diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 51acdaa4..8ea07c9a 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.37.0"
+  ".": "0.38.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15e9e025..a005e560 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.38.0](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/compare/v0.37.0...v0.38.0) (2026-07-18)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* ClusterProvider — source clusters by name, reconcile-time namespace authorization ([#251](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/251)) ([5065b09](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/5065b09ebbc533065ce323313b0151aef1f94e5e))
+* config-plane split, immutable GitTarget.spec.kubeConfig for remote-cluster mirroring ([#249](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/249)) ([9dc5da7](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/9dc5da7293fd09e3a84c3a0980be10d485954e92))
+
 ## [0.37.0](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/compare/v0.36.0...v0.37.0) (2026-07-16)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml b/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
index 3662fba3..da6344cb 100644
--- a/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ description: >-
   A Kubernetes controller for two-way GitOps synchronization - reverse sync from
   Kubernetes to Git
 type: application
-version: 0.37.0
-appVersion: 0.37.0
+version: 0.38.0
+appVersion: 0.38.0
 keywords:
   - gitops
   - kubernetes
diff --git a/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml b/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
index 67e671ca..5c94ac64 100644
--- a/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ deploymentStrategy:
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/configbutler/gitops-reverser
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  tag: 0.37.0 # x-release-please-version
+  tag: 0.38.0 # x-release-please-version
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""