diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index d09a0e1d..69fe4a50 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.10.7"
+  ".": "0.10.8"
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fa245113..81ee55d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.10.8](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/compare/0.10.7...0.10.8) (2026-09-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **container:** update image busybox (9532d8c → dc2d74b) ([#439](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/439)) ([0bad734](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/0bad734b080c9948f9488f02f85bb41edd23020c))
+* re-initialize ack for wiped repositories ([#435](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/435)), populator fan-out with per-PVC source paths ([#443](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/443)), helm README ([#436](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/436)) ([#449](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/449)) ([fdfa9a6](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/fdfa9a64f47053f51606779b1e9e225997b85a41))
+* **rust:** update crate rustls (0.23.43 → 0.23.44) ([#448](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/448)) ([b9e10a6](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/b9e10a6c9a5a188979eee863bd7ef0c7c8d99d0c))
+
+
+### Miscellaneous Chores
+
+* **github-action:** update action actions/deploy-pages (v5.0.0 → v5.0.1) ([#444](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/444)) ([f601ebd](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/f601ebdbfdd72030c5a926a397f6e056fd510a42))
+* **github-action:** update action helm/kind-action (v1.14.0 → v1.15.0) ([#446](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/446)) ([94ab9de](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/94ab9de1bd4bcc32795db0c110cfd54ab82a42d9))
+* **mise:** update mise tools ([#399](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/399)) ([ffae98a](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/ffae98a2582cf4320c5499b7f4d8c74410bc98c5))
+* **mise:** update tool aqua:astral-sh/uv (0.12.7 → 0.12.8) ([#442](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/442)) ([8954063](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/89540637659e2ea226ec6947290bab7a47eab8ef))
+* **mise:** update tool aqua:astral-sh/uv (0.12.8 → 0.12.9) ([#445](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/445)) ([5a88ac6](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/5a88ac617576649fce2994d98391b94035410fda))
+* **mise:** update tool aqua:astral-sh/uv (0.12.9 → 0.12.10) ([#450](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/450)) ([c32246a](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/c32246a09314a5c4e8a5a254a7f2394d8a04e94e))
+* **mise:** update tool zizmor (1.29.0 → 1.30.0) ([#441](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/issues/441)) ([908a427](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/commit/908a427aa3296270f66c12eafd5224c889a9cbd1))
+
 ## [0.10.7](https://github.com/home-operations/kopiur/compare/0.10.6...0.10.7) (2026-09-02)
 
 
diff --git a/deploy/helm/kopiur/Chart.yaml b/deploy/helm/kopiur/Chart.yaml
index 8eb9a054..f86daf1d 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/kopiur/Chart.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/kopiur/Chart.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ type: application
 # Chart + default image version, stamped by release-please on every release so
 # a git-sourced install deploys real image tags (the release workflow re-stamps
 # both at package time anyway; these keep the repo copy from going stale).
-version: 0.10.7 # x-release-please-version
+version: 0.10.8 # x-release-please-version
 # Operator/image version this chart deploys by default.
-appVersion: "0.10.7" # x-release-please-version
+appVersion: "0.10.8" # x-release-please-version
 # Floor matches the default `streamingLists: true` (WatchList: beta in 1.32/1.33,
 # GA in 1.34). The CSI volume-populator path (Restore + PVC.dataSourceRef) needs
 # the AnyVolumeDataSource feature, available well below this floor.
diff --git a/deploy/helm/kopiur/README.md b/deploy/helm/kopiur/README.md
index 16687a24..07a55a85 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/kopiur/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/kopiur/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # kopiur
 
-![Version](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0.10.7&color=informational&style=flat-square) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+![Version](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0.10.8&color=informational&style=flat-square) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 ![Type: application](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-application-informational?style=flat-square)
-![AppVersion](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=AppVersion&message=0.10.7&color=informational&style=flat-square) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+![AppVersion](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=AppVersion&message=0.10.8&color=informational&style=flat-square) <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 
 Kopiur — a Kopia-native Kubernetes backup operator written in Rust.
 Installs the controller, admission webhook, the 8 kopiur.home-operations.com/v1alpha1 CRDs,