diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 2111488813..1f22358007 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   ".": "0.9.0",
   "keptn-cert-manager": "1.2.0",
-  "runtimes/python-runtime": "1.0.1",
+  "runtimes/python-runtime": "1.0.2",
   "runtimes/deno-runtime": "1.0.2",
   "lifecycle-operator": "0.8.3",
   "scheduler": "0.8.3",
diff --git a/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md b/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md
index 611d05c7b6..3e415e9623 100644
--- a/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/runtimes/python-runtime/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.0.2](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/python-runtime-v1.0.1...python-runtime-v1.0.2) (2023-12-21)
+
+
+### Other
+
+* rename Keptn default namespace to 'keptn-system' ([#2565](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2565)) ([aec1148](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/aec11489451ab1b0bcd69a6b90b0d45f69c5df7c))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* mention `KEPTN_CONTEXT` env var in runtime readmes files ([#2588](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2588)) ([dfefc90](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/dfefc90e9e5075ef130e3962b1ded983b2b213f4))
+* remove Scarf transparent pixels ([#2590](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2590)) ([95851fa](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/95851fa52cb3a6565a4b52ae0e8b00dcc9861a3b))
+
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+* update python docker tag to v3.12.1 ([#2673](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2673)) ([4dae93f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/4dae93f48c0dfb391a7628c05bbe97404cc6a9da))
+
 ## [1.0.1](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/python-runtime-v1.0.0...python-runtime-v1.0.1) (2023-10-30)