diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2f277df3..4358332b 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.8.43"
+  ".": "0.8.44"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 511b9228..4ed378e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.8.44](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/compare/v0.8.43...v0.8.44) (2025-04-10)
+
+
+### Reverts
+
+* "fix: enable controller-runtime priority queue" ([#1362](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/issues/1362)) ([43db314](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/commit/43db314ee352c0708d37e9f6694ffd6881a15032))
+
 ## [0.8.43](https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator/compare/v0.8.42...v0.8.43) (2025-04-09)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 107a5fd2..bff32417 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ base. Your initial kustomization.yaml could be as simple as:
 <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
 ```yaml
 resources:
-  - https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator?ref=v0.8.43
+  - https://github.com/statnett/image-scanner-operator?ref=v0.8.44
 ```
 <!-- x-release-please-end -->
 
diff --git a/kustomization.yaml b/kustomization.yaml
index 77ac8c3e..1a1b4ac9 100644
--- a/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ resources:
 images:
   - name: registry.dummy-domain.com/image-scanner/controller
     newName: ghcr.io/statnett/image-scanner-operator
-    newTag: 0.8.43 # x-release-please-version
+    newTag: 0.8.44 # x-release-please-version