diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 806541a..1ae4f33 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # NOTE: This Dockerfile is used by the pipeline, but not for the 'make image' command, which uses the Dockerfile template in hack/common instead.
 # Use distroless as minimal base image to package the component binary
 # Refer to https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless for more details
-FROM gcr.io/distroless/static:nonroot@sha256:e8a4044e0b4ae4257efa45fc026c0bc30ad320d43bd4c1a7d5271bd241e386d0
+FROM gcr.io/distroless/static-debian12:nonroot@sha256:e8a4044e0b4ae4257efa45fc026c0bc30ad320d43bd4c1a7d5271bd241e386d0
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG COMPONENT
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index d46af98..9df8ccc 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.36.0-dev
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.37.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml
index d5dde6c..8d41797 100644
--- a/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ apiVersion: v2
 name: mcp-operator
 description: A Helm chart for the mcp-operator
 type: application
-version: v0.36.0
-appVersion: v0.36.0
+version: v0.37.0
+appVersion: v0.37.0
 home: https://github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml b/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
index 68a2ffc..ae7db90 100644
--- a/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ deployment:
 
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/openmcp-project/images/mcp-operator
-  tag: v0.36.0
+  tag: v0.37.0
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 imagePullSecrets: []