diff --git a/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml b/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml
index ecc7dce..d96974f 100644
--- a/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/sbom-operator/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 description: Catalogue all images of a Kubernetes cluster to multiple targets with Syft
 name: sbom-operator
-version: 0.17.0
-appVersion: 0.17.0
+version: 0.18.0
+appVersion: 0.18.0
 home: https://github.com/ckotzbauer/sbom-operator
 sources:
   - https://github.com/ckotzbauer/sbom-operator
diff --git a/charts/sbom-operator/README.md b/charts/sbom-operator/README.md
index bb1b8a5..e21f31f 100644
--- a/charts/sbom-operator/README.md
+++ b/charts/sbom-operator/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the sbom-operator chart
 |               Parameter                |                    Description                    |            Default                       |
 | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- |
 | `image.repository`                     | container image repository                        | `ghcr.io/ckotzbauer/sbom-operator`       |
-| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.17.0`                                 |
+| `image.tag`                            | container image tag                               | `0.18.0`                                 |
 | `image.pullPolicy`                     | container image pull policy                       | `IfNotPresent`                           |
 | `image.pullSecrets`                    | image pull-secrets                                | `[]`                                     |
 | `args`                                 | argument object for cli-args                      | `{}`                                     |