diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 74c52b69ec..5e21f7ed26 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   "runtimes/python-runtime": "1.0.0",
   "runtimes/deno-runtime": "1.0.1",
   "lifecycle-operator": "0.8.1",
-  "scheduler": "0.8.1",
+  "scheduler": "0.8.2",
   "metrics-operator": "0.8.1"
 }
diff --git a/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md b/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3368861e1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.8.2](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/scheduler-v0.8.1...scheduler-v0.8.2) (2023-09-05)
+
+
+### Other
+
+* fix minor security issues ([#1728](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1728)) ([ea73cd9](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/ea73cd983102632fb162e1b4c8ae56687b288b25))
+* **main:** release lifecycle-operator-and-scheduler libraries ([#1979](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1979)) ([12d0f40](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/12d0f40725e466825c4a0d483fa344e5888b03ae))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* implement KLT -> Keptn name change ([#2001](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2001)) ([440c308](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/440c3082e5400f89d791724651984ba2bc0a4724))
+* keptn Scheduler architecture documentation ([#1777](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1777)) ([ce96200](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/ce96200b9bfed62062b199845104c4493b3a2627))
+
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+* update dependency kubernetes-sigs/kustomize to v5.1.1 ([#1853](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1853)) ([354ab3f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/354ab3f980c2569e17a0354ece417df40317d120))
+* update kubernetes packages (patch) ([#1786](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1786)) ([cba2de5](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/cba2de5a5cd04c094131552aaf92c2b85ac23d21))
+* update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.12.0 ([#2019](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2019)) ([41e878f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/41e878ff8bbb438efa4b221470a571687dd392e9))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.27.10 ([#1796](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1796)) ([8f14bff](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/8f14bffe27485a36e0b05b770a01e357402d92f7))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.27.9 ([#1787](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1787)) ([90b6ce9](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/90b6ce92253f52a43f3c13dddaa918ca73b515d0))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.12.0 ([#1662](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1662)) ([49318bf](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/49318bfc40497a120304de9d831dfe033259220f))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.14.0 ([#1855](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1855)) ([3186188](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/31861889bf7b227f489b941ac4a52db86551fcc2))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.56.2 ([#1663](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1663)) ([0b618c4](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/0b618c4bf15209fbb81ec7c05f1d05543bdfd1cf))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.57.0 ([#1861](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1861)) ([fdcbdf5](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/fdcbdf50365dfd69d16c679c6814e89570a8a0e2))
+* update module k8s.io/kubernetes to v1.25.13 ([#1958](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1958)) ([fb23f09](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/fb23f0948aa0395636b1290f3c7b3b28cbf54976))
diff --git a/scheduler/Makefile b/scheduler/Makefile
index 069f0c761e..3e4ed62b57 100644
--- a/scheduler/Makefile
+++ b/scheduler/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ARCHS = amd64 arm64
 COMMONENVVAR=GOOS=$(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 BUILDENVVAR=CGO_ENABLED=0
-TAG?="v0.8.1" # x-release-please-version
+TAG?="v0.8.2" # x-release-please-version
 CHART_APPVERSION?=""
 
 LOCAL_REGISTRY=localhost:5000/scheduler-plugins