diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7c328ee1..3815225e 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"0.0.37"}
\ No newline at end of file
+{".":"0.0.38"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a270ed0f..7bbce455 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.0.38](https://github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/compare/v0.0.37...v0.0.38) (2024-03-14)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* support pubkey secret creation for oci signature verification ([#240](https://github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/issues/240)) ([0a77ed3](https://github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/commit/0a77ed34efa019afd926f26ee4a8a858123ff439))
+
+
+### Other
+
+* bump validator plugin versions ([#243](https://github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/issues/243)) ([2987021](https://github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/commit/2987021f4c59553965ab94159363cf3c1d6d23e1))
+
 ## [0.0.37](https://github.com/spectrocloud-labs/validator/compare/v0.0.36...v0.0.37) (2024-03-12)
 
 
diff --git a/chart/validator/Chart.yaml b/chart/validator/Chart.yaml
index bc8e156f..145b5984 100644
--- a/chart/validator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/validator/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ description: >-
   Monitor results created by validator plugins and upload them to a configurable
   sink
 type: application
-version: 0.0.37
+version: 0.0.38
 appVersion: 0.0.27
diff --git a/chart/validator/README.md b/chart/validator/README.md
index 818fd8fa..0f24b978 100644
--- a/chart/validator/README.md
+++ b/chart/validator/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the Validator chart and
 | `controllerManager.manager.containerSecurityContext.allowPrivilegeEscalation` |  | `false` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.containerSecurityContext.capabilities.drop` |  | `["ALL"]` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.image.repository` |  | `"quay.io/spectrocloud-labs/validator"` |
-| `controllerManager.manager.image.tag` | x-release-please-version | `"v0.0.37"` |
+| `controllerManager.manager.image.tag` | x-release-please-version | `"v0.0.38"` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.limits.cpu` |  | `"500m"` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.limits.memory` |  | `"512Mi"` |
 | `controllerManager.manager.resources.requests.cpu` |  | `"10m"` |
diff --git a/chart/validator/values.yaml b/chart/validator/values.yaml
index 7c81199d..4735063e 100644
--- a/chart/validator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/validator/values.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ controllerManager:
         - ALL
     image:
       repository: quay.io/spectrocloud-labs/validator
-      tag: v0.0.37  # x-release-please-version
+      tag: v0.0.38  # x-release-please-version
     resources:
       limits:
         cpu: 500m