diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c9a66a1..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-name: Prepare Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - "release/v[012].[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
-
-env:
-  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
-  INSTALLER_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-installer
-  MANAGER_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}-manager
-
-jobs:
-  update-manifests:
-    name: Update Manifests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Split branch name
-        env:
-          BRANCH: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-        id: split
-        run: echo "::set-output name=fragment::${BRANCH##*/}"
-
-      - name: Update Deployment Image Tags
-        working-directory: "config/production"
-        run: |
-          kustomize edit set image installer=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.INSTALLER_IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.split.outputs.fragment }}
-          kustomize edit set image manager=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.MANAGER_IMAGE_NAME }}:${{ steps.split.outputs.fragment }}
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
-        with:
-          commit-message: "chore: update image versions"
-          title: "Update image versions"
-          base: main
-          branch: ${{ steps.split.outputs.fragment }}
diff --git a/config/production/kustomization.yaml b/config/production/kustomization.yaml
index ac35a84..070cd39 100644
--- a/config/production/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/production/kustomization.yaml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ components:
 images:
 - name: installer
   newName: ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-installer
-  newTag: v0.8.0
+  newTag: v0.9.0
 - name: manager
   newName: ghcr.io/ctrox/zeropod-manager
-  newTag: v0.8.0
+  newTag: v0.9.0
 patches:
 - patch: |-
     - op: add