diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index f66cefaa..0e2fa8d5 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"0.2.5"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{".":"0.2.6"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3157c445..ce40f53c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.2.6](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/compare/v0.2.5...v0.2.6) (2025-01-02)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* Add Resource Configuration Options to K8sGPT CRD ([#591](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/issues/591)) ([8184876](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/commit/8184876f0a2f8cdd513adba0edad1a0444f5247a))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **deps:** update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.22.1 ([#590](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/issues/590)) ([ce604d9](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/commit/ce604d9c0d4e09a7621f0a9177c775146d221d63))
+* **deps:** update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.36.2 ([#593](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/issues/593)) ([6db7ba8](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/commit/6db7ba87371b8cd6962eda1608676bf3bc23227d))
+* **deps:** update module gopkg.in/yaml.v2 to v3 ([#582](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/issues/582)) ([3c145ba](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/commit/3c145ba95317513c3905cee11387241e43571023))
+
+
+### Other
+
+* **deps:** update anchore/sbom-action action to v0.17.9 ([#580](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/issues/580)) ([9e36a6e](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/commit/9e36a6e0f9ca3fd940c060128f639fc5ec17a23a))
+
 ## [0.2.5](https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/compare/v0.2.4...v0.2.5) (2024-12-19)
 
 
diff --git a/chart/operator/Chart.yaml b/chart/operator/Chart.yaml
index 37511aab..c52dcd3d 100644
--- a/chart/operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ annotations:
   artifacthub.io/license: Apache-2.0
   artifacthub.io/categories: monitoring-logging
 type: application
-version: 0.2.5
+version: 0.2.6
 appVersion: 0.0.26
 dependencies:
   - name: interplex
diff --git a/chart/operator/README.md b/chart/operator/README.md
index fd7ec4b2..7224d438 100644
--- a/chart/operator/README.md
+++ b/chart/operator/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the K8sgpt-operator cha
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation` |  | `false` |
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop` |  | `["ALL"]` |
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.image.repository` |  | `"gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy"` |
-| `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.image.tag` |  | `"v0.2.5"` |
+| `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.image.tag` |  | `"v0.2.6"` |
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.resources.limits.cpu` |  | `"500m"` |
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.resources.limits.memory` |  | `"128Mi"` |
 | `controllerManager.kubeRbacProxy.resources.requests.cpu` |  | `"5m"` |
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the K8sgpt-operator cha
 | `controllerManager.manager.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation` |  | `false` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop` |  | `["ALL"]` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.image.repository` |  | `"ghcr.io/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator"` |
-| `controllerManager.manager.image.tag` | x-release-please-version | `"v0.2.5"` |
+| `controllerManager.manager.image.tag` | x-release-please-version | `"v0.2.6"` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.limits.cpu` |  | `"500m"` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.limits.memory` |  | `"128Mi"` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.requests.cpu` |  | `"10m"` |
diff --git a/chart/operator/values.yaml b/chart/operator/values.yaml
index be7698f8..b88189a6 100644
--- a/chart/operator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/operator/values.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ controllerManager:
         - ALL
     image:
       repository: ghcr.io/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator
-      tag: v0.2.5  # x-release-please-version
+      tag: v0.2.6  # x-release-please-version
     resources:
       limits:
         cpu: 500m