.0 ([#1210](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/issues/1210)) ([3b07c7d](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/commit/3b07c7d345fa2d16de977961ed87f91f318ed883))
+
 ## [0.8.28](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/compare/v0.8.27...v0.8.28) (2024-12-09)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b4c5713..c39c9d4d 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=v0.8.28
+  - https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator?ref=v0.8.29
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/kustomization.yaml b/kustomization.yaml
index 372301b6..bde984dc 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: 0.8.28 # x-release-please-version
+    newTag: 0.8.29 # x-release-please-version