diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 554e34bb..f81bf992 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.30.0"
+  ".": "0.31.0"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea0da87f..3278e7aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.31.0](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/compare/gitops-reverser-v0.30.0...gitops-reverser-v0.31.0) (2026-07-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **gitops-api:** treat higher-level KRM objects (HelmRelease, Argo Application, KRO) as first-class documents ([#203](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/203)) ([e5722a7](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/e5722a73bf8e0f9f32c986f478f89e9899a92c9b))
+* **secrets:** stop retaining Secret values in the control plane ([#208](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/issues/208)) ([535c5ed](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/commit/535c5ed3991db33e7f5f2343256f4b5ffab87d85))
+
 ## [0.30.0](https://github.com/ConfigButler/gitops-reverser/compare/gitops-reverser-v0.29.2...gitops-reverser-v0.30.0) (2026-07-07)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml b/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
index 6056ec40..08813dc0 100644
--- a/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitops-reverser/Chart.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ description: >-
   A Kubernetes controller for two-way GitOps synchronization - reverse sync from
   Kubernetes to Git
 type: application
-version: 0.30.0
-appVersion: 0.30.0
+version: 0.31.0
+appVersion: 0.31.0
 keywords:
   - gitops
   - kubernetes
diff --git a/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml b/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
index 355712a9..80b260bd 100644
--- a/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/gitops-reverser/values.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ deploymentStrategy:
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/configbutler/gitops-reverser
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-  tag: 0.30.0 # x-release-please-version
+  tag: 0.31.0 # x-release-please-version
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
 nameOverride: ""