diff --git a/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml b/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml
index e9b6d8f2b..bb32c75be 100644
--- a/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/.github/bundles/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: uds-core-eks-nightly
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying EKS and UDS Core
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.20.0"
+  version: "0.21.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.20.0
+    ref: 0.21.0
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       velero:
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 589cd4553..ca64307ab 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-    ".": "0.20.0"
+    ".": "0.21.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dfe15b835..ba095751b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,32 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.21.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.20.0...v0.21.0) (2024-04-30)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add `monitor` to operator, fix monitoring setup ([#256](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/256)) ([bf67722](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/bf67722d4e7e02d44dd29c4436e9a8d2ef960fa5))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* loki s3 overrides ([#365](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/365)) ([3545066](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/354506647d65b0484332695abbbd58d91d9e7427))
+* update neuvector values for least privilege ([#373](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/373)) ([7f4de4f](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/7f4de4f729e60a258abc40ce34f9c397fae99181))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+* add debug logging to endpointslice watch ([#359](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/359)) ([da3eb5a](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/da3eb5ab4f5e6ced50f838456999995d5be601b7))
+* **deps:** update grafana to v7.3.9 ([#353](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/353)) ([4a70f40](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/4a70f407d5e06919aaa0dc5901f49f7f1b166c9d))
+* **deps:** update istio to v1.21.2 ([#258](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/258)) ([51c6540](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/51c65405c87ed3c147bdd90172ab0588dc8e5db1))
+* **deps:** update keycloak ([#349](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/349)) ([2ef1813](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/2ef181333d2fd853bb8eee2c5deb82430d68c861))
+* **deps:** update keycloak to v0.4.2 ([#375](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/375)) ([b0bb8e4](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/b0bb8e47f78886186514f188a99ff38463a5eac3))
+* **deps:** update zarf to v0.33.1 ([#368](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/368)) ([296e547](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/296e54729c20c9ecee21677daec874a2c8b57b57))
+* move api service watch to reconcile ([#362](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/362)) ([1822bca](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/1822bca6c397a5c8ea64b9355a9ba4f51fde4518))
+* refactor promtail extraScrapeConfigs into scrapeConfigs ([#367](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/367)) ([2220272](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/222027240148e669edf40483d145ffc15567b1b7))
+* trigger eks nightly when related files are updated ([#366](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/issues/366)) ([6d6e4e0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/commit/6d6e4e0debbca3498cbc21db405eec48b3bcc240))
+
 ## [0.20.0](https://github.com/defenseunicorns/uds-core/compare/v0.19.0...v0.20.0) (2024-04-20)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 683edc2b4..f4789db8a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ If you want to try out UDS Core, you can use the [k3d-core-demo bundle](./bundle
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```bash
-uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.20.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-demo:0.21.0
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Deploy Istio, Keycloak and Pepr:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 
 ```bash
-uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.20.0
+uds deploy k3d-core-slim-dev:0.21.0
 ```
 
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
index 82efad9b3..41f012f04 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-slim-dev/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core-slim-dev
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying Istio from UDS Core on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.20.0"
+  version: "0.21.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core-slim-dev
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.20.0
+    ref: 0.21.0
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       istio-admin-gateway:
diff --git a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
index f498fe598..e4590dff1 100644
--- a/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
+++ b/bundles/k3d-standard/uds-bundle.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ metadata:
   name: k3d-core-demo
   description: A UDS bundle for deploying the standard UDS Core package on a development cluster
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.20.0"
+  version: "0.21.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 packages:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ packages:
   - name: core
     path: ../../build/
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    ref: 0.20.0
+    ref: 0.21.0
     # x-release-please-end
     overrides:
       loki:
diff --git a/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml b/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml
index 78334f39f..d0fe92df2 100644
--- a/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/slim-dev/zarf.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core (Istio, UDS Operator and Keycloak)"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.20.0"
+  version: "0.21.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
index 432af4d59..0cf4a3178 100644
--- a/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
+++ b/packages/standard/zarf.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ metadata:
   description: "UDS Core"
   authors: "Defense Unicorns - Product"
   # x-release-please-start-version
-  version: "0.20.0"
+  version: "0.21.0"
   # x-release-please-end
 
 components:
diff --git a/tasks/deploy.yaml b/tasks/deploy.yaml
index f1b96a8c6..e4d9e9397 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/tasks/deploy.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to deploy"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.20.0"
+    default: "0.21.0"
     # x-release-please-end
   - name: FLAVOR
     default: upstream
diff --git a/tasks/publish.yaml b/tasks/publish.yaml
index 628b465f9..be65a34f7 100644
--- a/tasks/publish.yaml
+++ b/tasks/publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ variables:
   - name: VERSION
     description: "The version of the packages to build"
     # x-release-please-start-version
-    default: "0.20.0"
+    default: "0.21.0"
     # x-release-please-end
 
 tasks: