diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
index 573f09011..f1c8ae500 100644
--- a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "3.8.0"
+  ".": "3.9.0"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d010d5f66..4b40a6e9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## [3.9.0](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/compare/v3.8.0...v3.9.0) (2026-05-29)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **fluentbit:** add retainMetadataInForwardMode to forward output pl… ([#1973](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/issues/1973)) ([b212a5c](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/commit/b212a5c458325fa666dcfbb2473d3cfaf0ccfe01))
+* **fluentbit:** support more settings for firehose output ([f577907](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/commit/f577907537cbc798185d37d8bd6d3733004548b4))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **collector:** pass storageClassName to generated StatefulSet PVC ([#1963](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/issues/1963)) ([8d0c3ad](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/commit/8d0c3ad84b1af8d0e8ac80d9b764e7203e276792))
+
+
+### Reverts
+
+* undo accidental release 3.9.0 on master ([#1976](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/issues/1976)) ([23e1906](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/commit/23e1906cb26104440a3e6a1c38506d97ecd9a355))
+
+
+### Dependencies
+
+* **deps:** bump go to v1.26.3 ([7608a7e](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/commit/7608a7ed70b6ab881312d7abed09de2c95881ea4))
+* **deps:** bump go to v1.26.3 ([8b9f6ec](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/commit/8b9f6ec3d3ded5f274eb7380d401a7b9b1843d95))
+
 ## [3.8.0](https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator/compare/v3.7.0...v3.8.0) (2026-05-21)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml
index b44f5d63f..a3e1225cf 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator-fluent-bit-crds/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Fluent Bit. Provides full He
 type: application
 version: 0.0.0-dev.0  # This is a development chart which gets released and versioned in the fluent/helm-charts repo
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-operator/fluent-operator
-appVersion: 3.8.0  # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: 3.9.0  # x-release-please-version
 keywords:
   - logging
   - fluent-bit
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml
index dc7cf3ecf..9acc3a74f 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator-fluentd-crds/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description: Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) for Fluentd. Provides full Helm
 type: application
 version: 0.0.0-dev.0  # This is a development chart which gets released and versioned in the fluent/helm-charts repo
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-operator/fluent-operator
-appVersion: 3.8.0  # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: 3.9.0  # x-release-please-version
 keywords:
   - logging
   - fluentd
diff --git a/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
index a004bc461..ed5555bcf 100644
--- a/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/fluent-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ keywords:
   - operator
 version: 0.0.0-dev.0  # This is a development chart which gets released and versioned in the fluent/helm-charts repo
 # renovate: datasource=docker depName=ghcr.io/fluent/fluent-operator/fluent-operator
-appVersion: 3.8.0  # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: 3.9.0  # x-release-please-version
 icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fluent/fluent-operator/master/docs/images/fluent-operator-icon.svg
 home: https://github.com/fluent/fluent-operator
 sources:
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 19811903a..a5c4c7633 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.8.0
+3.9.0