diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
index 7075efa2293..53f6ee1a514 100644
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{".":"0.8.1","klt-cert-manager":"1.1.0","runtimes/python-runtime":"1.0.0","runtimes/deno-runtime":"1.0.1","lifecycle-operator":"0.8.1","scheduler":"0.8.1"}
+{".":"0.8.1","klt-cert-manager":"1.1.0","runtimes/python-runtime":"1.0.0","runtimes/deno-runtime":"1.0.1","lifecycle-operator":"0.8.2","scheduler":"0.8.2"}
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/CHANGELOG.md b/lifecycle-operator/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed0645f223a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.8.2](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/lifecycle-operator-v0.8.1...lifecycle-operator-v0.8.2) (2023-09-05)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* add cloud events support ([#1843](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1843)) ([5b47120](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/5b471203e412a919903876212ac45c04f180e482))
+* **lifecycle-operator:** clean up KeptnTask API by removing duplicated attributes ([#1965](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1965)) ([257b220](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/257b220a6171ccc82d1b471002b6cf773ec9bd09))
+* **metrics-operator:** add analysis controller ([#1875](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1875)) ([017e08b](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/017e08b0a65679ca417e363f2223b7f4fef3bc55))
+* **metrics-operator:** add Analysis CRD ([#1839](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1839)) ([9521a16](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/9521a16ce4946d3169993780f2d2a4f3a75d0445))
+* monorepo setup for lifecycle-operator, scheduler and runtimes ([#1857](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1857)) ([84e243a](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/84e243a213ffba86eddd51ccc4bf4dbd61140069))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **lifecycle-operator:** avoid setting the overall state of an App or WorkloadInstance between state transitions ([#1871](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1871)) ([ee0b085](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/ee0b085b05b2b9781457eba34d5d1050b3c7a604))
+
+
+### Other
+
+* rename operator folder to lifecycle-operator ([#1819](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1819)) ([97a2d25](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/97a2d25919c0a02165dd0dc6c7c82d57ad200139))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* fix typos and grammar issues ([#1925](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1925)) ([5570d55](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/5570d555bfc4bbdcbfc66b2725d5352090e5b937))
+
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+* update dependency kubernetes-sigs/controller-tools to v0.13.0 ([#1930](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1930)) ([8b34b63](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/8b34b63404d0339633ef41ff1cf2005deae8d2b7))
+* update dependency kubernetes-sigs/kustomize to v5.1.1 ([#1853](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1853)) ([354ab3f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/354ab3f980c2569e17a0354ece417df40317d120))
+* update github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/klt-cert-manager digest to 88a54f9 ([#1794](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1794)) ([fc976eb](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/fc976eb07ed9a5e49ed7d4ab1dbf187cee583e64))
+* update github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/klt-cert-manager digest to 8dbec2d ([#1995](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1995)) ([2f51445](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/2f5144540c4b3876e800bff29c30bfded334be40))
+* update github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/klt-cert-manager digest to bb133cf ([#1963](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1963)) ([c7697bf](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/c7697bf54d5fe18b7c62c5b11801c6c83079b0a3))
+* update kubernetes packages to v0.26.8 (patch) ([#1945](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1945)) ([6ce03d6](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/6ce03d600cbb3d3d3988573c616ec7f3830ba324))
+* update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.12.0 ([#2019](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2019)) ([41e878f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/41e878ff8bbb438efa4b221470a571687dd392e9))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.27.10 ([#1796](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1796)) ([8f14bff](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/8f14bffe27485a36e0b05b770a01e357402d92f7))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.14.0 ([#1855](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1855)) ([3186188](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/31861889bf7b227f489b941ac4a52db86551fcc2))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.57.0 ([#1861](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1861)) ([fdcbdf5](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/fdcbdf50365dfd69d16c679c6814e89570a8a0e2))
