diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d7674730..c268d9af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+### [8.3.1](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/compare/8.3.0...8.3.1) (2021-10-19)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fixes naming convention permission check for data items with path attribute only. ([#830](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/issues/830)) ([a7d8c6c](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/commit/a7d8c6c4bff197084c0f4f85cf6e1d801f7be562))
+* package.json & package-lock.json to reduce vulnerabilities ([#825](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/issues/825)) ([946f692](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/commit/946f6927177b67cbbc7e8843b2dbb2b3ec2abf99))
+* remove AWS_DEFAULT_REGION ([#794](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/issues/794)) ([45e8948](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/commit/45e894895c009f724f342e9860768f54d7e4552f))
+* update runtime to node 14, update all transitive dependencies, update dev dependencies ([#854](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/issues/854)) ([7a178d0](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/commit/7a178d062fc5a01065fb81af55ec64775866fa9d))
+
 ## [8.3.0](https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets/compare/8.2.3...8.3.0) (2021-08-05)
 
 
diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml
index c440bc46..c5014049 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: kubernetes-external-secrets
-version: 8.3.0
-appVersion: 8.3.0
+version: 8.3.1
+appVersion: 8.3.1
 description: Kubernetes External Secrets CustomResourceDefinition
 keywords:
   - kubernetes-external-secrets
diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/README.md b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/README.md
index cdd157e5..7fc2adf3 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/README.md
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/README.md
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the `kubernetes-externa
 | `envVarsFromConfigMap.*` | Set any of the environment variables as `envVarsFromSecret` does but from a `configMap` in Deployment Pod                                                             |                                       |
 | `envFrom` | Enables the [`envFrom` block](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/configure-pod-configmap/#configure-all-key-value-pairs-in-a-configmap-as-container-environment-variables) on the Deployment pod                                                              |                                       |
 | `image.repository`                        | kubernetes-external-secrets Image name                                                                                            | `godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets` |
-| `image.tag`                               | kubernetes-external-secrets Image tag                                                                                             | `8.3.0`                               |
+| `image.tag`                               | kubernetes-external-secrets Image tag                                                                                             | `8.3.1`                               |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                        | Image pull policy                                                                                                                 | `IfNotPresent`                        |
 | `nameOverride`                            | Override the name of app                                                                                                          | `nil`                                 |
 | `fullnameOverride`                        | Override the full name of app                                                                                                     | `nil`                                 |
diff --git a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
index a5e3f11c..1de4977c 100644
--- a/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ replicaCount: 1
 
 image:
   repository: ghcr.io/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets
-  tag: 8.3.0
+  tag: 8.3.1
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
 imagePullSecrets: []
diff --git a/docs/index.yaml b/docs/index.yaml
index fc49220b..b032c654 100644
--- a/docs/index.yaml
+++ b/docs/index.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 entries:
   kubernetes-external-secrets:
+  - apiVersion: v2
+    appVersion: 8.3.1
+    created: "2021-10-19T03:00:02.0545011+02:00"
+    description: Kubernetes External Secrets CustomResourceDefinition
+    digest: e2af76bb6fc9ef34db975451cfaf338268b2283cea4e1ce46bb6a71f152c2c06
+    home: https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets
+    keywords:
+    - kubernetes-external-secrets
+    - secrets
+    maintainers:
+    - name: external-secrets
+      url: https://github.com/external-secrets
+    name: kubernetes-external-secrets
+    sources:
+    - https://github.com/external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets
+    urls:
+    - kubernetes-external-secrets-8.3.1.tgz
+    version: 8.3.1
   - apiVersion: v2
     appVersion: 8.3.0
     created: "2021-08-06T00:51:23.0153452+02:00"
@@ -719,4 +737,4 @@ entries:
     urls:
     - kubernetes-external-secrets-1.0.1.tgz
     version: 1.0.1
-generated: "2021-08-06T00:51:23.0147939+02:00"
+generated: "2021-10-19T03:00:02.0536717+02:00"
diff --git a/docs/kubernetes-external-secrets-8.3.1.tgz b/docs/kubernetes-external-secrets-8.3.1.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b445bd54
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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5096e8af..f82c17c1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kubernetes-external-secrets",
-  "version": "8.3.0",
+  "version": "8.3.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5875800e..c15f93d4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kubernetes-external-secrets",
-  "version": "8.3.0",
+  "version": "8.3.1",
   "description": "Kubernetes external secrets",
   "main": "bin/daemon.js",
   "scripts": {