diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 66cb2deba2..891ede80af 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   "runtimes/python-runtime": "1.0.2",
   "runtimes/deno-runtime": "2.0.1",
   "lifecycle-operator": "0.8.3",
-  "scheduler": "0.8.3",
+  "scheduler": "0.9.0",
   "metrics-operator": "0.9.1"
 }
diff --git a/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md b/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md
index 4660601955..30c9499d07 100644
--- a/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,46 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.9.0](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/scheduler-v0.8.3...scheduler-v0.9.0) (2024-02-08)
+
+
+### ⚠ BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* rename KLT to Keptn ([#2554](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2554))
+
+### Features
+
+* add annotation to select container for version extraction ([#2471](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2471)) ([d093860](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/d093860732798b0edb58abedf567558a2c07ad21))
+
+
+### Other
+
+* add config for spell checker action, fix typos ([#2443](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2443)) ([eac178f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/eac178f650962208449553086d54d26d27fa4da3))
+* rename KLT to Keptn ([#2554](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2554)) ([15b0ac0](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/15b0ac0b36b8081b85b63f36e94b00065bcc8b22))
+* **scheduler:** adapt namespace name ([#2742](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2742)) ([c415615](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/c41561566a884c27d433ab589db9659a3035e703))
+
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+* update dependency kubernetes-sigs/kustomize to v5.3.0 ([#2659](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2659)) ([8877921](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/8877921b8be3052ce61a4f8decd96537c93df27a))
+* update kubernetes packages to v0.25.16 (patch) ([#2519](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2519)) ([57822a0](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/57822a0b6a7fc9e245f81198f077a86e71edb78d))
+* update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.13.1 ([#2486](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2486)) ([14dcd27](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/14dcd27f4b1e67803332a8dc53b42b67c7bb2030))
+* update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.13.2 ([#2624](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2624)) ([197c7db](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/197c7db78a5baf754e773ab79c5cd6a5ab9c5591))
+* update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.14.0 ([#2808](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2808)) ([17b0cb1](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/17b0cb1314778f5f1b65f4d1029ecca41bb50d3a))
+* update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.15.0 ([#2855](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2855)) ([1c4f410](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/1c4f410f5571f02254eda4c5027c8a5e3822b28e))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.29.0 ([#2379](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2379)) ([98e420a](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/98e420a4b2138e90e2f87c399139bd8e5a90cef5))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.30.0 ([#2478](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2478)) ([398b949](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/398b9493414ab5d70bd76d94b038456e58813e70))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.31.1 ([#2856](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2856)) ([d0817a7](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/d0817a7118e58af5326a43f1a059f2eddfa36215))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.18.0 ([#2479](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2479)) ([6ddd8ee](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/6ddd8eeec5eabb0c67b5a7b9965a34368f62c8d5))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.19.0 ([#2619](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2619)) ([af2d0a5](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/af2d0a509b670792e06e2d05ab4be261d3bb54f4))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.20.0 ([#2786](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2786)) ([8294c7b](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/8294c7b471d7f4d33961513e056c36ba14c940c7))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.60.0 ([#2681](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2681)) ([7dd45a3](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/7dd45a33fba8fd3235e40202ece9057cef429bb6))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.60.1 ([#2724](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2724)) ([31d69dd](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/31d69dd33df76f0a5f9b2d46af822e5f43e681a5))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.61.0 ([#2888](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2888)) ([7a56cbd](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/7a56cbd1f528bb73c1070611d6b28005c875fe36))
+* update module k8s.io/klog/v2 to v2.110.1 ([#2409](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2409)) ([d2c3e14](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/d2c3e148cd1181e50f679ca859a016f762eaca84))
+* update module k8s.io/klog/v2 to v2.120.0 ([#2794](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2794)) ([e2c2cff](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/e2c2cffa18c9787a4b3f05b0982d8442d4621f59))
+* update module k8s.io/klog/v2 to v2.120.1 ([#2854](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2854)) ([5982d73](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/5982d73e693e55cba07892c6870d3906a16b78b6))
+* update module sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime to v0.13.2 ([#2378](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2378)) ([59a9a4c](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/59a9a4c4ddb51b94fda0db4dc216df480b0c59a8))
+
 ## [0.8.3](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/scheduler-v0.8.2...scheduler-v0.8.3) (2023-10-30)
 
 
diff --git a/scheduler/Makefile b/scheduler/Makefile
index 43b2f7a582..5c3a44452a 100644
--- a/scheduler/Makefile
+++ b/scheduler/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ARCHS = amd64 arm64
 COMMONENVVAR=GOOS=$(shell uname -s | tr A-Z a-z)
 BUILDENVVAR=CGO_ENABLED=0
-TAG?="v0.8.3" # x-release-please-version
+TAG?="v0.9.0" # x-release-please-version
 CHART_APPVERSION?=""
 
 LOCAL_REGISTRY=localhost:5000/scheduler-plugins