diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 94f1870..24b72c3 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.26.2-dev
\ No newline at end of file
+v0.26.3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/mcp-operator/Chart.yaml
index e1592e4..9e37227 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: v0.26.2
-appVersion: v0.26.2
+version: v0.26.3
+appVersion: v0.26.3
 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 764c6ee..1e42f59 100644
--- a/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/mcp-operator/values.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ deployment:
 
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/openmcp-project/github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/images/mcp-operator
-  tag: v0.26.2
+  tag: v0.26.3
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 287b127..0793952 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2
 	github.com/openmcp-project/control-plane-operator v0.1.4
 	github.com/openmcp-project/controller-utils v0.4.2
-	github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/api v0.26.2
+	github.com/openmcp-project/mcp-operator/api v0.26.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
diff --git a/hack/common b/hack/common
index 34a6c9e..dc05f48 160000
--- a/hack/common
+++ b/hack/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 34a6c9e820b732eec1f3b06f39f658d65224a774
+Subproject commit dc05f488b0dbff6e03142c184419a263821f2d70