diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 001eb2c..c05df9b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.1.2"
+  ".": "0.1.3"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0a8f418..cdf7353 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.1.3](https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s/compare/v0.1.2...v0.1.3) (2026-06-28)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **chart:** add optional Kyverno image verification ([#30](https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s/issues/30)) ([22b6f50](https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s/commit/22b6f50751bbcd604dcb67955ba108f8f15f46a6))
+* **dev:** add local operator development stack ([#32](https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s/issues/32)) ([e38b988](https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s/commit/e38b98899bdba357ad02e17b754bc2d326b78dd6))
+
 ## [0.1.2](https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s/compare/v0.1.1...v0.1.2) (2026-05-20)
 
 
diff --git a/apko.yaml b/apko.yaml
index c0c594a..465b913 100644
--- a/apko.yaml
+++ b/apko.yaml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ annotations:
   org.opencontainers.image.title: template-k8s
   org.opencontainers.image.description: Meigma Kubernetes operator repository template
   org.opencontainers.image.source: https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s
-  org.opencontainers.image.version: "0.1.2" # x-release-please-version
+  org.opencontainers.image.version: "0.1.3" # x-release-please-version
diff --git a/charts/template-k8s/Chart.yaml b/charts/template-k8s/Chart.yaml
index 2b6183b..3db1deb 100644
--- a/charts/template-k8s/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/template-k8s/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: chart
 description: Helm chart for the template-k8s operator.
 type: application
-version: 0.1.2 # x-release-please-version
-appVersion: "v0.1.2" # x-release-please-version
+version: 0.1.3 # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: "v0.1.3" # x-release-please-version
 kubeVersion: ">= 1.29.0-0"
 home: https://github.com/meigma/template-k8s
 sources:
diff --git a/melange.yaml b/melange.yaml
index e91626c..4928212 100644
--- a/melange.yaml
+++ b/melange.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # package.version is bumped by release-please (extra-files in release-please-config.json).
 package:
   name: template-k8s
-  version: "0.1.2" # x-release-please-version
+  version: "0.1.3" # x-release-please-version
   epoch: 0
   description: Meigma Kubernetes operator repository template