+* update opentelemetry-go monorepo (minor) ([#1931](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1931)) ([a0a1a7e](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/a0a1a7e97906ab56ed85da7ab9b6d1e13c902397))
+
+
+### Refactoring
+
+* **lifecycle-operator:** eventing and telemetry ([#1844](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1844)) ([0130576](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/0130576a17a78453019c150af849c06553d799a6))
+* **lifecycle-operator:** refactor event emitter unit tests ([#1867](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1867)) ([2558f74](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/2558f742031e4d38a8006ce9894f41bddac7cd3f))
diff --git a/lifecycle-operator/Makefile b/lifecycle-operator/Makefile
index 70826b91061..8325fc123e3 100644
--- a/lifecycle-operator/Makefile
+++ b/lifecycle-operator/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ RELEASE_REGISTRY?=ghcr.io/keptn
 RELEASE_TIME=$(shell date +%Y%m%d%s)
 BUILD_TIME=$(shell date -u "+%F_%T")
 RELEASE_VERSION?=$(RELEASE_TIME)-v0.24.3#$(shell git describe --tags --match "v*")
-TAG?="v0.8.1" # x-release-please-version
+TAG?="v0.8.2" # x-release-please-version
 RELEASE_IMAGE:=lifecycle-operator:$(TAG)
 CHART_APPVERSION?=""
 
diff --git a/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md b/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72e8d75ff7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scheduler/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## [0.8.2](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/compare/scheduler-v0.8.1...scheduler-v0.8.2) (2023-09-05)
+
+
+### Other
+
+* fix minor security issues ([#1728](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1728)) ([ea73cd9](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/ea73cd983102632fb162e1b4c8ae56687b288b25))
+
+
+### Docs
+
+* keptn Scheduler architecture documentation ([#1777](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1777)) ([ce96200](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/ce96200b9bfed62062b199845104c4493b3a2627))
+
+
+### Dependency Updates
+
+* update dependency kubernetes-sigs/kustomize to v5.1.1 ([#1853](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1853)) ([354ab3f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/354ab3f980c2569e17a0354ece417df40317d120))
+* update kubernetes packages (patch) ([#1786](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1786)) ([cba2de5](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/cba2de5a5cd04c094131552aaf92c2b85ac23d21))
+* update module github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 to v2.12.0 ([#2019](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/2019)) ([41e878f](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/41e878ff8bbb438efa4b221470a571687dd392e9))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.27.10 ([#1796](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1796)) ([8f14bff](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/8f14bffe27485a36e0b05b770a01e357402d92f7))
+* update module github.com/onsi/gomega to v1.27.9 ([#1787](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1787)) ([90b6ce9](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/90b6ce92253f52a43f3c13dddaa918ca73b515d0))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.12.0 ([#1662](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1662)) ([49318bf](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/49318bfc40497a120304de9d831dfe033259220f))
+* update module golang.org/x/net to v0.14.0 ([#1855](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1855)) ([3186188](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/31861889bf7b227f489b941ac4a52db86551fcc2))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.56.2 ([#1663](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1663)) ([0b618c4](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/0b618c4bf15209fbb81ec7c05f1d05543bdfd1cf))
+* update module google.golang.org/grpc to v1.57.0 ([#1861](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1861)) ([fdcbdf5](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/fdcbdf50365dfd69d16c679c6814e89570a8a0e2))
+* update module k8s.io/kubernetes to v1.25.13 ([#1958](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/issues/1958)) ([fb23f09](https://github.com/keptn/lifecycle-toolkit/commit/fb23f0948aa0395636b1290f3c7b3b28cbf54976))
diff --git a/scheduler/Makefile b/scheduler/Makefile
index 069f0c761eb..3e4ed62b577 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?="v0.8.1" # x-release-please-version
+TAG?="v0.8.2" # x-release-please-version
 CHART_APPVERSION?=""
 
 LOCAL_REGISTRY=localhost:5000/scheduler-plugins